January: Christmas Rolls
- 1 can of sardines
- 1/2 chorizo sausage
- 1 onion
- oregano
- 1 can of chiles serranos
- 10 hard rolls
This recipe/chapter starts off with Tita talking about how sensitive she was to onions. The crying from the onions foreshadows the feelings Tita is about to experience. The shock was the fact that Mama Elena was actually following the tradition, is what brought Tita to tears. When Tita heard this, "But if you really want Pedro to get married, allow me to suggest my daughter Rosaura," she was heartbroken (Esquivel, 13). The recipe of the Christmas Rolls, specifically the onions, represent the sorrow that Tita had to go through when she had figured out Pedro was now getting married to Rosaura, her older sister, not herself.