Thanks for publishing this!!! My family is from Merida, Yucatán so it makes me ecstatic that this cuisine is getting some recognition. There’s really nothing like grandma’s cochinita tacos

@dannylv1257

Ай бұрын

Same paisano!!! My only question is... why it says that is a BBQ?

@shadow5281

Ай бұрын

@@dannylv1257 I’m not sure, calling it bbq threw me off a bit

@crimsonsamurai09

29 күн бұрын

​@@dannylv1257its due to the slow cooking, marinade, and putting under soil. Think Barbacoa which is the origin of the word BBQ. You thinking grill when you hear BBQ is just a modern version of the same. A closer cooking style in the US we now call smoking BBQ, think brisket. They really should make a video of the origin of BBQ as a companion piece to this.

@ritchierich2793

28 күн бұрын

U should probably watched Best Ever Food Review Show channel... They literally did an episode of mayan cooking

@BusinessInsider

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

6:44 The lime water and corn - this is called nixtamalization, and is necessary to unlock the nutrition in the corn kernel, as well as make the masa sticky enough to turn into tortillas.

@jeffreyharris3440

26 күн бұрын

Also, it is important to note that lime water is NOT the "juice from a green citrus fruit mixed with water", it is instead "Limestone" (Calcium Hydroxide) dissolved in water.

@dannylv1257

26 күн бұрын

@@jeffreyharris3440 that is the cientific way to say "Cal"?

@mimusic1853

26 күн бұрын

@@dannylv1257**scientific

@jordanbabcock9349

13 күн бұрын

​@@dannylv1257no.

@lowintellecttrash6737

9 күн бұрын

@@dannylv1257 ye. you can find calcium hydroxide labeled as cal in mexican supermarkets

mayan people are the most friendly, welcoming, wholesome people I've ever met. Their food & culture should be celebrated so much more! Dios bo'otik

@krono5el

9 күн бұрын

unfortunately the people from the other side of the planet brought hayzeus the church and destruction to those lands.

I really appreciate that this treats the Maya as a present people instead of through the proxy of European views or as this magic mysterious people. Both approaches abstract them away, when they are here, now, as every day people like the rest of us. Well done on this video.

Honestly, Business Insider make the greatest videos I've ever seen. I have learned about so much of the world for free, thank you.

@hermaeusmora2945

Ай бұрын

It is hilariously ironic that a page called "Business Insider" is putting out dope documentary style videos and nothing business related.

@raenico5285

Ай бұрын

Don't know if it is available to non-Europeans but ARTE makes great documentaries. Most of the best ones are only in French and German tho

@The_Gallowglass

Ай бұрын

I really wish the AI would stop saying "cucking" instead of cooking.

@BusinessInsider

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Esablaka

14 күн бұрын

Yeah ARTE is just amazing ​@@raenico5285

That hand made tortilla at 1:03 You don't know what is the true meaning of good until you taste one of these.

I love these series. Something so romantic about seeing ppl do things with their hands like they were done thousands of years ago

@noneofyourbuizness

9 сағат бұрын

Romantic!?

@corgeousgeorge

5 сағат бұрын

@noneofyourbuizness when someone romanticizes a skill or craft that is very hard work, but the narrative storyline makes it seem more glamorous, interesting, and "romantic" to those who are not fully knowledgeable of the work themselves.

La señora Rosalía muy elegante en su hipil. Gracias por mostrar su hermosa herencia.

this is so interesting to me. My mother is Peruvian and one of my favorite traditional dishes is “Pachamanca” (comes from 2 Quechua words: “Earth” and “To Eat”) and it’s ALSO basically pork (most often, although chicken and beef are also common substitutes) wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in an underground oven. I love when different cultures have threads of similarity hidden between them I think it’s so freaking neat

2:10 Achiote. This is what gives American cheese its yellow or orange color, for anyone who didn't know.

@BigboiiTone

23 күн бұрын

Anna*tto is also a widely used colouring agent in cheeses. Edit: had to look it up and yea it's the annatto (the little red seed things at start of vid) that they use. I also learned it's not just used in cheese but also a ton of other highly processed foods. Snack chips, cake mixes etc all contain it!

i grew up with achiote being a common ingredient in the kitchen. it's nice to know that people have been using it for thousand of years in cooking.

