{"id":92,"date":"2016-07-07T20:34:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brentblack.com\/cart\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2016-07-13T21:17:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T21:17:55","slug":"tour-cooking-panama-hat-soup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stage.brentblack.com\/cart\/hat-lore-overview\/tour-how-a-panama-hat-is-made\/tour-cooking-panama-hat-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking Panama Hat Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"tour_04_04_saec1\"Sim\u00f3n brings the tallos into the kitchen where a pot of\u00a0water is already boiling over a wood fire. (Right)<\/p>\n

He is using a steel rod to balance the pot from falling into the fire hole.\u00a0One good bump could bring about a calamity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"tour_04_02_saec6\"He lowers the tallo carefully into the water, curling it to\u00a0fit the pot, like extra-extra-long spaghetti.<\/div>\n
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\"tour_04_03_saec10\"Sim\u00f3n swirls the long tallo to spread it evenly and to\u00a0keep his hand out of the hot steam as much as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"tour_04_04_saec1\"<\/p>\n

He uses the sticks to keep the tallo submerged, to stir the
\npot, to separate the strands so they don\u2019t stick.<\/p>\n

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\"tour_04_05_saec33\"\"tour_04_06_saec3\"It really is a lot like cooking spaghetti. Though I seriously
\ndoubt that Sim\u00f3n has ever in his life cooked spaghetti.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"tour_04_07_saec4\"\"tour_04_08_saec7\"<\/div>\n

After about a minute, Sim\u00f3n\u00a0<\/span>hoists the tallo out of the water.<\/p>\n

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\"tour_04_09_saec34\"\"tour_04_10_saeps91\"When all the tallos have been properly cooked, Sim\u00f3n
\ntakes them outside to dry.<\/p>\n

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Yes, he hangs them on a clothesline to dry. The day was\"tour_04_12_saeps1002\"
\novercast, so it was safe to hang them out front under the eave of the
\ncorrugated tin roof. (Right)<\/p>\n

Below: Different straw, different day, but notice the open area below the
\nhouse back past the pig.<\/p>\n

\"tour_04_11_kidsstraw\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"tour_04_13_undrhouse_crop\"On sunny days, the drying straw needs shade for protection.\u00a0Many of the village houses are on \u201cstilts,\u201d open underneath to\u00a0invite ventilation in the equatorial heat. Straw is often hung beneath the\u00a0houses.<\/p>\n

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\"tour_04_14_diego1\"<\/p>\n

\"tour_04_15_pilecoke_crop\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We went for\u00a0refreshments while the straw dried. That\u2019s Diego. He knows every young,\u00a0attractive, single woman in Manta. \u201cIt\u2019s a small town,\u201d he\u00a0says. Population 350,000.<\/p>\n

N\"tour_04_16_saeb6_crop\"ext, see how the straw is bleached with sulfur.
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