Every parent has experienced that difficult moment when an innocent child asks a question that requires extreme delicacy in the answering. You are walking through the park, and you stop at a food cart, and suddenly little Algernon asks, “Daddy, where do pitas come from?”

After much hemming and hawing, you give the only answer that comes naturally to a parent’s lips in such a situation: “Ask your mother.”

But now, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and the generosity of our friend Father Pitt, you can answer that awkward question in sixteen seconds. That is all it takes to watch this candid yet tasteful video of the miracle of pita birth, as it takes place every day at Pitaland in the Brookline neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Little Algernon’s laudable curiosity can be satisfied without embarrassment to his parents and without trauma to his young sensibilities. And it is important to note that sixteen seconds keeps within modern educators’ guidelines for the attention span of an average American child, with four seconds to spare. Here is the film Father Pitt, with his usual flair for colorful description, calls “Pitas leaving the oven at Pitaland, Pittsburgh.” Visit the hosting page at Wikimedia Commons to see it in full HD resolution.