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🗓️ 13 October 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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In Mexico City, tacos run the gamut, from late night snack to haute cuisine. As a chef and food tour guide, Yimnah Rosas has tried them all and uses this iconic street food to reveal a deeper side of Mexican culture.
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0:00.0 | Food has always been an important part of Jimna Rosas Montiel's life. |
0:07.0 | She still remembers when she was six years old, helping her abuelita make the dough, or |
0:12.9 | masa, for sopes, a thick type of tortilla that's usually fried. |
0:20.1 | El sope es como una tortilla gourda. |
0:24.6 | Las personas las hacen con una máquina, pero mi abuelita las hacía a mano. |
0:32.1 | Ella se llamaba con suelo y yo le decía chelo. |
0:36.8 | Recuerdo que preparaba la masa y empezaba a hacerlas. |
0:41.0 | Para mí eso era magia. |
0:44.0 | Me encantaba ver como el sopecresía mientras se cocinaba. |
0:49.1 | Era un círculo perfecto. |
0:53.2 | One day her abuelita botjina her own tortilla press, or prensa, and said, |
0:59.8 | now it's your turn to make the sopes. |
1:03.4 | Mi abuelita me compro una prensa de juguete para hacer tortillas. |
1:09.2 | La primera vez que preparé los sopes para mi familia, dije, yo hice estos sopes. |
1:16.6 | Me sentí como la chef más importante del mundo. |
1:23.1 | Dima did become a chef and a food tour guide in her home of Mexico City. |
1:28.6 | She shows visitors and locals how Mexican cooks use tortillas to express their culture |
1:34.4 | and identity. |
1:35.4 | And of course, tortillas are an essential ingredient in many dishes, including tacos. |
1:42.5 | Today Dima will show us the many sides of the Mexico City taco, which can be anything |
1:48.0 | from a late-night snack to oat cuisine. |
1:51.6 | En el taco, tú puedes saber mucho de la vida diaria de las familias. |
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