Via our new Flickr Friend JLT, this handy photo-guide to making tongue tacos at home. Click for the big version. JLT tells us they have made tacos using this recipe 3 times in the past year and they&#8217;ve been amazing! Let us know how it goes in your kitchen&#8230;

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