Tortilla over a Clay Comal

Mendoza Codex. Aztec mother and child making corn tortillas
depicted in the pictorial and textual Aztec account created about
1542 after the Spanish Conquest.

"In the palace, the ninth ruler of Tenochtitlán, Motecuhzoma II (Grave Lord) sat on an elaborate cushion before a low table covered with a white woven cloth and decorated with flowers from the cherished palace gardens. He dined of the daily selection of exquisite lime-processed tortillas thick and large, paper thin and petite, butterfly or leaf shaped, kneaded with eggs, stuffed with duck, turkey or fish, or sauced in a casserole. As a special item for Moctecuhzoma, palace chefs prepared tortillas from red corn kernels ground with a linseed flower and medicinal hers and roots".Tortillas: A Cultural History, Paula E. Morton