Designed with Aida Limón Bustamante and Tania Gutiérrez Sáez. Presented at “Peruanos naturalmente”, Biodiversity Festival organised by the Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM), 2019. Used on this occasion with native potatoes from Cusco (Qenqo, Qeqorani, and Sangre de Toro cultivars), produced by Julio Hancco.
A family of utensils for children to build their own causa limeña, a Peruvian dish of mashed potato filled with chicken, tuna or vegetables. The potato, as prepared for Causa Limeña, is a versatile dough that can be easily handled and shaped.
This kit allows children to make their own versions of Causa Limeña, while experimenting with the different varieties of Peruvian potato, that are easily accessible locally, and which can be found in different colors, textures, and flavours. The utensils consist of a potato masher, a mould to make potato cubes, an extruder to make space for filling in the cubes and form the leftover potato into different shapes, and a small knife and cutting board.
Una familia de utensilios para niños para preparar su propia causa limeña, un platillo peruano de papa aplastada rellena con pollo, atún o vegetales. La papa preparada para la Causa Limeña es una masa versátil que puede ser fácilmente manejada y formada.
Este kit permite a los niños hacer sus propias versiones de Causa Limeña, mientras experimentan con las numerosas variedades de papa peruana que son fácilmente accesibles localmente, y que tienen colores, texturas y sabores variados. Los utensilios consisten en un aplastador, un molde para hacer cubos, un extrusor para hacer espacio para el relleno y transformar la papa sobrante en diferentes formas, un cuchillo y una tabla de cortar.
Images by Paula Cermeño León
Event photography by Diego Lau Toyosato