Skills For Good(s): Yummy Tortillas And Fun Skill Share

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Last night, Arturo Herrera hosted The Tortillas Workshop for the bi-weekly Skills For Good(s) at Civic Space.

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Traditional style corn tortillas is what was on the menu for the night. Most important ingredient: corn masa flour.

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Arturo grew up in Honduras as a child and loved the tradition and culture his South American hometown provided him as a child. So, he decided to bring some of that culture and tradition to Civic Space.

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Firing up the gas burners!

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Arturo shows us how to make the tortilla dough. All you need is:

-water

-corn masa flour

– salt (optional)

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Mixing it up!

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Some of the barter items: Canadian identity.

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Skill sharing.

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Time to flatten this tortilla!

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Arturo also showed us how to heat up refried beans in style.

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The first tortilla is almost ready. The key is to wait for it to start rising.

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Then Arturo opens up his kitchen space for us to make our own corn tortillas.

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Sara patiently waiting her turn.

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When the tortillas are finished, they’re place in this towel to stay warm.

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A salsa filled sample.

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Eating the tortillas was definitely a highlight from this Skills for Good(s).

We’d like to thank Arturo Herrera for sharing this skill with us!