Movie question: Like Water for Chocolate?

I saw just the very beginning of the movie Like Water for Chocolate years and years ago. From what I remember, a woman went into labor in her kitchen and was rushed to the hospital. The next day, a woman returned to the kitchen where the pregnant woman's water broke. The water was all dried up and there was salt all over the floor, and she swept it up and put it in a container, presumably to cook with. This is how I remember it, but it doesn't seem to make sense? Has anyone seen it recently that can tell me what really happened?