Rosa Delgado

mother's mother

Rosa grew up in Oaxaca, near the market in Tlacolula, and later lived for forty years in San Antonio. Every Sunday, she made tamales de rajas and a big pot of champurrado, and she always sang Cielito Lindo while she cooked. When we left her house, she always said, ‘Ve con Dios, mijo.’

Favorite foods

  • tamales de rajas
  • champurrado

Songs & singers

  • Cielito Lindo
  • Pedro Infante

Places

  • Oaxaca
  • market in Tlacolula
  • San Antonio

Things they used to say

  • Con paciencia y saliva
  • El elefante se comió a la hormiga
  • Ve con Dios, mijo
Full transcript

This is for my grandmother. Rosa Delgado She was my mother's mother. And she passed away three years ago. Every Sunday she made tamales de rajas and a big pot of champurrado. And she would never let anyone help with the masa. She loved to sing Cielito Lindo while she cooked. And on the radio she always played Pedro Infante. She grew up in Oaxaca. Near the market in Tlacolula. And later she lived 40 years in San Antonio. Whenever we complained. She used to say. Con paciencia y saliva. El elefante se comió a la hormiga. And when we left her house she always said. Ve con Dios. mijo. I miss her hands. And her kitchen that always smelled like cinnamon.