loosely replace it.

English translation: put it back but do not smooth over

13:14 Nov 13, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: loosely replace it.
- Place one ball of dough in the middle of the plastic bag and place in the middle of the open tortilla press, if using.-
Fold the bag in half over the dough. Close the tortilla press and push the handle to compress
the dough as much as possible.
-Open the tortilla press and check that the tortilla is nice and thin. Compress again if necessary. Very carefully peel back the plastic from the top of the dough, making sure the dough does not tear, then *loosely replace it*. Finally, flip it over and gently peel back the plastic.

Hi! Could you please help me understand that "loosely replace it"? It's not clear to me. After peeling back the plastic you should place it again on the tortilla without pressing? Maybe I'm just stuck and it's simpler than I think, but since the concept is not perfectly clear to me I cannot find a proper translation. Thank you very much for your help!
Best regards, Laura
Laura Tosi
Italy
Local time: 12:54
Selected answer:put it back but do not smooth over
Explanation:
put it back on the dough but do not smooth over/do not make it cling tightly to the dough again
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danya
Local time: 13:54
Grading comment
Thank you very much danya! And thanks to everyone for the disccussion and comments! Best, Laura
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4 +4put it back but do not smooth over
danya
4not tightly
Elias Marios Kounas


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
put it back but do not smooth over


Explanation:
put it back on the dough but do not smooth over/do not make it cling tightly to the dough again

danya
Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much danya! And thanks to everyone for the disccussion and comments! Best, Laura

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kmtext
1 min
  -> thank you

agree  B D Finch: Though I'd replace "smooth over" with "smooth down", to make it clear this is about not applying pressure..
1 hr
  -> point taken, thank you

agree  Tony M
4 hrs
  -> thank you

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: "smooth" is enough. I wouldn't use "down"
1 day 1 hr
  -> thank you
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
not tightly


Explanation:
"Roll up dough loosely around rolling pin and unroll it over pan. Gently ease dough into pan."

https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Crumby-is-good

I think that "loosely" is used in the following sense found in Cambridge Dictionary:

loosely adverb (NOT TIGHTLY)
not tightly:
The jacket hung loosely on his thin body.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/loosely



Elias Marios Kounas
Greece
Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: Greek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: "Tightly" couldn't be used to apply to how cling film was laid on top of the dough.// Yes, it would go with "wrap".
1 hr
  -> "Laid" probably not, but why would "tightly" not go with "wrap"?

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: as BDF says "tightly" is wrong. Also don't know what your 1st link has to do with this?
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thanks for your feedback!!
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