Jane wrote about voles, > ...they are so doggone > cute that it seems inappropriate to > butcher one.... They're so small, I think they're eaten whole, no butchering. Jim wrote > I know that in Ecuador and Peru they eat a small rodent know as cuy. It's a guinea pig. It also is purported to have spiritual and healing qualities. Cuy tastes like rat. I am indeed a healer but eating cuy was not a spiritual experience along the lines of eating crow. Leo Martin Zone ? Phoenix Arizona USA