I loved my pet guinea pigs as a teen. They were awesome. That said I would totally eat barbecued guinea pig. Just not MY guinea pigs. My friend served an LDS mission to Korea in the early 80s and one day he prevailed upon his companion to visit a restaurant that specialized in dog meat. He had some kind of stew (Korea has a LOT of different stews). I asked him how it was, and he said it was very gamey and stringy.