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0:00
- Y'all, this is the part of this family
0:02
that I've been really excited for y'all to meet.
0:07
This is Elegant?
0:09
- Eleanor. - Eleanor.
0:12
Her name is Eleanor, but she said,
0:15
"I wanna add something else to my name."
0:17
- [Mama Birdie] Mm-hmm.
0:19
- And so you added Elegant?
0:23
- Elegant Eleanor.
0:25
- Elegant Eleanor.
0:27
- Yes, that's a beautiful name for a beautiful little girl.
0:33
And we are standing here between your mama,
0:37
and Mama Birdie.
0:40
And you know what she's gonna help me do?
0:41
Y'all, I have never made a fresh tortilla.
0:44
- Oh, how exciting. - Never.
0:46
So, Elegant Eleanor is gonna teach me
0:49
how to make my own-
0:51
- Fresh corn tortillas. - fresh corn tortillas.
0:54
And I'm so excited!
0:56
(Mama Birdie chuckles)
0:57
You ready to get started?
1:00
All right, when you talk now, talk loud so I can hear you.
1:04
- Okay. - 'Cause this ear
1:05
sometimes gets stopped up.
1:07
So I wanna be able to hear every word that you whisper.
1:10
(smacks) Okay?
1:12
Let's get started.
1:13
- We're putting- - This is not hot, is it?
1:16
But these don't get hot, the press.
1:18
- [Mama Birdie] Yeah, the press is not hot,
1:20
the tortilla press. - Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
1:22
And this is- - Just a piece of plastic.
1:25
- Okay. - You can use
1:26
any like grocery store bag or-
1:29
- Oh, okay. - You know,
1:30
if you wanna use any plastic.
1:33
- Okay, that's great. Wax paper would be good.
1:36
Okay, baby, let's get the-
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- [Mama Birdie] The press is ready for you.
1:40
- bowl over here in front of you,
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so you can make this.
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And tell us what you've got.
1:47
- [Danielle] This is masa, two cups of masa.
1:51
(speaks in foreign language), just say it. What is this?
1:54
- [Eleanor] Two cups of masa.
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- [Paula] Okay.
1:57
- [Mama Birdie] While she's looking at the masa.
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It's (indistinct) flour.
2:00
- No, masa. - What?
2:02
- Say it again, baby. - It's called masa.
2:04
- It's called masa.
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- [Paula] Masa.
2:06
And you can find this at the grocery store, right?
2:09
Okay.
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- [Mama Birdie] There's different kinds you can use, right?
2:12
You can make red tortillas, blue corn tortillas.
2:16
We prefer the yellow corn. This is what we're using today.
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That's the yellow corn.
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That's our favorite flavor.
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We like them all with masa.
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- [Paula] Okay.
2:26
- [Mama Birdie] Then add your salt.
2:27
- All right, what do you need now, Eleanor?
2:30
A fourth of a teaspoon.
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I've got a measure right over there
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that you can use.
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Good job. She knows what she's doing.
2:43
- Okay, let's put it in, sprinkle it in, okay?
2:47
- And her papa told me that she is itching
2:51
to get into that blacksmith shop.
2:54
- She wants to be in (indistinct).
2:57
- She's gonna be- - You got to make not one.
2:59
- a pro before you know it.
3:01
All right, can I help you with that, Ellen, or you got...
3:03
Oh, you got it.
3:05
So you just add the water all at one time.
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(measuring cup clangs) - Yes.
3:09
- Right? - Right.
3:11
- And then you just stir it until all the...
3:16
What is it, matsa?
3:18
- Masa. - Masa.
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Is all wet, right?
3:22
- Yeah. - Yeah.
3:26
Can Mama help?
3:28
- [Mama Birdie] At one point, we use our hands.
3:30
Actually, it's a little-
3:31
- [Paula] Yes.
3:31
- [Mama Birdie] We use our hands a little easy.
3:33
- [Paula] Okay, let Mama help you, baby,
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'cause it's getting hard.
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It's getting hard as it soaks up that water it-
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- [Danielle] The old process.
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- I'm sure she does- - For the video, sweetheart.
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- Yeah. - You wanna tell her
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what we do with this now?
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- [Paula] Yes.
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- Next, we make some tortillas with it.
