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The tortilla thread just cuz

favorite tortilla/tortilla chip

  • corn

    Votes: 6 37.5%

  • flour

    Votes: 5 31.3%

  • blue corn

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • I prefer my bread in a loaf thank you

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • Both

    Votes: 4 25.0%

  • What is a tortilla

    Votes: 2 12.5%
  • Total voters
    16
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The tortilla thread just cuz, name says it all, I will throw tortilla chips into the discussion as well.

For me I prefer corn over flower, and not fried either but rather fresh or even pre packaged cooked then thrown over an open flame, until it is a very even cooking. For chips I prefer blue corn tortilla chips over yellow and white corn, however my mother loved to make them with flour instead of corn, it works quite well but it is definately different from corn tortilla chips.
 
I like both corn and flour, and I use both often as I have been a huge Mexican (or TEX-MEX..Who Cares) lover since I discovered it as a lad during the early 70's in Rockford Il. The thing is that they must be good, authentic, and so much of what is out there commercially is crap.

My wife adores street tacos and fresh made chips with Rick Bayless recipe pico.

This works for me.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
I like both corn and flour, and I use both often as I have been a huge Mexican (or TEX-MEX..Who Cares) lover since I discovered it as a lad during the early 70's in Rockford Il. The thing is that they must be good, authentic, and so much of what is out there commercially is crap.

My wife adores street tacos and fresh made chips with Rick Bayless recipe pico.

This works for me.
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Pico De Gallo with tomatillo's yum. Very little beats a well done taco.
 
PirateMk1 said:
Pico De Gallo with tomatillo's yum. Very little beats a well done taco.
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I have a Rick Bayless cookbook..Authentic Mexican....that plus Anthony bourdain's Les Helles and The Naked Chef's The Naked Chef Takes it OFF and Betty Crocker are the only cookbooks I have used in a decade.

Thank GOD I mostly resisted the urge to collect cookbooks!
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
I have a Rick Bayless cookbook..Authentic Mexican....that plus Anthony bourdain's Les Helles and The Naked Chef's The Naked Chef Takes it OFF and Betty Crocker are the only cookbooks I have used in a decade.

Thank GOD I mostly resisted the urge to collect cookbooks!
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Man I just get stoned and walk through the damn store to buy taco/burrito stuff. It always works out well.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I like both corn and flour, and I use both often as I have been a huge Mexican (or TEX-MEX..Who Cares) lover since I discovered it as a lad during the early 70's in Rockford Il. The thing is that they must be good, authentic, and so much of what is out there commercially is crap.

My wife adores street tacos and fresh made chips with Rick Bayless recipe pico.

This works for me.
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Just wondering, Hawkeye. Did you ever try 'El Milagro' brand, back then or since then?


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Chomsky said:
Just wondering, Hawkeye. Did you ever try 'El Milagro' brand, back then or since then?


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No, But I remember a day maybe 1974 when my mom wanted some corn tortillas to make the tamale pie casserole that I had asked for as I had already developed a taste for the good life.....and my mom while she was a piece of work she had a wonderful habit of every so often asking each kid what they wanted for dinner.....and we would get it within reason......and all she could find were frozen corn tortillas at Logli that had been so long frozen that they were freezer burned.

Almost nobody ate that stuff back then you see.

I am not giving up on you.
 
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beerftw said:
The tortilla thread just cuz, name says it all, I will throw tortilla chips into the discussion as well.

For me I prefer corn over flower, and not fried either but rather fresh or even pre packaged cooked then thrown over an open flame, until it is a very even cooking. For chips I prefer blue corn tortilla chips over yellow and white corn, however my mother loved to make them with flour instead of corn, it works quite well but it is definately different from corn tortilla chips.
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If we're just talking tacos and enchiladas, not burritos, meat goes in corn tortillas and non-meats like beans and cheese in homemade flour tortillas with some exception. :2razz:

I finally moved back into a house with a gas stove instead of electric so I happy I can once again indulge in tortillas cooked over an open flame, there really is no substitution for that crisp flavor you get with it.
 
I'll eat any kind. What matters is the stuff that goes with it.
 
I picked both.It depends what its being used for. I prefer that burritos and taco salads be made with flour tortillas while Mexican style tacos and enchiladas be made with corn tortillas. When it comes to American tacos I can use with a soft flour tortilla or a crispy corn tortilla shell.
 
I like Fritos[SUP]® [/SUP]Sun Chips[SUP]®[/SUP] (not a corn chip but tastes somewhat like corn chips), and Doritos[SUP]®[/SUP]. Does that count? If so, then corn tortillas would be my preference.
 
americanwoman said:
If we're just talking tacos and enchiladas, not burritos, meat goes in corn tortillas and non-meats like beans and cheese in homemade flour tortillas with some exception. :2razz:

I finally moved back into a house with a gas stove instead of electric so I happy I can once again indulge in tortillas cooked over an open flame, there really is no substitution for that crisp flavor you get with it.
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I love the tortilla/taco shops found in Colorado. Nothing even close on the east coast and store bought are no comparison.
 
I have been know to put almost any thing in a flour tortilla, My wife is even broader spectrum than I am,
but in her house, tortillas were used as bread.
On of the more interesting things I have tried, was at an Asian mall in Austin, one of the
small food places had a Korean/Mexican fusion, where they had Korean BBQ, with Cabbage and avocado garnish,
topped with a tomatillo verde sauce. (we went back for seconds)!
 
americanwoman said:
I'm going to Colorado next month, I will be the judge of that. :2razz:
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If you like true Mexican you'll love it. If you like Taco Bell, maybe not.

Around Boulder/Longmont, probably elsewhere, there are several shops specializing in freshly made flatbread. Not even much in the way of fixings.
 
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