Long ago there was the town bakery back home; is there still one in your block? In Mexico, all working-class colonias still need and support a local tortilleria. The tortilla, or "little (corn) cake" is a part of every meal. So every family buys fresh tortillas every day, sometimes from boys who pedal their bikes and peddle their tortillas door-to-door! The going price around here is about 56 cents a kilo, or 22 cents a pound ---- about 2 cents each. Sort of like "give us this day our daily bread", but really affordable.
Mama Lolita's shop is a family business with the father mixing the dough, the daughters tending the machinery, the son stacking the corn flour sacks (100 pounds each) and Mama holding it all together. They go through a sack of flour each day producing/selling about 1,000 little cakes a day for their 5-square block colonia. Excellent in fresh fish tacos!!
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