How to make rice paper!? Oh wow. That must have been so difficult! I would love to learn how to do it though :D

I love how easy people can make difficult tasks look! We visited a family in Battambang, Cambodia who showed us how to make rice paper for spring rolls… It was not easy!! Although, I think they did end up selling some of mine so I was rather proud of myself!

Oh yes, it’s a strange but wonderful sound! It took me a little while to figure out what it was when I first arrived there.

I hope so too! They were a lovely family and were involved in lots of different activities – the mum ran cooking classes, the daughter sold natural/organic moisturisers and lip balms, the dad and brothers grew coffee and took people in volcano hikes. It was a big community style family, and they were all really lovely, no to mention talented!

Although I’m not pleased to read it’s harder than it looks to make. My cooking skills leave a lot to be desired so I’m already handicapped where the kitchen is concerned.

It’s such a wonderful way for local families to share their traditions with travellers. I hope she gets more visitors from people reading this post.

We found that in South America too- it’s really hard to find food without meat to buy out, but people usually cook without it at home. Maybe I’ll have another go at Tortillas!

Yes, I’m sure too. Actually lots of Guatemalans can’t afford to eat meat every day and usually only do so once or twice per week. That’s what Luke’s home stay family did.

Tortillas was just the ground up corn flour and water, yes! And salt of course.

Thanks for stopping by Susie! There’s definitely an art to making tortillas that comes with practise but it’s lots of fun – let me know if you ever get to have a go! :D

Couchsurfing is really great for learning to cook new meals but unfortunately CSing really isn’t popular in Central America! I hope that it will start to catch on over there like AirBnB has. Making tortillas was super interesting and I’m impressed by the work ethic of the local women who wake up so early every day to make hundreds and hundreds of tortillas.