Roy and Ray in Mexico . ious kinds. Along the sides ofthe market in certain accustomed places, somewomen had a rough kind of range made of clayand stone, on which they cooked savoury soups andstews and the filling for the enchiladas (en-chee-lah-das) and the tamales, as well as frijolesand chile con came (chee-lay con car-nay), meatwith peppers. Families having booths in themarket and unable to do their own cooking, senthere for their meals and ate them sitting on thefloor behind their counters. Other cooking-placeshad tables with coarse white cloth coverings, andserved meals to those who came
Roy and Ray in Mexico . ious kinds. Along the sides ofthe market in certain accustomed places, somewomen had a rough kind of range made of clayand stone, on which they cooked savoury soups andstews and the filling for the enchiladas (en-chee-lah-das) and the tamales, as well as frijolesand chile con came (chee-lay con car-nay), meatwith peppers. Families having booths in themarket and unable to do their own cooking, senthere for their meals and ate them sitting on thefloor behind their counters. Other cooking-placeshad tables with coarse white cloth coverings, andserved meals to those who came—principallybread and eggs and coffee—never any butter, forthat is a scarce article in Mexico. Mrs. Knighttold the children that on the chief market-days,Monday and Thursday, whole families of countrypeople got their living in the market; and thechildren found out for themselves that many ofthe people who had stalls under cover slept inthem at night, to keep watch over their goods andbe on hand early in the Market Scenes THE SIGHTS OF CUERNAVACA 197 What is that white stuff they are sellingto-day I asked Mrs. Stevens, one morning, in-dicating a row of women sitting on mats in thecentre of the street, each with lumps of something-white in front of her. That is lime, said Mrs. Knight. They cookit with their corn to take the hull off the they carry a basket of corn to the mill—youhave seen the sign, Molino de Nixtamal?—andit is put through several machines and mixed withthe necessary quantity of water and comes outdough, and they carry it away in the same women stand or sit and watch the process, sothat it would not be easy for the mill-men to taketoll even if they wanted to. Do you do your marketing over there in themarket? asked Mrs. Stevens. Yes, except for meat and flowers. Those arebrought to the hotel—and, by the way, you mustsee Angelina, the flower-woman, some day, she isso pretty. Most of the citizens do their marketinghere, for t
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