SC - Guinea Pig
Liam Fisher
macdairi at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 5 06:39:28 PDT 1999
>Guinea pigs a 'cavies'. We tend to differentiate the larger species >from
>the smaller with specific names such as 'guinea Pig' for the >smaller
>species and 'cavy' for the larger species.
Okay, I was making sure. I'd much rather eat a cavy.
>BTW, Abyssinia? Guinea pigs are native to Peru basically. Are you
> >confusing them with hamsters (which I have no recipes for. :-( )?
Nope, the long haired, rosetted guinea pigs breed is referred to as
Abyssinians. Dunno why, since they're from Mexico. I used to raise them
when I was a kid.
Cadoc
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