Mayan culture is fascinating. For hundreds of decades, they're learning and devising new ways to improve and preserve their own cooking methods.

@Nerfherder-oo7iv

Ай бұрын

Indeed. For hundreds of decades, sacrificing untold millions of innocent people in the most agonizing brutal and gory deaths you could imagine. Sometimes thousands in a single day. Women, children, didn’t matter. What a rich culture and history 🥰

@techboss202

Ай бұрын

@@Nerfherder-oo7ivWow didn’t realize we had a historian in the comment section. Where in the history books did you learn about so many sacrifices taking place?? I can point to the genocide and brutal empires who colonized the Mayans and other Native American civilizations. What rich cultures of Europe are you sucking up to?

@razorburn7745

Ай бұрын

@Nerfherder-oo7iv You must’ve forgotten the Dark Ages.. probably the most brutal era in human history with plenty of torture devices and methods being used..

@movingname3585

29 күн бұрын

​@@Nerfherder-oo7ivsettle down angry jumping bean or affluent mayonnaise dorm dweller with a v instead of a p

@XroorX

28 күн бұрын

Then they became bikers

I met a couple of Maya and noticed that they take pride in doing things by hand and without the help of machinery. This is an impressive outlook in our modern times.

@WhatWillYouFind

15 күн бұрын

Look at the global food supply and how our health has been impacted by that industrial consumption. The old ways in Vietnam, as it is in Brazil are a treasure to be shared . . . a treasure to maintain.

@JulioAvalos3000

15 күн бұрын

@@WhatWillYouFind There's a lot of room for improvement in the way we go about many things. And yes, our diets have gone to hell. Our current system has made it too easy to eat garbage food.

I was blown away by the food i ate in the yucatan. so happy for rosalía that she has seen success and appreciation for her cooking and culture.

She doesn't care about being rich and opening a big restaurant, that, believe it or not, it gives the extra ingredient, which is love to the recipe

I absolutely love Mayan culture. The architecture, language, mythology, music and the cuisine. It’s a beautiful culture worth learning more about and preserving.

@KanyeWestDidNoWrong

Ай бұрын

Do u also love the human sacrifice

@techboss202

Ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@KanyeWestDidNoWrongDid you love colonization and genecide? Europeans have killed more people than any Native American societies. Sacrifices were not as common as you believe they are.

@techboss202

Ай бұрын

@@KanyeWestDidNoWrongYou must of love genocide, rape and pillaging done by the colonizers huh. Or you just ignoring history

@buppo8931

Ай бұрын

@@KanyeWestDidNoWrong yes

@user-ss8qb1iq4n

Ай бұрын

​@@KanyeWestDidNoWrong that is Just a Black spot in the mañana culture

In different parts of Mexico, people still cook the traditional way you need to visit more places. But overall, it's a great video thank you for sharing.

I just love learning about different ways of cooking! Chef Rosalia is doing an awesome thing keeping traditional Mayan cuisine alive. ❤

The meat is super tender due to its cooking process. Keep the tradition alive!

@allahuvonaugustera7895

Ай бұрын

Pork needs some time to become tender, otherwise it's a tough meat that won't release its fats... having it properly spiced and/or salted is essential

One of the better episodes in my opinion. What a wonderful approach to life, food, and tradition

In Belize the military has a Bbq competition and as far as i can remember a maya chef has won every time we have held it.

She is truly blessed and i hope the tradition keeps on going to preserve it I enjoyed watching that and learning their culture and way of life

Yes, if you're in Merida stop by a grandma owned food truck "Taco Aliss "on highway 176 next to the Gulf gas station. Some of the best Pibil I've ever had in the Yucatan or Mexico - and cheap. Another good taco stand for "Puerco relleno negro" another unique Maya taco, is across the street from the Merida Costco.

Craziest thing is all the legends of lost cities of gold came because the first people to visit the Mayan cities saw them at their peak, large cities and art, merchants... everything a city would have. When they came back around a decade later it was nothing but jungle and isolated tribes. Nobody could believe disease would spread so fast and take out a civilization for the jungle to consume.

