evelia: i am preparing the chile for the tamale rojos. i m breaking them in half for them to cook faster. this is hot. my name is evelia coyotzi. i am from tlaxcala state and i came to queens in 2000. i didn t think this would be my destiny, selling tamales. now we take some dough, a full spoon of dough, and we move the spoon like this. we incorporate a spoon of sauce, chicken and we wrap it. my daily routine begins at 7 pm or 8 pm. i prepare the tamales, i prepare the etoles. we pick up the tamale care and i go out to sell them at 4 in the morning.
now we take some dough, a full spoon of dough, and we move the spoon like this. we incorporate a spoon of sauce, chicken and we wrap it. my daily routine begins at 7 pm or 8 pm. i prepare the tamales, i prepare the etoles. we pick up the tamale care and i go out to sell them at 4 in the morning. when i arrived to queens it was very hard because i left my son and my husband back in mexico. well, i started to sell tamales because, i didn t have a job. i lost my job after the twin tower attack.
chicken and we wrap it. my daily routine begins at 7 pm or 8 pm. i prepare the tamales, i prepare the etoles. we pick up the tamale cart and i go out to sell them at 4 in the morning. when i arrived to queens it was very hard because i left my son and my husband back in mexico. well, i started to sell tamales because, i didn t have a job. i lost my job after the twin tower attack. it has been really hard. so i used to sell in a shopping cart.
i prepare the tamales, i prepare the etoles. we pick up the tamale care and i go out to sell them at 4 in the morning. when i arrived to queens it was very hard because i left my son and my husband back in mexico. well i started to sell tamales because, i didn t have a job. i lost my job after the twin tower attack. it has been really hard. so i used to sell in a shopping cart. the police used to harass us a lot. they took us to jail. about 15 or 16 times.
i prepare the tamales, i prepare the etoles. we pick up the tamale care and i go out to sell them at 4 in the morning. when i arrived to queens it was very hard because i left my son and my husband back in mexico. well i started to sell tamales because, i didn t have a job. i lost my job after the twin tower attack. it has been really hard. so i used to sell in a shopping cart. the police used to harass us a lot. they took us to jail. about 15 or 16 times. yes, it was really bad. that is when i decided that we had to rent a cart, because i didn t want to be arrested by the police. well, now it s going great.