There were also some cute guinea pigs in an elaborate hutch in the market, but I suspect they are not being bred as fluffy pets, more to become the local delicacy that is "cuy".— TravelPod.com Recent Updates
Por otro lado Aquilina es conviviente, tiene 33 años y 2 hijos, Aquilina tiene una tienda de abarrotes en su casa, además Aquilina se dedica a la crianza de cuy y cerdos.— Kiva Loans
The liuto produces a bulbous root, which yields a very white, light, and nutritious flour, which is much used as food for the sick To these enumerated provisions from the vegetable kingdom, may be added the cuy or little rabbit, Lepus minimus, and the Chilihueque, or Araucanian camel; the flesh of which last affords an excellent food, and its wool furnishes clothing for the natives.— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Before long the savory odor of roast cuy, well basted, and cooked-to-a-turn on primitive spits, whetted our appetites In the eastern United States one sees guinea pigs only as pets or laboratory victims; never as an article of food.— Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
The women were so grateful that they gave us some cuy (guinea pig) to enjoy.— TravelPod.com Recent Updates

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