Today I ate guinea pig

And I used to have one as a pet. Her name was Charlotte until I changed it to Chocolate. Or vice versa. She died when I was in fourth grade. But cuy is a specialty/delicacy here and as my brother said, when in Rome...I didn´t even know he knew that expression.

So cuy (they serve all parts of it, including the head) tasted like chicken. Why does every exotic animal taste like chicken? Maybe not every, but crocodile and I hear frogs legs. I actually do know why crocodile tastes like chicken (I learned in Australia. It is because they feed it chicken, and croc tastes like what it eats. That way when people try it, they think "Oh, this isn´t so weird, I will eat it again." I´ve always wondered what a crocodile who ate only chocolate tastes like...). It was more like dark chicken meat, and the actual cuy meat looked more like duck than red meat. The skin is pretty crispy. I guess that is to be expected from something roasted on a spit. Anyway, usually I´m a pretty big fan of all kinds of meat but I have to say, one time eating cuy was enough.

There´s a ecuadorian cocktail class tonight at school. I´ve already tried the national beer, Pilsner, and some pretty strong local stuff - think Moonshine. I prefer the peach juice we had at dinner last night, but when in Rome...