Roasted with rosemary and a little butter, they’re awesome.[quote=“orenwolf, post:33, topic:93474”]
Boiled brussels sprouts are one of the most terrible things you can do to childhood tastes.
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AGREED, emphatically.
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Once upon a time there were three little pigs. The straw pig, the stick pig and the brick pig.
One day this nasty old wolf came up to the straw pig’s house and said, ‘I’m gonna huff and puff and blow your house down.’ And he did!
So the straw pig went running over to the stick pig’s house and said, ‘Please let me in, the wolf just blew down my house.’ So the stick Pig let the straw pig in. Just then the wolf showed up and said, ‘I’m gonna huff and puff and blow your house down.’ And he did!
So the straw pig and the stick pig went running over to the brick pig’s house and said, ‘Let us in, let us in, the big bad wolf just blew our houses down!’ So the brick pig let them in just as the wolf showed up. The wolf said, ‘I’m gonna huff and puff and blow your house down.’ The straw pig and the stick pig were so scared! But the brick pig picked up the phone and made a call.
A few minutes passed and a big, black Caddy pulls up. Out step two massive pigs in pin striped suits and fedora hats. These pigs come over to the wolf, grab him by the neck and beat the living shit out of him, then one of them pulled out a gun, stuck it in his mouth and fired, killing the wolf, then they tied cement blocks around his feet and threw his sorry ass into the creek. Then they got back into their Caddy and drove off.
The straw pig and stick pig were amazed! ‘Who the hell were those guys?’ they asked. ‘Those were my cousins… the Guinea Pigs.’
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I believe they use pancetta. Which is just unsmoked bacon.
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I like Brussels sprouts, baby corn and broccoli because they enable you to imagine that you’re a giant while eating them.
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Oh, I know. They are disgusting that way. Worse, my mom had a way of always buying frozen vegetables - still does, and I have tried very hard when we’re there to break her of that habit - which makes it even worse. Living in CA and having a plethora of fresh stuff available all through the year right from our state, I can’t believe that she still will mostly buy frozen. So gross. I mean, do whatever you want on your own, but for the love of god, don’t serve guests that. I think she stopped doing it for the most part when I flat out refused to eat some several years ago.
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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are a distinct animal, and amazing, but the guinea pigs people eat for food in peru are the same ones we have as pets (Cavia porcellus).
capybara are much larger, here is a capybara playing with his guniea pig friends…
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Or possibly several dozen guinea pigs concealed within a capybara suit.
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It’s awesome shit like this which is going to get me through the next 4 years with my sanity intact.
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The World Domination Supply Emporium was all out of white persian cats and I had to make do with a white guinea-pig.
DO NOT TRY THIS WITH WHITE CAPYBARA.
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I was about to say "eh, frozen veggies are better than “fresh” in the winter, then realized where you live. Carry on. Oh, and /jealous. 
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I’m aware. But most people I’ve spoken to or read accounts of having eaten “guinea pig” describe a much larger animal than the usual domesticated pet. I also read somewhere that guinea pig is another name for the capybara in some parts of South America.
Yup, cute guys. But I think people do eat them.
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Ah, thanks for the clarification.
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For purposes of Lent and no-meat days, they count as fish.
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If they teach you a way to make carrots edible, please report back. 
(I’m glad more people are discovering the wonder that is brussels sprouts. I have no idea why carrots are popular though.)
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