The Quail In Tita's Husband

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The quail in rose petals sauce is used as a means of communication of Tita’s desire to Pedro. Tita loves Pedro, but they don’t have a chance to be together, and it is impossible while Mama Elena around. Tita lives her life in the kitchen, and she is really good with cooking, but her sister is totally opposite. One day Tita cooks the quail in rose petals sauce for the family, but after few bite her sister Gertrudis feels something strange. “”she began to feel an intense heat pulsing through her limbs. an itch in the center of her body kept her from sitting properly in the chair. She began to sweat, imagining herself on horseback with her arms clasped around one of Pancho Villa’s men”” (Esquivel 51). The petals sauce that made by Tita contain

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