Quy

I felt kind of strange about it, but I tried a traditional Andean dish
today as we made our way back to Quito...quy. They raise them here as
a food source, and though it used to be eaten by the poor, sometimes
now it is considered a delicacy if you're eating at the right place.
My half qui cost as much as half a roasted chicken. The internal
conflict came, however, in that the translation for quy is "guinea
pig"...which, as you all know, are considered as pets not food in the
U.S. It actually wasn't bad when I didn't think about which type of
little animal I was eating. I drew the line at eating the slab of
cooked pig skin that my friends were eating instead of the quy,
though. I felt like I took the better of the two choices!