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The tortilla is the food supplement of more than 90 percent of the Mexican population.
Every year the per capita intake is 75 kilograms.
It is reported that in Mexico, there are more than 110 thousand tortilla shops.
Social networks have become a very broad place used by people, where they feel free to share their stories. Recently, the story of a foreign woman in Mexico has gone viral, as she is charging tourists to teach, make tortillas, and sell the classes as an “ancestral cooking experience.”
For no one It is a secret that Mexican culinary culture is very important and known throughout the world. But mainly its food, especially like the tortillas. Before that, it is estimated that Mexico is the main consumer of tortillas in the world, which constitutes the food supplement of more than 90 percent of its population; each year the per capita intake is 75 kilograms.
According to the latest update from the Federal Consumer Prosecutor’s Office (Profeco), the price of the basic basket is at its highest value nationwide and is 1,164 pesos with 90 cents. Among that figure is the tortilla, which has seen a significant price increase thanks to inflation, where in some entities of the country a kilo is sold to consumers for almost 30 pesos, this was confirmed by the updated statistics of the National System of Information and Market Integration (SNIIM).
The UNAM defines this technique, it has been used since pre-Hispanic times and continues to date; It is essential in food preparation. based on corn dough and increases the bioavailability of amino acids, soluble fiber and resistant starch, beneficial for health.
Foreigner charges for teaching how to make tortillas
through a post on Twitter, a young woman shared the case of a foreign woman who lives in Oaxacaand gives classes on how to prepare nixtamal tortillas to tourists, and in turn sells this activity as an ancestral cooking experience.
It was learned that the woman lives in Oaxaca and according to the twitter, Tania Tangle, the foreigner who is from The United States offers this service at the price of one thousand pesos and thus gives a class on the procedure to follow to enjoy delicious Mexican tortillas based on nixtamal.
“In my town there is a foreign lady who charges other foreigners a thousand pesos to teach them how to make nixtamal tortillas and sells it as an ‘ancestral cooking experience.’ I already saw it all,” the tweet reads.
Many have classified this action as the phenomenon of gentrification, which has become very popular in recent years. in Mexico and that has not only expanded to gastronomy, since it covers various cultural items that could be framed in appropriation issues.
Without waiting, the tweets went viral and unleashed criticism from Mexican Internet users, where many label him as “abuse” of being appropriated and monetized by something that is not even their culture.
In my town there is a foreign lady who charges other foreigners a thousand pesos to teach them how to make nixtamal tortillas and sells it as an “ancestral cooking experience.” I already saw it all.
—Tania Tagle (@Tania_Tagle) March 2, 2023
“A gringa teaching to make tortillas in Mexico hahahaha oh no, take away their visa or something,” read a tweet.
“Hahahahaha we’re wasting a lot of talent,” says another Internet user.
“In my town there is a chef who takes foreigners to buy vegetables at the market and tells them that it is an experience back to the Mayan roots,” wrote another Internet user.
“They do that everywhere, in Airbnb experiences they even charge to take you to eat at the market as a native of the place,” read another tweet.
“Not even I, who inherited my grandmother’s metate, dare so much, but the gringas do not know decency,” wrote another Internet user.
And this is how, once again, a history of social networks is unleashing a debate on social networks, where Internet users criticize this type of cultural appropriation and provide more information about what it means.
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