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We just stir it up with our hands
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and then we make tortillas.
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- That's great. - Do you put it all-
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- But first, we're gonna put a spoonful right here, right?
4:08
How much of that cornmeal mix do you put down?
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- [Eleanor] A little ball.
4:14
- [Paula] A little ball? Okay, would you show me?
4:18
- Also, you had to make a little ball out of them.
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- Okay, well, you reach in there
4:22
and get you the right amount for your ball.
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- Now let's test it.
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I'll show everybody a trick.
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Give me a little dough ball, Danielle.
4:33
Okay, so see how it's not really sticking to my hands?
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My hands are clean also. So we just washed them.
4:38
So, see how it's not really sticking to my hands?
4:40
- Yeah. - That's good.
4:41
But if the other way to tell if it's dry,
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if it's too dry, your masa,
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you put it in your hands like a little ball like this
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and you press it.
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If you see a lot of cracks all the way around,
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it doesn't have enough water.
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But see- - Okay.
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- there's only a couple little cracks, not a lot.
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So it should be fine because we also wet our hand as-
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- There might be a little water left in there.
5:01
I don't know if she put it all in there or not, Danielle.
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- [Mama Birdie] Just keep going.
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And then now, Eleanor will show you
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how to do the next part.
5:08
- [Paula] Okay, here we go.
5:11
Oh my goodness.
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- [Danielle] Tell them what you did.
5:15
- Oh, look what she's done.
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You made the perfect tortilla.
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- Now, we'll heat up our stove.
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- You wanna share how to get it out?
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- Well- - Turn these mix.
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- You flip it over fast like this.
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- [Paula] Flip it over fast. Okay.
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- Like that.
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And then you take off the top very steadily.
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And there's your tortilla. Perfect.
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- You are amazing.
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Tell everybody how old you are.
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Are you 24?
5:46
- No, I'm 4.
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- Oh, you're just 4.
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Well, you're so smart. I thought you was maybe 24.
5:52
(group chuckling)
5:55
- Mama, thank you for making those tortillas for me.
5:58
- You're welcome.
5:59
We gotta wait till Mama Birdie is ready, okay?
6:02
- Okay, so we're just gonna heat up the skillets.
6:04
- Uh-huh. - Remember, after we wash
6:06
each one of our skillets griddles...
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These are the griddles. So this is a 10-inch griddle.
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- Look, Mama Birdie, look.
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I made a tortilla all by myself.
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- Great job. - I flipped it over fast,
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and then I pulled it off really, really slow.
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- You are professional. You are a really good.
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Good job. Give me five. - Yes, you are.
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- She's doing a curtsy. Give me five.
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Good job!
6:29
- Whoa! Watch it! - Whoa! Whoa!
6:31
- Watch it! Watch it!
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- So we're just gonna heat up our skillets like this.
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Once they're hot, like that one's hot enough,
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now you can...
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Like, if you wanna try it with this, you can,
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but I'll show you how we do it-
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- Okay. Okay.
6:45
- [Mama Birdie] But I'll get beeswax.
6:50
- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- So this- - There's some little spoons
6:54
over there in that bowl if you want to-
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- [Mama Birdie] Want to just rub it.
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- [Paula] Uh-huh.
6:59
- It's already got some on there, okay?
7:00
- Yeah. - We're gonna take
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a little bit of that bees wax out of oil,
7:03
and then you just gonna rub it a little bit
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just so that if you're turning it with your hands,
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it won't stick at all.
7:08
- Yes. - Like I already put it on
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when I washed it and dried it.
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- Uh-huh. - But this one,
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I'm just rubbing it in.
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- And it doesn't take much at all, does it, Birdie?
7:17
- I barely rubbed the top.
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And all we're gonna do is-
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- Let's pass this to-
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- I'll do this part. - Grandma Birdie.
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- So all we can do is we-
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- We don't want you - pick it like this.
7:28
- We don't want you near the heat.
7:30
Okay? - We put the first one,
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see how it already warmed up.
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And then you make the next one.
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You gotta keep making.
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- This fell on the floor
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so we're gonna need some clean paper.
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- I had another one over there.
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- [Paula] Okay, I've got...
7:45
Okay, and I've got wax paper.
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- Hold on to it. - Yeah.
7:49
- [Eleanor] Well, I got mine.
