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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



the: true; staff of life in mfxico 



Wherever one goes in Mexico tortillas are stacked up awaiting purchasers, or are being 

 eaten, or are in the course of preparation. A few centavos will buy a handful of these cakes 

 of half-raw, lime-tasting dough. The appetite for them is distinctly an acquired one, but, once 

 acquired, it stays on. There are few things more delicious than a tortilla that has been twice 

 roasted, so that it breaks crisply in the fingers. 



