July: Ox-Tail Soup
- 2 ox tails
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 tomatoes
- 1/4 kilo string beans
- 2 potatoes
- 4 chiles moritas
This recipe cures illnesses. While Tita was staying at Dr. John Brown's house, Chencha had brought some ox-tail soup. Tita felt much better as well. "John blessed Chencha and her ox-tail soup for having accomplished what none of his medicines had been able to do ---making Tita weep," (Esquivel, 125). In a way, this quote also shows that medicine isn't always the cure for illnesses. A food could be the cure as well.