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>> oh my goodness, look at this, this is the biggest piece of cheese i've ever seen. >> you know, oaxaca is divided into eight different regions. it gives us the possibility to have all these ingredients. >> but oaxaca's most famous ingredient, cacao, actually came here via those trade routes. >> oh, i smell chocolate. >> and chocolate went on to become a cornerstone of wau hawken gastronomy. if you want your chocolate fix, the mercado is still the place to come. out i'm not talking about anything as simple as a sugary snack. >> this is the boss, el jefe. they make a special version,...

Try it. i mean, i can. oh my god. oh lord. my hands are clean. >> i feel like i'm making a base ball. i'm sweaty. that's my cassilo! look at his, though. i'm just going to say i did this one. wow. it's the original string cheese. oh, wow. you can taste the milk. it is super lactose-y. if you're lactose intolerant, don't eat this. you can make so much with quesillo. >> even ice cream.

[upbeat music] - hi, eva. - hi. how are you? - great. great meeting you. - oh, so nice to meet you. - you too. bienvenida. hi! >> hi, eva. >> how are you? >> great. great meeting you. >> oh, so nice to meet you. >> you too. welcome to the world capital of cassilo. >> oh, it's my favorite cheese. >> food writer omar alonso is passionate about oaxaca's most famous export, a stringy cheese. legend has it it was created here in the sleepy town of reyes etla, where the locals christened it cassilo, meaning "little cheese." >> cassilo is a very important part of our diet in oaxaca. four days a wee...

In our sandwiches. >> omar is taking me to meet one of the most distinguished cassilo makers in the region. >> there's a difference between the industrialized one and the artisanal way? >> definitely. it's very easy from the color to the texture, and of course the flavor. >> janet lopez canseco's family farm is one of the last in mexico to produce cassilo the traditional way. >> this is so exciting. i've never seen how cassilo is made. >> this is your lucky day. >> turning the kurds into the stringy goodness we know and love takes hands-on attention from janet and her dad, juan .