Mexican Candies (1930)

Cactus candy a favourite Mexican delicacy first looks like this. El Paso, L, S of the Texas landscape. Two men in work clothes begin to uproot a large cactus. C, U of the cactus as they uproot it. C, U of several cacti. C, U of cactus showing its sharp pointy bits. Man s hand tweaks one of the sharp pointy bits Then it gets a shave M, S of a man moving one of the cacti. C, U of cactus with points shaved off. and a M, S of man in a white coat shaving slivers of cactus off with a hand tool. C, U of the cactus being shaved. Intertitle reads: The heart of the cactus, like in all sweet things, is very tender High angle shot of man sawing through the middle of the cactus with a large hand saw. The cactus is divided into quarters by the saw. C, U of slices being sawn off the quarters. Boiled in syrup and coated with chocolate, it is so good that Mexicans prefer it to C, U of man comparing two sweets. One looks like candied cactus, the other presu