Pasteles
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9. Wash and wipe dry the banana leaves. With a scissor cut the leaves in half.

Banana leaves

Banana leaves

10. Cut the butchers twine. I grab the tip of the twine and spin it from my thumb to my elbow about 24 times. Then I cut it at the thumb to make 38 inched pieces. I repeat the process and cut to make 19 inched pieces (pictured).

Parchment paper and butchers twine Mercedes with rope

1. Parchment paper, 2. Butchers twine.
Mercedes holding the cut butchers twine.

11. Set your table (pictured)

Set table

1. Masa, 2. Banana leaves, 3. Butchers twine, 4. Garbanzo beans, 5. Pork
stuffing, 6. Pimento stuffed olives, 7. Annatto oil, 8. Parchment paper

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