Eating Kwee (cui) -- and loving it (surprisingly)

Saturday, July 5
Today, I went with my teacher to try a very old Ecuadorian delicacy, kwee (cui) which is BBQ guinea pig -- the sort of guinea pig that appears on your plate with head and teeth and claws.  I thought I would eat it just to prove how adapted and cool I am but honestly and surprisingly, I liked it -- a lot.

No, it is not like chicken except for the fact that it is white meat. It is much more flavorful than chicken. Guinea pig tastes a bit fatty, not gamey, very fresh and clean, ok, a bit like chicken -- but not too much. It tastes better than chicken and certainly better than the KFC or Texas chicken that people love down here.  The skin is a bit tough probably because it over-cooked and there are lots of small bones and I did not like seeing the claws. 

But I have now joined the indigeneous people here in enjoying this delicacy and praying in gratitude for the life of the cui. Indigeneous people here for centuries have eaten cui to give them strength, good company, and have used them for medical diagnostic purposes.

I am grateful for the wisdom and good taste of the indigeneous people here as well as for the life of the cui.