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Help me fancy up my homemade corn tortillas!

ORthey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:54:52 -0800

Help me fancy up my homemade corn tortillas! I've read some previous questions about perfecting homemade tortillas, but I'm not interested in technique/tips (that's well covered here) so much as adding ingredients. At my local farmers' market (Berkeley, CA) there's a place that sells these amazing tortillas that have beans and cheese cooked right in - this is the type of thing I'm looking for. Is it as simple as just adding whatever sounds delicious to the dough, or does it depend on the ingredients? What can I add? I have a tortilla press, and lots of time on my hands (the perfect combo for experimenting!).

Where can I find these tortillas?

nitsuj — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:15:05 -0800

At a Walmart in Missouri, of all places, I found some pre-packaged, refrigerated tortillas that were very, very thin pieces of uncooked dough stacked together. You just peeled one off, put it in a pan to quickly cook it, and ended up with a delicious, home-made-tasting flour tortilla. Where can I find these in Chicago? I've tried making my own, and even when I use a tortilla press, I can't seem to get them thin enough.

These pre-packaged, uncooked torts are perfect, but I can't find them in Chicago. So far I've checked Jewel, Trader Joe's, and even Walmart out in Skokie with no luck. I'd rather not (unless it's my only choice) go on a wild goose chase, checking every single Mexican market in town, in hopes of finding them.

So, have you seen these anywhere, or do I need to go back to MO?

Low-carb tortillas in Washington DC?

allen8219 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:13:30 -0800

Where can I buy low-carb tortillas in Washington, DC? Pretty simple, just looking for Mission brand low-carb tortillas, in a DC grocery store. I have looked in Safeway & Giant, in Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights, but no luck. Anyone know? I would even mail-order them if it came to it, though I don't know from where... there is just no other food with the same levels of fiber and deliciousness (lots of fiber, acceptable deliciousness). There are a couple other brands out there, but I have never liked them nearly as much, and they tend to be more expensive as well... I've been missing them ever since I moved here a few months ago, and then I remembered the magic of the hive mind!

Tips for Amazing Tortillas

otherwordlyglow — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:00:25 -0800

Home-made tortillas: what is your recipe for success? We've been making our own tortillas lately, having bought a cast iron tortilla press and some instant masa flour. They're already significantly better then the ones you buy at the store but I'd appreciate any and all tips on getting them to be awesome. Usually I just throw the pressed dough (water+masa+salt) into a hot cast iron pan for about a minute per side and then put them in a 250 degree oven to keep them warm while I make the rest. What are the secrets to amazing (corn) tortillas?

Are tortillas compatible with sandwich toasters?

unmake — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:25:57 -0800

Can tortillas be used in sandwich (or waffle) toasters? Or are there similar devices that can accommodate two typical 6" corn tortillas, to make quesadillas?

(as an alternative to the stovetop)

Warming Tortillas

Alex Marshall — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:53:23 -0800

Does anyone know of an easy, quick method for heating up refrigerated corn tortillas? I love corn tortillas, and have found some great ones here in Brooklyn that I buy for a buck a package. (I like to eat tortillas and scrambled eggs for breakfast.) But I have had difficulty coming up with some way to warm corn tortillas both effectively and quickly. One way I have tried is to do each one on a hot iron skillet without grease. This works well, but takes a lot of time, about a minute or two per tortilla. I have tried heating them in a toaster oven, but this dries them out. A microwave makes them kind of chewy. My sense is that some method involving steam might work, but I haven't found it. Any ideas anyone? I'm sure that there exists an easy, simple method somewhere.