Mexico (Part 20) Eating REAL Mexican tortillas in San Juan de Chamula

Carol bought a couple of inexpensive fabrics in the house/shop we were visiting. We then sat down in the kitchen with the family and ate the REAL Mexican tortillas made over an open fire on the floor.

                                                This is the entrance to the kitchen                                                        

      Preparing the tortillas from scratch

               Time to throw more tortillas on the fire

              Carol throwing down some tortillas-notice how stuffed her cheeks are–Hey, save some for me!!

I wasn’t sure the health department would approve of our dining situation, but it is one of those experiences you cannot afford to pass up and we were better for it.  We probably ate 20 tortillas.                                                                 Some of the helpers with the dishes                                                                                                                                                                                                       We were leaving the house when I saw the above photo opp which I thought was interesting.  I turned around and quickly captured it. 

In SJC there is a very interesting church with an incredible religious history that is much too complicated to go into on a blog, so you will just have to go yourself. Don’t miss it! I will tease you with a photo of the doors of the church.                                                                After the church tour we went out into the plaza and were in the middle of a huge market.     

Next- The Market of San Juan de Chamula and an opportunity for a new wife!

If you want some great Mexican food holiday recipes I notice that Dave Cathey, The Oklahoman’s food editor has some great recipes on his web site. You can find it here: http://blog.newsok.com/fooddude/category/mexican-food/ 

BTW-If you want to check out some really neat stuff about what is happening on the redesigned Newsok.com then you need to check out Alan Herzberger’s update here

View my other travel blogs on NewsOk.com:                             Colombia:                                                                          http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/colombia/ Mexico:                                                                       http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/mexico/                                                                       Caribbean island of Barbuda:                             http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/barbuda/                                                                         San Juan with a 5 hour layover:                                    http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/san-juan-puerto-rico/       

Fly around the U.S. for the day:                                      http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/day-trip/

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