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![#Repost @cookingwgranny with @make_repost ・・・ Grandma’s Pasteles in Marlboro Projects in Coney Island every Thanksgiving (Puerto Rican banana leaf-wrapped masa and meat) “We lived in Marlboro Projects in Coney Island. Our buildings were adjacent, so my mom lived in one building, and my grandma lived in the other with a couple of my aunts and a lot of my cousins. Come the holidays, we would always go to Grandma's house, and it was like an assembly line there. Someone's in charge of soaking the bananas — we use three different types — in water. Then someone’s peeling and chopping those bananas. Someone’s cutting the yuca and yautia. Someone’s cutting up the onions and ajicito for the sofrito. Someone's cutting the pork. Once all these components were chopped and peeled, then the oldest person — my grandmother — would start seasoning and cooking the meat, making the masa [from the root vegetables]. Then we came in — the kids. We would help tie the pasteles together, or stuff them in a bag to give away as gifts, or put them in the freezer. As years went on, you kind of stepped up in that ladder of what you were able to make. Maybe Grandma trusted me with cutting the bananas one year. Then, peppers another year. Unfortunately, I didn't get to the very top until March of 2018, when Grandma passed away. Now, I'm the leader of the assembly line and everyone else comes in to do everything.” - Frances Roman, chef and founder of @cocotasocateringllc which sells Abuela’s pasteles at the @queensnightmarket in non-Covid times #foodstories #pastelescaseros #puertoricanfood #abuelas #recetascaseras #recetadelaabuela #grandmasrecipe #cookingwithgranny #cookingwithgrandma #multicultural #bipoc #foodstory #storytelling #storytellers #humansofnewyork #grandmasofinstagram #grandmas #nycfoodies #nycfoodgals #nycfoods #nycfoodblogger #yuca #bananaleaf #bananaleaves #culturalheritage #foodisculture #foodwriter #foodwriting #foodwriters](https://scontent-sjc3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/126358725_123123012782888_1520194468251847625_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=9hJbjbnW0pIAX_WVuew&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=491bbfe8f8020bd7351296096a8f876d&oe=602853DD)
