Guinea pig-flavored ice cream? In Ecuador, it's become popular

This certainly is not a common flavor -- would you try it?

Will that be chocolate chip, Superman, blue moon or guinea pig?

Wait, what was that last one?Ā 

Guinea pig?

Believe it or not, such a flavor of ice cream not only exists in Ecuador, but it hasĀ become quite popular.Ā 

A vendor in Ecuador said she prepares 150 servings of guinea pig-flavored ice cream, according to The Associated Press.

Guinea pigs are actually a common dish in Latin American countries such as Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, but ice cream is a more ambitious endeavor.

The owner, Maria Del Carmen Pilapana, said she makes the ice cream by cooking and preparing a pate from the flesh of a guinea pig, adds milk or cream and then refrigerates the creation until it forms into ice cream.Ā 

People describe the taste asĀ similar to chicken.

ā€œMy family and my husband thought I was crazy,ā€ Pilapana said. ā€œThey didnā€™t think anyone would like these ice creams, but now theyā€™re our main product.ā€

Pilapena sells the ice cream by setting up two tables in an open area that has dentist clinics and businesses.Ā 
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