(kid screaming)
Corn on the cob!
(cheerful music)
- [Host] Hi!
- Hello. - Hi.
- [Host] Do you know what you're doing here?
- No.
- Trying Day of the Dead food.
- [Host] Have you ever heard of Dia de los Muertos?
- This is like where they celebrate.
- It's like Thanksgiving for dead people.
- It's a time to celebrate your loved ones
that have "passed on".
- My kindergarten teacher,
she told me about day of the dead.
And then I also got face paint, decorated a sugar skull,
and then I ate at a sugar skull.
- [Host] We're going to be trying foods
that are eaten during this holiday.
- Oh!
- [Both] Smells like bread.
- Tastes like sweetness.
- There's sugar on the back.
(laughs)
- Taste's like a cinnamon roll with no frosting.
- [Host] This is called pan de muerto.
Which means, bread for the dead.
This bread is eaten
and then it's also put at what's called an ofrenda.
Which is like an altar.
- And there's like orange flowers.
- [Host] Yes! Marigolds.
Alright, you ready for the next one?
- Wait.
Yummy.
- Oh!
- Wait is it - Oh wait, I smell-
- Is that a wood chip?
- [Host] It's not a wood chip.
- It smells like chocolate cinnamon stick.
- It's like really chocolatey,
but it becomes like, the end of your tongue
when it's about to go down your throat, it's just no.
- [Host] Are you trying that?
Oh, you're not supposed to eat that, but you can...
- Ew.
- Yeah, it's still good.
- [Host] What does it taste like?
- Kinda like the hot chocolate.
- [Host] This is said to be placed at altars to help lure
those who have passed away back to the living world.
Because it's so tasty.
- And spicy.
- Whoa! Voila!
It looks like steak.
- Sesame seeds.
I'm fancy.
Mmmmmm.
(laughs)
- What's on top of it?
- Sauce.
- Yeah, genius.
But what sauce?
- The sauce is called mole negro.
- Ooh.
Mom, can I say that?
- Shut up.
- [Mom] Mole Negro.
- Oh!
- Mole Negro.
- [Host] There you go! - Yes.
- [Host] The translation is black sauce.
This is actually kind of a complicated recipe.
- Oh dear.
- [Host] Do you want to hear like
the long list of stuff that's in it?
- Yes. - Go ahead.
- [Host] dried thyme, dried oregano, cloves,
all spice berries,
black pepper corn, sesame seeds, pecans, roasted peanuts,
white onion, garlic cloves, tomatillos,
tomatoes, raisins, plantain,
vegetable oil, chicken,
negro chilles, lard, breadcrumbs,
salt and Mexican chocolate.
- It's the yummiest.
(screaming excitedly)
- Corn on the cub!
- [Both] Ooh! Corn!
- I have this by my school. I eat every day.
- [Host] Tell me what you see on it.
- There's mayo and there's cheese.
(trying to say elotes)
- [Host] Elotes.
- Litos.
- Elote...elot...
- Elotes.
- [Host] Yeah! You said it.
- It's like Mexican corn.
- [Host] It's called elotes.
Have you ever heard it called that before?
- [Both] No.
- [Host] Only heard it called Mexican corn?
- Yeah. - We just do that to simplify.
- That's what America does.
If we can't pronounce it, we just make it her own way.
- Wow. That's delicious.
(revolted)
- [Host] What's wrong with the seasoning?
- Salty.
- Mayo just is not my thing.
Mayo's good on sandwiches and that's about it.
- It's cheesecake.
- It looks close to cheesecake and it's like
- It's like jello.
- It's not jello.
- Is it a pumpkin cake?
- [Host] There's pumpkin in it.
Any idea what this is?
- No, but I've seen it or maybe had it before.
- I'm trying to think of a name.
- Wow. It's really squishy.
- All I taste is pumpkin.
- Yeah. Same here to be honest.
- [Host] Do you like it?
- Yes. - I love it.
- [Host] This is cinnamon spice pumpkin flan.
- That!
- The flan.
- I'm making art.
- [Host] How did you like that?
- Good. - It was great.
And I would have it again.
I want to go get some of this stuff.
- [Host] Do you remember anything I told you
about Day of the Dead?
- Yes. You put the bread underneath the
- [Host] Yes, which is called the ofrenda.
- There's like candles and orange flowers.
- Isn't it only orange flowers?
It's like there's more flowers.
- [Host] You're both right!
- I was more right though.