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> Oh, you ate a rat! In the south, people use to eat nutria - which is > also a rat! Not a rat -- a guinea pig (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig), an Andean rodent raised for meat long before the Spanish brought chickens, pigs, cattle, sheep, ducks, goats and horses to the region. It's a highland delicacy -- my coastal Spanish Peruvian friends couldn't believe this gringa actually ordered it <g> (South American anthropology was my minor in college)! Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA ranch: http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/ http://members.dslextreme.com/users/napha/HighPoint/
