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Originally Posted by lorax
Cuy is a much valued pet everywhere except Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (ie the former Incan Empire). Here it's a tasty meal, and we have a festival for it in the highland city of Mocha, where the best Cuy are raised. I'd venture to say it's where the best Cuy are cooked, as well.
Oh, we also have a soup called Jaguarlocro (Kichua name, meaning literally "blood soup"), which is a thick potato and sheep's blood potage with avocado. It's much tastier than it sounds, and incredibly hearty. It's what one traditionally eats before attempting to summit a volcano. Traditionally it should be made with the blood of an Alpaca, but very few places still do this. Sheep are cheaper.
Dog, in my experience, is very greasy meat. Not quite so greasy as bear, but getting there.
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Are the Cuys for eating different in size to the pet store variety?
The only blood consumed here is curdled chicken blood. When chicken is slaughtered, the blood is mixed with a slight salt solution. It is then cut into cubes like tofu and is usually used in soups. Traditionally it was a food for the barbers as the clotted blood is supposed to be able to take out the tiny bits of hair which gets inhaled while at work.
I have tasted bear's paws considered a food for the emperor, it tasted like ox tail!