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Church officials have been roasted by animal lovers over a Christian cook-book recipe - for baked guinea pig.

The Protestant preachers say they've gathered the most heavenly dishes from worshippers around the world for the kitchen bible.

But one recipe includes buying and skinning a pet guinea gig before serving it up with a chilli sauce and sweet potatoes.

Today (Mon) the book -produced by the Association of Lutheran Churches in Stuttgart, Germany, and called Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread - was condemned by shocked animal lovers.

Animal rights group Peta's German spokesman Dr Edmund Haferbach, 52, said: "This is a disgrace - I don't know what the Church was thinking of."

And Claudia Wehling from the Stuttgart guinea pig association added: "It is shocking. Eating pets is not part of our culture."

The cookbook urges chefs to buy a "good fat guinea pig" weighing at least 2 lbs and boil it so it can be skinned more easily.

But despite the protests, church leaders remain unrepentant and say guinea pigs are eaten all over South America.

"Guinea pig is regarded as a very nutritious meal in the Andes. It is easily digested and has a lot of good nutritional content," said spokeswoman Karin Achtelstetter.

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[size=14pt]Christian cook book rapped for guinea pig recipe[/size]

Animal lovers have given church officials a roasting for producing a cook book with a recipe for baked guinea pig.

Chefs should look to buy a 'good fat guinea pig' weighing at least 1kg (2lb) and boil it so it can be skinned more easily, says the Protestant preachers' cook book.

Once baked, it should be served with a chilli sauce and sweet potatoes. But Dr Edmund Haferbach, animal rights group Peta's German spokesman, said: 'This is a disgrace – I don't know what the church was thinking of.'

The book – produced by the Association of Lutheran Churches in Stuttgart, Germany, and called Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread – was published yesterday. Leaders remained unrepentant.

'Guinea pig is regarded as a nutritious meal in the Andes. It is easily digested and has a lot of good nutritional content,' said spokeswoman Karin Achtelstetter.

The meat of guinea pigs is high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol. However, Claudia Wehling, from the Stuttgart Guinea Pig Association, said: 'It is shocking. Eating bush meat pets is not part of our culture.'

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They aren't shouting over defeathered chicken and turkey, they're shouting over guinea pig? are guniea pigs better than chicken?

its the eyes.

Once an animal can look at you soulfully in a bambi type manner, you tend to give it human qualities.

even deer sef- some of them look like they can think as well as a human. You practically expect them to start talking- its that serious.