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Post by zhuzhu07 on Oct 18, 2004 19:36:22 GMT 7
hi guys, saw on news flash today tt there are pple eating guinea pigs for nutrition!! look out for tonite's news... yucks.. cruel  |
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Post by wheekwheek on Oct 19, 2004 19:41:19 GMT 7
Occurs in Peru. Why else do you think their country is so poor? God has eyes!!  |
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Post by piggywiggymel on Oct 21, 2004 14:15:15 GMT 7
Yup...I saw that newsflash too... Those gps were SOOO cute!! I especially remember this all white furball..gee.. How nice can gps be to eat? They don't have much meat! But yeah.. pple in Peru have been eating gps for a looong time now... and Gps came from there too, no? I guess pple bred gps for eating.. same like what we do for chickens and ducks these days..and that newsflash let me know the chinese game for guinea pigs..ahahhaa..
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Post by zhuzhu07 on Oct 21, 2004 18:48:15 GMT 7
i feel sick man. din manage to catch the new flash
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Post by peewee on Oct 21, 2004 20:45:40 GMT 7
From Streats: SIZED GUINEEA PIG BRED FOR FOOD
PERUVIAN researchers have successfully bred fleshier guinea pigs which they plan to market worldwide as another source of meat.
The "super guinea pig" tips the scales at around 1.1kg each, which is 420g heavier than a normal-sized one.
Although guinea pigs, from the rodent family, are adored as cuddly pets by millions worldwide, they are a popular meat source in Peru, South America, where they originated.
It is estimated that Peruvians consume about 65 million guinea pigs each year.
Said to taste as good as rabbit meat, guinea pig meat is high in protein and low in cholesterol and fat, Lianhe Zaobao reported yesterday.
Researchers at Peru's La Molina National University took 34 years to breed the super guinea pig.
Said Ms Gloria Palacios, director of the project: "Foreigners are more reluctant to eat it as they see the animal as a pet. I think if they become familiar with the meat, maybe they will be tempted to try it."
Since the beginning of this year, these guinea pigs have been exported to the US, Japan and several European countries that have large Peruvian communities.
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Post by Joyce on Oct 21, 2004 21:02:43 GMT 7
and that newsflash let me know the chinese game for guinea pigs..ahahhaa.. What's the chinese name? I always feel so stupid when people ask me and I don't know.. hehe Occurs in Peru. Why else do you think their country is so poor? God has eyes!! Then I think all countries should be poor, unless nobody eats meat at all there..haha |
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Post by Leoric on Oct 21, 2004 21:04:11 GMT 7
it's call He Lan Zhu..ºÉÀ¼Öí.. ;D
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Post by peewee on Oct 22, 2004 7:48:54 GMT 7
i tot chinese is called 'tian zu shu'
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Post by Pets_paradise87 on Oct 22, 2004 10:56:46 GMT 7
Yahz.... Tot is tian zu su??? Anyway, the pics of the pigs cooked very gross lehz... Anyone see that??? The head and the legs also there...
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Post by zhuzhu07 on Oct 22, 2004 19:41:31 GMT 7
i tot chinese is called 'tian zu shu' yap! tt the right one. anyway i think it's quite gross to eat gps. they look so adorable. |
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Post by piggywiggymel on Oct 27, 2004 1:06:13 GMT 7
Huh? I thought it was 'tian1 lan2 shu3'?  Wasn't that what the Chinese newsflash said? Or did I hear wrong? |
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Post by zhuzhu07 on Oct 27, 2004 6:28:02 GMT 7
tian zhu shu is the right one. I heard it umpteen times
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Post by wheekwheek on Oct 27, 2004 19:42:33 GMT 7
No no. Its called tun shu. Tun as in hai tun (dolphin). I asked a colleague who's from PRC. Also checked in my English - Chinese dictionary.
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Post by Joyce on Oct 28, 2004 11:44:41 GMT 7
hmm.. so many different names.. maybe its like in english we call them guinea pigs, and cavies too.
tian lan or tian zhu issit the translation of 'guinea'?
ah well.. nvm.. we'll just call them zhu.. hehe
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Post by ghost on Oct 30, 2004 10:52:23 GMT 7
Oh....now i know what Guinea pig is called in Chinese,hehehe.... Recently seems to have many reports on animals cruelty all around the world....1st it was a mass-killing of dogs in China....27379 were brutally killed....then it was killing of dogs for food in Korean....then i receive email regarding chickens in KFC that were brutally killed before sending it to our mouth....now it is this Peru place where pple are eating guinea pig....haiz....  That's the link to the Guinea pig taken as food in Peru... story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041019/ap_on_fe_st/peru_guinea_pig |
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Wasn't that what the Chinese newsflash said? Or did I hear wrong?