Not Guinea, but I saw guinea pigs raised for food in a village in Tanzania. The local who owned them found it hilarious that we keep them as pets in the U.S. He asked me what we call them, and after i replied guinea pig, he said they definitely don’t taste like pig.
Makes more sense than Guinea pigs considering they’re from the other side of the world from Guinea.
I believe Guinea in this case has a similar origin to Guiana.
I think in this time Guinea was a name for a far away place and not necessarily the origin.
Not Guinea, but I saw guinea pigs raised for food in a village in Tanzania. The local who owned them found it hilarious that we keep them as pets in the U.S. He asked me what we call them, and after i replied guinea pig, he said they definitely don’t taste like pig.