Monday, August 22, 2011

Blue Corn Tortillas

At the multi-cultural fair the garden committee hosted a table for making blue corn tortillas with the blue dent corn the kids grew in the garden. First the kernels were shucked off the cobs by the kids during garden class. Then the hard kernels were soaked overnight in lime to soften. Here are the kids grinding the corn on a real metate from the Peralta Hacienda.






After the corn was ground into meal, we added water to make a dough, which the kids formed into balls and flattened. Here they are cooking on the electric skillet.














Time to eat, with fresh salsa on top! Thanks to Jenny Svoboda, Mary Dalsin, Sandra Ferrer, Rick Randel, and Staci Markos for all their hard work making this happen.



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