@thickpenguin4814

Ай бұрын

it was also systematically destroyed and pillaged so there is that lol

@moneybilla

Ай бұрын

​@@thickpenguin4814 one might say it was karma for all the human sacrifices they did on the innocent lmao

@Jose-xh5qb

Ай бұрын

​@@moneybillaThe Mayans did not commit human sacrifice on a horrific and massive scale as the Aztecs.

@eklectiktoni

Ай бұрын

@@moneybilla I mean before Christianity spread throughout Europe, they were pretty cool with human sacrifice on that continent too. Do a little research on pagan cultures.

@TnT_F0X

Ай бұрын

@@thickpenguin4814 That came later, when all the treasure hunters came looking for gold. The first contact group were the only ones who saw the civilization booming. Then their smallpox and diseases that killed 1/3 of the sailors traveled through the mayans' highways and destroyed cities the explorers never reached.

YEAH!! Cochinita Pibil has been flying under the radar for Americans! While people were going crazy doing birria ramen, in this house we were doing cochinita pibil ramen!

5:47 transition is really sick. Great job for the editor

It makes me so happy that she gets to share her passion and culture with the world.

Underground cooking is very popular across many Latin American countries countryside communities.

What a beautiful woman, bless her. Preserving the Maya culture ❤️

FINALLY One of these videos where its nice to keep the older traditional methods alive!

@allahuvonaugustera7895

Ай бұрын

Sorry food engineers, but you won't beat this 😂

I used to buy a bbq sauce that was inspired by a Mayan recipe but I forgot the name ! Geez that was good and special

Legit BBQ seal of approval on this

Come to Kolkata, West Bengal in India. Every Bengali household has this stone grinder. We call it "sheel-nora." And yes, the taste and texture of spices after manually grinding with this is way better than a blender or machine mixer.

Wow did someone notice her skin texture its amazing qhat they eat and how healthy it is

Great job with the documentaries you are doing. Thanks.

Netflix's *CHEF'S TABLE* did a great Ep. on her!!!

@nannerz1994

Ай бұрын

They tell you if you watch the whole episode

In Asian specifically in Cambodia we cook this way as well and wrapped the food up in banana leaves.

@krono5el

9 күн бұрын

asia got chili peppers and tomatoes from the ancient Americans/Maya.

@GrillWasabi

8 күн бұрын

@@krono5el 🤣

@reinhardheinzwarfelr8215

4 күн бұрын

​​​@@krono5elwell to be fair banana leaves comes from papua near asia and red onion from west asia.

The ancient tool she is using to grind the plants is a common household item in South East Asia.

Love these brief documentaries. ❤

2500 bc, freaking deep antiquity. crazy! Food looks good too >.

She actually said Purple Onion and the reason to put the Corn in Lime Water is a process called Nixtamalization makes corn more digestible and increases its nutritional value.

@ellenahs5911

2 күн бұрын

Red onion and purple onion are different names for the same onion

As if my bucket list wasn't long enough. Thanks alot Business Insider; now I have to travel to the Yucatan.

That’s a beautiful story and I hope that tradition lives on

It's kinda fun and interesting to see a foreign video on the food and region where I live.

What a beautiful lady she is. I love what she stands for . And ppl like her all over the world

It's kind of sad and also impressive how a lot of what is left of an ancient and complex culture resides in its culinary tradition that survives today.

Indian and Mayan culture shares a lot of things in common

Tbh this is why i kinda prefer a stone grinder because the flavours are much stronger since your crushing the ingredients and blending it

👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! I totally agree, the heritage must be saved. Especially the Mayan language. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all involved people.

Thanks for preserving the traditional Maya cooking.👍 KZread broadcast it worldwide .

Interesting to see how much the process overlaps with hāngī.

Its always awesome to see traditional ways of making food, we have Hungi's (underground oven) down here in nz which is always a treat and there are so many cultures around the world that have similar things (its smart if you consider it)

There has been no abandoning this cooking method. It's INCREDIBLY popular in the southern United States, Mexico, and all of central and I'm sure South America, to cook this way all the time. 🙄 The recipe might not be done, or might be done slightly differently or called something else in different countries. But the descendants of the Mayans have never forgotten this cooking method, and it still makes INCREDIBLY delicious BBQ.

@carlosm.3426

9 күн бұрын

underground cooking is no way shape or form popular in southern USA, nor in central and south america LOL

Wonderful video! This is Cultural that is being lost everyday. Thank you for putting a fine perspective to it!

