Ecua-Fabulous

Jima, and eating pets

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My weekend trip to the pueblocito of Jima, and my first experience eating Cuy (guinea pig, yum yum!)

Jima! Views[38] Sheep! Views[31] Kat and sheep! Views[36] Views[33] The hill/mountain we climbed Views[40]
 
puebloito! Views[42] Views[37] Views[34] Views[35] Views[40]
 
Views[34] Ecuador sure does loves its crosses on hills. Views[40] Me and Kat Views[45] Views[39] Views[43]
 
Views[41] They call this the Jesus Christ flower because the inside looks like Jesus on the cross. Silly Catholics. Views[44] Views[36] The beginning of the process: the breaking of the neck - a simple slap against the leg, our cook clearly had a lot of practice at this move. Views[45] The draining of the blood . . . Views[51]
 
removing the rest of the hair with a knife and cleaning it . . . Views[47] gut removal time! Views[34] Views[41] YUM! Views[38] I am at a loss for what words to use to describe this, but appetizing is probably not one of them. Views[44]
 
on the spicket . . . Views[42] Views[44] Views[41] The beginning of the process: the breaking of the neck - a simple slap against the leg, our cook clearly had a lot of practice at this move. Views[50] The draining of the blood . . . Views[36]
 
gut removal time! Views[35] Views[29] I am at a loss for what words to use to describe this, but appetizing is probably not one of them. Views[44] on the spicket . . . Views[40] Views[33]
 
Views[40] The beginning of the process: the breaking of the neck - a simple slap against the leg, our cook clearly had a lot of practice at this move. Views[42] The draining of the blood . . . Views[45] The removal of the hair . . . which was made shockingly easy by placing the guinea pig in almost boiling water for a few moments beforehand. Views[43] removing the rest of the hair with a knife and cleaning it . . . Views[46]
 
gut removal time! Views[34] Views[40] YUM! Views[35] I am at a loss for what words to use to describe this, but appetizing is probably not one of them. Views[45] on the spicket . . . Views[36]
 
Views[430] Views[37] Shelby being hilarious, as usual, with her   

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