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It's nice here and sure, there are pros and cons to anyplace I've been. But it's peaceful here and only about 1/3 - 1/2 as expensive for general living expenses as I was paying in the US. I don't know how long I'll stay here but for now, it's quite interesting and I'm enjoying myself. One major downside though is the food, while very good, can be rather bland at times.
 

Chris P Bacon said:
It's nice here and sure, there are pros and cons to anyplace I've been. But it's peaceful here and only about 1/3 - 1/2 as expensive for general living expenses as I was paying in the US. I don't know how long I'll stay here but for now, it's quite interesting and I'm enjoying myself. One major downside though is the food, while very good, can be rather bland at times.
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What, you haven't had bbq'd guinea pig yet? Me, neither. I had to draw the line somewhere and eating guinea pig was that line (too many guinea pigs for pets as a child).

I ate lemon ants and really liked the roasted grubs, though.

I fell in love with Ecuador and it is someplace I would definitely consider living. I'd love to live in Banos.

For the meantime, I'll be staying here in Central Florida, where I've lived since 1978.
 
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Same here!!
 
Alligatorob said:
Coming from a Columbus guy that sounds pretty bland. I lived in Columbus several years, that's exactly what I'd say about Ohio food. Except for the Hillbilly Hamburger maybe...

Have you tried the cuy yet? I did once, never again!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/cuy-guinea-pig
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No, I haven't eaten it yet. I did see a lady that was carrying a basket full of ready to cook ones though, one day not long ago. I imagine that as time goes by, I'll have at least a taste. It's just not a common item on the menus at restaurants I've frequented. Columbus though has a lot of great pizza places. I've had pizza here in Ecuador, in a few different cities and it's just not up to par with what I like. But it's okay. When I was stationed in the Philippines, I tired dog meat there but it was an accident. I saw a bowl with what I thought was possibly BBQ chicken on my dining table and so I tried a piece. But It didn't taste like chicken. How unusual is that, huh?

Anyway, I asked my wife, (I was married to a Filipina at the time) what it was and where had it come from that was in the bowl on the table. She came into the room, laughing, and told me that it was "aso", the Tagalog word for dog. Our landlady had brought it for my wife to enjoy. Dog is a delicacy there. Not an everyday food staple but something enjoyed from time to time. The landlady had gotten it at a fiesta (party) that she had recently attended in her hometown. That was the only time, that I'm sure of, that I tasted dog meat.
 
Chris P Bacon said:
It's just not a common item on the menus at restaurants I've frequented.
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Cuy is hard to find, when in Quito I had to get a taxi driver to help with the search, he went to a number of places before we found one. In a not very good part of town, apparently cuy is not for tourists.

The cuy was served more or less whole, cut into 4 parts. It had been skinned and partially gutted, but with head, teeth and feet still intact. It was awful, greasy and foul tasting. I had to drink a lot of chicha to get it down (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha).

My last meal in Ecuador before heading to the airport. My guts took a couple of months to recover, not sure if it was the cuy or the chicha. Not recommending either...
 
Alligatorob said:
Cuy is hard to find, when in Quito I had to get a taxi driver to help with the search, he went to a number of places before we found one. In a not very good part of town, apparently cuy is not for tourists.

The cuy was served more or less whole, cut into 4 parts. It had been skinned and partially gutted, but with head, teeth and feet still intact. It was awful, greasy and foul tasting. I had to drink a lot of chicha to get it down (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha).

My last meal in Ecuador before heading to the airport. My guts took a couple of months to recover, not sure if it was the cuy or the chicha. Not recommending either...
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Yeah, it looks kind of like a rat when it's been cooked. I stayed at a hostel when I first arrived here in Cuenca and the innkeeper there told me that they were planning a big celebration and Cuy was to be one of the featured items. He invited me to return and partake but I, as politely as I could, declined. He seemed a little disappointed but I'm sure that he understood. He just wanted to be the best host as he could be and he really was a wonderful man. He cooked 3 meals a day for me when I had a bout with Covid on my first stay here. For more than 2 weeks he served me breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks along the way, each and every day. Ecuadorian hospitality is a wonderful thing!
 
Chris P Bacon said:
No, I haven't eaten it yet. I did see a lady that was carrying a basket full of ready to cook ones though, one day not long ago. I imagine that as time goes by, I'll have at least a taste. It's just not a common item on the menus at restaurants I've frequented. Columbus though has a lot of great pizza places. I've had pizza here in Ecuador, in a few different cities and it's just not up to par with what I like. But it's okay. When I was stationed in the Philippines, I tired dog meat there but it was an accident. I saw a bowl with what I thought was possibly BBQ chicken on my dining table and so I tried a piece. But It didn't taste like chicken. How unusual is that, huh?

Anyway, I asked my wife, (I was married to a Filipina at the time) what it was and where had it come from that was in the bowl on the table. She came into the room, laughing, and told me that it was "aso", the Tagalog word for dog. Our landlady had brought it for my wife to enjoy. Dog is a delicacy there. Not an everyday food staple but something enjoyed from time to time. The landlady had gotten it at a fiesta (party) that she had recently attended in her hometown. That was the only time, that I'm sure of, that I tasted dog meat.
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I just gotta ask, what does dog meat taste like?
 
RFW said:
I just gotta ask, what does dog meat taste like?
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It was very tender and it had a sweetness to it but that was likely the sauce it was in.
Kind of like a very tender piece of pork (yeah, I know, cannibalism, even worse). Not
anything that appealed to me though. I realized right away that it wasn't like anything
I'd tasted before, or since. I like Chinese food pretty well so I guess that if the rumors
hold true, I've probably tasted cat before too. If so, cat tastes better than dog.
 
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