In most homes in the local villages, tortillas are made fresh daily and are served with every meal. Every village has a molino - a large grinder where women take their prepared corn to be ground into the masa; the dough used to make tortillas. Students learn about this process as well as how to form, press, and cook tortillas.
The salsa is made by roasting vegetables and combining them together in a molcajete - a stone mortar and pestle. Students take turns using the molcajete to prepare the salsas.
Students learn the process and then enjoy eating their freshly made tortillas, covered in a spicy smoky salsa. The teachers are Nere or Soco. Class is offered depending on availability from the teacher. Class cost is $50 pesos per person, with a minimum of three people. The payment is made directly to the teacher, and includes the class and lots of tortillas and salsa.
