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Making Tortillas From Scratch Spanish  Third, upon arriving at the molino, I find many other women waiting in line, as it opens by 7:00 a.m. every day and remains open for only three hours. It costs a lot of money to buy a molino, yet the price to grind one cuarterone is very cheap. The average number of women that come into the molino is 100 and they each bring about three cuarterones. The molino uses electricity and sometimes we do not receive electric power in Ocampo, which is our district city. Once the molino was not able to grind corn for 15 days. Most of us had to buy tortillas in the stores or tortilleria (little tortilla shops) that are already processed from big factories outside of Ocampo. My family prefers fresh tortillas made at home!