![]() ![]() It’s work (and a vanishing talent in some busy families) which takes literally hours, making certain this syrup doesn’t bubble up too high, overflowing the pan. This process involves lifting, straining and stirring the pot, sometimes quite rapidly, with a metal colander-type bowl at the end of a long stick. As the juice from the cana started to boil, Eugenio and Flor worked and lovingly supervised us all taking turns helping. Today’s all day festivities commenced with gathering the wood for their specially crafted outdoor rock and concrete fire pit, strategically and beautifully located near a picturesque creek, then lighting a fire under the huge pan that would evolve into a bubbling cauldron of savory sweetness. It actually began the day before when they harvested their crop of cana or sugar cane, and in this case, processed it all through an old hand-crank press, passed down the family through generations. This is an annual family event for the Mora Family and for many families around Costa Rica. ![]() You can view more pictures related to this article on The Costa Rica Star Facebook page.Įugenio and Flor, our dear Tico friends and neighbors, said, “Come tomorrow and bring your camera we’re making tapa dulce.”īeing gringos fairly new to this small neighborhood, we had no idea what this meant, but if he thought it was important enough for us to bring our camera, there was no doubt this was to be an event worth recording for memory, and we were not disappointed.
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