Tamales making - Belizean food preparation in a mestizo kitchen. Mixing ingredients to make "col".
Pot of tamales being boiled on top of fire hearth.
Tamales making - Belizean food preparation in a mestizo kitchen. Blending ingredients to make "col".
Pot of banana leaves left to cool after being boiled. Banana leaves will be used to wrap tamales.
Mestizo woman cooking tamales over fire hearth.
Mestizo woman cooking over fire hearth. She is removing the chicken which is to be used in the preparation of tamales.
Mestizo and Garifuna woman adding ingredients into pot over open fire hearth. This part of the process is the boling of the "col" which is inside part of the tamales.
Making "col" over a fire hearth. The ingredients are stirred until the "col" becomes thick after which it is used in the making of tamales.
Tamales making - Belizean food preparation in a mestizo kitchen. Mashing the masa, placing chicken with col inside and wrapping the tamales.
Tamales making - Belizean food preparation in a mestizo kitchen. Mashing masa, placing chicken and col inside and wrapping the tamales in banana leaf to be boiled.
Tamales making - Belizean food preparation in a mestizo kitchen. Placing chicken and col on masa and then wrapping in banana leaf. This will then be boiled.
Mestizo woman placing wrapped tamales into pot to be boiled over a fire hearth. This is the last process in the making of tamales.
Mestizo woman placing wrapped tamales in pot to be boiled over a fire hearth.
Two pots filled with tamales being boiled over fire hearth.
