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Tortilla, At Finca Paso Llano
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Hands Had To Be Washed First
Before any tortillas could be made by hand, those hands first had to be washed.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:06:46 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2921 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Eugenio Quesada Selected Dough Ball
The tour guide, Eugenio Quesada, select the first ball of dough from which to make a tortilla.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:08:17 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2926 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Woman Demonstrated Shaping Technique
One of the women at the Finca demonstrated how to do the initial shaping of the tortilla.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:08:41 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2928 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Then The Technique To Flatten
Next, that same woman showed how to flatten the tortilla with the palm of hand to make it flat and round.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:08:57 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2931 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Eugenio Quesada Flattened Tortilla
The tour guide, Eugenio Quesada, flattened the tortilla wrongly with his finger tips.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:09:35 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2936 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Close-Up Of Palm Flattening Technique
Here, in close-up, was an example of the correct technique to flatten a tortilla into a circle.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:14:28 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2953 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Two Tourists Join The Process
Two tourists joined the process of making tortillas by hand. Although it looks like they are making it on a towel, there is actually a plastic surface between the towel and tortilla.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:15:36 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2955 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Tortilla Cooked Over Open Flame
The tortillas were cooked one by one in a ceramic pan set on top of an open flame.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:20:08 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2967 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Tortillas Eaten For Lunch
Those same hand-made tortillas were later eaten as part of the lunch meal.
Tortilla At Finca Paso Llano • Lesson in making a tortilla by hand • Díríamba, Carazo, between San Juan del Sur and Granada, Nicaragua • (Photo posted Sunday 22 April 2012) • (Photo taken 13:41:54 Wednesday 23 November 2011) • © 2012 Bryan Costales #B12_2990 Add a comment or report a mistake
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