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We are at the Lol-Ha Snack Bar in Akumal, Mexico.
And a very special lady named Margarita
Is going to show us how to make hand patted corn tortillas.
I’m going to learn, we are going to have some fun.
So come on! Let’s go find out what it’s about.
First, we are going to go into the kitchen.
Hola.
Hola.
She is cooking the tortillas on the hot plate.
Can you make them for us as well?
Let’s see how you make them.
So first she pats them down and smoothes them out.
Pulls them off and puts them on the stove.
And see how they bubble up?
That’s how she knows when they are done.
Margarita, muy bueno.
Very good.
And so it is on a tortilla smasher,
But she is not smashing them.
She’s doing it by hand. They’re so thin.
Alright, so what she does is
Takes a little bit. Yeah.
She’s going to show you.
Put your hand on the edge.
It’s a little better.
Very slow.
When we do it.
Okay. Samara, you want to give it a try?
Is that good?
So I smash it out?
Oh no.
Oh no.
Now, Samara is a baker.
Never with this.
Como do you say baker?
You say la panadera.
She’s a la panadera.
That’s what she does for a living.
Ut oh.
Ut oh.
You are still needing skills.
Yeah, no. Not with this.
Oh, my hands are too wet.
Oh, that is not a good one.
Put it on the stove.
Ut-oh. That’s not good. It’s too thin.
Is that too thin?
No, it good.
Oh, you did it.
Oh, I'm done.
What about you kiddo?
Okay, the kiddo is going to put hers on too.
Oh, that’s good.
I am going to do uno mas. See how it works out.
Okay, so you first pat it out.
Put it down flat.
And then you hold your hand and twist it.
Is that right Margarita?
Sí.
Oh Margarita, I am no good at this.
I am so slow.
Margarita, how many anos have you been making tortillas?
Diez anos.
Ten years.
Ten years she has been here making the tortillas.
That is a long time to, this is hopeless.
Really, oh.
I am leaving it for you.
Gracias.
Thank you very much Margarita.
There is no way to fix that one.
No, she threw it out.
Cuántos tortillas?
Seis kilos.
Six kilos per día?
Sí.
Per day?
Wow!
That is a lot of tortillas.
Mucho tortillas.
Wow!
Very good. Yea!
Thank you Margarita.
Adiós!
Adiós!