The slaying and eating of cuy.

My plate when I was finished...

We had a special treat for desert-strawberry Jello!

Erica and Fiorela

Serve the cuy with rice and potatos

Fry the cuy

Boil the cuy

(This picture has been removed for PR purposes. Sorry, sometimes I forget that not everyone is a science teacher like me.)

This is the part you eat.

(This picture has been removed for PR purposes. Sorry, sometimes I forget that not everyone is a science teacher like me.)

Next, you remove the insides.

Then you take the fur off.

After you kill it, you put it in hot water so the fur will be easier to take off.

Cuy (Guinea pig) is a delicacy here in Peru. I was privileged to be invited to kill and eat cuy with a family from my church in Manchay.