I hope & pray that this unique civilization of these ancient people never dies 😢😢😢. Mehico ❤❤❤

I really enjoyed this. What a beautiful culture ❤

The food looked absolutely scrumptious! So happy that Maya cuisine and Chef Rosalia have been exposed for all to enjoy!!

Though she is certainly a great cook, I assure you she is not the only one still doing this. I organize excursions for tourists so they can taste this and other dishes of the Yucatán.

La comida más rica !!!! México es rica en su gigantesca cultura gastronómica

Yay top 566 and top 53 likes and comments. Love this channel. Best to you end your family. Thanks for making this video. Happy holidays!!!!!

Mayan culture is similar with Old Malay. The cooking style is very similar. Hope to see this culture could live more❤

Excellent pronunciation in this vid, that’s awesome.

this was beautiful

that looks so good

I love this video she is amazing

She called orange naranga, sounded very similar to indian narangi

Omg i can just imagine how good that is ❤❤❤. 😊😊😊😊😊

I am leaving this comment here so that after some hours, days, weeks, months or years when someone likes or comment on it, I will be reminded to watch this video again

@joycetam3239

Ай бұрын

its been 5 minutes. time to watch it again.

@ucan1

Ай бұрын

@@joycetam3239 ok, thanks for your reminder

@hackedbyBLAGH

Ай бұрын

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@hectorlopez7247

Ай бұрын

Hey man time to watch again

@ucan1

Ай бұрын

@@hectorlopez7247 thanks for your reminder

Mayan culture is amazing. Props to Rosalia for keeping up her traditional ways and preserving it!

@itsaralee

Ай бұрын

i dont like this comment

My wife makes this, it's amazing.

Love seeing different traditional methods of cooking and keeping traditions and languages alive But the most amazing thing to me was Rosalía grinding the spices and then her sons digging up the oven, all wearing white. And they were spotless! I can't even make a coffee without spilling it on me and staining everything 😅

I am happy that Mayan still exists despite all the atrocities. We are ancient civilisations and I hope we continue to exist.

Looks delicious 😋

This is the same cooking technique as they use all over the Pacific. Growing up in Tonga, they'd regularly have "umu". In NZ, it's called a hungi. Funnily enough, I've actually made this dish under the name "puerco pibil" (Binging with Babish did a rendition from Once Upon a Time in Mexico). It's one of my favourite Mexican meals.

Interesting. 👍

So cool and such beautiful culture 🌹🌹🌹

Cochinita pibil is AMAZING

In the minute 0:47 she said “abuelitos” that is grandparents.

Beautiful

This is very beautiful

Beautiful food

Good video. .👍🙏

Conchita pibil is my FAVORITE MAYAN FOOD!!

Mexican food is unlike any other food I’ve ever tasted ❤

Awesome :)

We do something similar in Fiji and the Pacific.

Just love her and it would be a dream to taste her food one day.

That thumbnail looks like a heart.

Underground cooking is very common on many of the Pacific Islands.

This is almost identical to how my Grandfather made Birria in Jalisco except he used Chivo or Carne de res. Sometimes instead of banana leaf he would use pencas de Maguey. 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

Looks like it'd be the best!

She has superb knife skills .. I use a potato peeler to peel oranges 😅

Mayans were the nerds in Mesoamerica developing sciences and mathematics while the Mexica were the brawn and military powerhouse in mesoamerica.

It was difficult for me to watch this as the woman in here reminds me of my mother, the way she used to cook food she’s no longer with us, but I think God for people like her in this video and hope that the people around her would learn her traditions we can’t lose those ways that she cooks

Made me cry

My ex mother in law used to make this and its one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten

I think it's pretty important to remember that these cultures and traditions are not dying out in accident. They're being exterminated by colonialism and the people who set it in motion have no interest in stopping as they absorb, disrespect and regurgitate the shadows of those cultures back up in the form of capitalistic "representation". Which colonizers are more than happy to consume en masse while they acknowledge the damage being done. These cultures were always beautiful and vibrant and valid. And they are dying out because the entire concept of ws is killing them in slow motion.

Omg i want to go there 😁

Delicious

I would like to tell us more about Mayan spinach, chayamansa.