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Tortilla, At Finca Paso Llano

Hands Had To Be Washed First
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2921
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Eugenio Quesada Selected Dough Ball
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2926
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Woman Demonstrated Shaping Technique
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2928
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Then The Technique To Flatten
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2931
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Eugenio Quesada Flattened Tortilla
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2936
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Close-Up Of Palm Flattening Technique
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2953
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Two Tourists Join The Process
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2955
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Tortilla Cooked Over Open Flame
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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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2967
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Tortillas Eaten For Lunch
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Those same hand-made tortillas were later eaten as part of the lunch internal link 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 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2990
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