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Eugenio Quesada Selected Dough Ball (92 views)
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
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The tour guide, Eugenio Quesada, select the first ball of dough from which to make a tortilla.

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Woman Demonstrated Shaping
Woman Demonstrated Shaping (89 views)
by Bryan Costales
(3 of 9) One of the women at the Finca demonstrated how to do the initial shaping of the tortilla.
Then The Technique To Flatten
Then The Technique To Flatten (94 views)
by Bryan Costales
(4 of 9) Next, that same woman showed how to flatten the tortilla with the palm of hand to make it flat and round.
Eugenio Quesada Flattened Tortilla
Eugenio Quesada Flattened Tortilla (101 views)
by Bryan Costales
(5 of 9) The tour guide, Eugenio Quesada, flattened the tortilla wrongly with his finger tips.
Close-Up Of Palm Flattening
Close-Up Of Palm Flattening (68 views)
by Bryan Costales
(6 of 9) Here, in close-up, was an example of the correct technique to flatten a tortilla into a circle.
Two Tourists Join The Process
Two Tourists Join The Process (90 views)
by Bryan Costales
(7 of 9) 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 Cooked Over Open Flame
Tortilla Cooked Over Open Flame (98 views)
by Bryan Costales
(8 of 9) The tortillas were cooked one by one in a ceramic pan set on top of an open flame.
Tortillas Eaten For Lunch
Tortillas Eaten For Lunch (92 views)
by Bryan Costales
(9 of 9) Those same hand-made tortillas were later eaten as part of the lunch meal.
Hands Had To Be Washed First
Hands Had To Be Washed First (46 views)
by Bryan Costales
(1 of 9) Before any tortillas could be made by hand, those hands first had to be washed.