7:51
- [Paula] I know you've got more.
7:53
- They're not very long.
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- [Eleanor] You just gotta keep that out there.
7:57
- That's right. That's exactly right.
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- About 20 seconds on each side. It's thin.
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- And then you got to lock it down good.
8:03
- Change the sides to flatten. - Ta-da!
8:06
- Another perfect one.
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- Ready, set- - The other side
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changed in color a little bit.
8:12
About 20 seconds.
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- [Paula] Oh, that's right, I forgot that you flipped it
8:16
and mashed it one more time, right?
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- Another 20 more seconds and-
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- [Paula] Oh, another perfect tortilla, y'all.
8:22
- Okay, you can help put one here.
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- I know how to pick it up.
8:25
- You do? - Mom, I know how
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to pick it up.
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- I know. Here, I'll let you do the next one.
8:29
Hold it. - Yeah, next time
8:32
you can do it. - So Ms. Paula
8:33
can get some on here too.
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- Okay. - Okay.
8:37
I'll start and y'all get ready.
8:39
- Yes, I'm ready. - You can smash it.
8:40
You can smash it.
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- Oh, okay, I'd love to smash it.
8:44
I'd love to be your smasher.
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I smashed it good.
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(Danielle chuckles)
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All right. - Ready?
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- Ready. - And I'll flip it over
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for you. - Oh, okay.
8:53
Mine's big, isn't it?
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- It's okay. - Just hold the corner.
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- You got it. You got it, baby.
9:02
- You've got to open it first, baby.
9:04
Remember? Then we put it.
9:07
- But- - I mashed it so hard.
9:10
- It's okay. - All right-
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- [Mama Birdie] it's not gonna roll down your throat, right?
9:13
- You wanna pass that to me, baby?
9:15
And I'll pass it to Grandma Birdie.
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- Put it right in there. Perfect.
9:18
It's like a pancake. You just put it on there.
9:20
- It reminds me of my hotcakes that I make.
9:23
- Yeah.
9:25
- Show me, honey.
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Yes!
9:30
- And watch me flip it over.
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It's really easy to flip it over.
9:36
- She's a pro.
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- And then you get it too.
9:40
You put your hand on it and then take the paper off
9:46
and curl this and cut these back together.
9:49
- Yes.
9:51
I will take it,
9:53
and I think I can mash it back where your little hand was.
9:59
Oh. - I always tell her
10:01
"Don't worry if it doesn't come up perfectly round,
10:03
it's not gonna roll down your throat."
10:05
- No. - You got to look
10:06
at the bright side of it. - No.
10:08
Ooh, another one.
10:10
- Oh! - Another one.
10:11
- [Danielle] I'm going to fix this one.
10:12
- And Grandma's got in a thin dish rag, keeping it warm.
10:20
- I am very good at mashing it.
10:22
This time, I'll do it very gentle.
10:25
Watch, I can be very gentle.
10:28
See?
10:30
- I see.
10:31
- Now, I can look.
10:33
- It is absolutely
10:35
like you. - Oh, I forgot to
10:37
flip it. - Flip it.
10:38
- Oh, sorry. (chuckles) That's okay.
10:43
It can be okay.
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- [Paula] It's perfect, Eleanor.
10:46
- Perfect. Don't worry.
10:48
- You can't get any better than perfect, you know?
10:52
- Poor thing. And then we hold it with our hand.
10:56
Let me get it out. Oops.
11:00
Yikes. But it's okay.
11:03
We can make it again.
11:04
- Oh, thank you, baby.
11:06
- We can make it again if for work
11:08
'cause I messed it a little.
11:10
- No, you didn't mess it up.
11:13
- Oops.
11:14
I tried to get it off,
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but sometimes it got a little stick up.
11:24
This is a nice home. It feels like my home.
11:28
- Oh. (Paula smacks)
11:29
- Thank you. Thank you.
11:32
You know what?
11:33
You make it even nicer being here, in this home.
11:36
- [Mama Birdie] Aw, that's very sweet of you, don't you say.
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(Paula smacks)
11:42
- (chuckles) Balls are rolling.
11:44
- They're rolling, aren't they?
11:48
- Can you turn that one up?
11:50
- Yes.
11:52
- I'll eat this one, this case.
11:54
- Oh, it's beautiful. - Oh, I decided to flip it.
11:58
- [Danielle] Just keep on push it.
12:00
Pushing it, although a little bit.
12:01
(Eleanor groans)
12:04
Ooh! - Last one (indistinct).
12:06
Okay, just take the plastic off. You don't need it.
12:12
- Oh, it's perfect.
12:13
- [Mama Birdie] Well now, why look at that.
12:18
- Perfect. Perfect.
12:20
- [Mama Birdie] Almost.
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- Just like her. - I like your nails.
12:23
- Thank you. Do you know they're real?
12:28
Thank you. They're really, really real.
12:30
They grew at it one time,
12:32
but they were starting to wanna break
12:34
so I went to the nail place
12:39
and they put that stuff on it that keeps them from breaking.
12:42
- [Mama Birdie] It's a gel?
12:44
- Yeah, some kind of gel.
12:47
(smacks) Oh, I'd be happy to paint yours
12:51
if you'd like me to.
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- Aw. (chuckles) - (gasps) I would love that.
12:55
- I would love to do it for you.
12:58
All right, girly girl-
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- [Danielle] Best buddy.
13:01
- The last one.
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- Okay.
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- And then we will paint your nails.
13:07
- Thank you. That would be perfecto.
13:11
- Thank you.
13:13
Thank you. - I learned that
13:15
from Patrick.
13:17
- Who is Patrick?
13:18
- He's one of our friends.
13:20
He works in our shop sometimes.
13:22
- Oh!
13:24
- And he says "Perfecto",
13:27
and it's a really good word to say.
13:29
- Yes, yes. Perfecto is the bomb.
13:34
- Ella likes fancy names.
13:35
She always says, "That food smells delightful."
13:39
Or you know, she likes the fancy words.
13:41
- Yes. - Plus she likes
13:42
to call herself Elegant Eleanor.
13:44
- That's wonderful. - Perfect.
13:46
- Well, we're gonna- - Are we all
13:47
just throw that away? - I think-
13:48
- The plastics? - I should wash my hands
13:50
'cause all this-
13:51
- It just keeps sticking to that sweet skin.
13:54
All right, go over there with Mama
13:55
and she'll help you wash your hands.
13:57
- All we do is we throw this away and-
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- [Eleanor] Mama, I need to wash my hands
14:01
'cause all that tortillas are-
14:03
- Okey dokey.
14:05
I hope y'all enjoyed
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Elegant Eleanor teaching us
14:10
how to make homemade tortilla shells.
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I would never have guessed that it was this easy.
14:20
So go get you that tortilla press.
14:24
Get you one of these fine pans.
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- You now have your own. Eleanor brought you one.
14:28
- Oh, thank you. Thank you.
14:31
My grandchildren are gonna love making their fresh,
14:36
very own tortilla shells.
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Thank you, Birdie.
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- You're welcome. That's Eleanor's.
14:41
- Thank you for being
14:45
a grandparent and parent to a fabulous family
14:50
that y'all have raised.
14:51
- So easy to love.
14:53
- So easy. - Mm-hmm.
14:56
- Loving best dishes, y'all.
14:57
All right, come here, Eleanor.
15:00
Come over here, baby.
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Come over here.
15:04
- Remember you are gonna tell Ms. Paula something?
15:06
- And wait. Wait. - You're gonna tell something.
15:08
Because of your pinky, you wanna say something?
15:10
What is it that you want to tell her?
15:15
- We are butter buddies 'cause we both love butter.
15:19
- That's exactly right. We are butter buddies.
15:24
One of my favorite buddies to be.
15:28
So, you know what time it is?
15:31
It's time to tell everybody out there
15:33
that we thank them for joining us today,
15:37
and they appreciate you showing us
15:39
how to make your homemade fresh tortilla shells.
15:43
- So what do you wanna say to the people watching this?
15:45
There's gonna be a lot of people
15:46
that are gonna watch you making them.
15:47
What do you wanna say them? Look at the camera.
15:50
What do you wanna say to them?
15:51
Thank you for watching you?
15:52
- Loving best dishes, y'all.
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- Loving best dishes, y'all.
15:58
- (chuckles) Perfect! (person claps)
16:01
Perfect! (claps)
16:03
Perfect!
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