Tortillas

[weslinder]

This thread is about tortillas

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[SwoLy-D]

Yes, please.

" I have to appear in a Tortilla in Mexico..." - the G man :D himself ... (name that show and episode - difficulty: moderate)

[pippendagimp]

i think flour tastes better but then i heard corn is healthier for you but then i realized corn is the reason everyone's gettin fat so i dunno now......i'll prob stick w/ flour..

[MoBalls]

I like flour better but when Im in Mexico its corn.

[Lil Pun]

Whole grain flour.

[the futants]

Trick question...it depends on the dish.

[Lynus302]

I generally go with corn for enchiladas and the like. Fajitas and burritos are a different story as I have to go with flour. If I'm at Mission Burrito or something I'll get whole wheat when I can.

[Buck Turgidson]

Good, fresh handmade corn tortillas are hard to beat. They're also almost impossible to find. I've made some a few times, but don't have it down yet. Good handmade flour ones are easier to find at restaurants, in my experience. So I usually go with those. They're both chock-full-o-lard if they're made right, so I don't think one is healthier than the other.

A couple of the grocery stores make some pretty darn good whole wheat ones, that's what I buy for home.

[Oski2005]

There's this little taco place in the shopping center where Fiesta is at Bellaire and Highway 6 is, they make some really good corn tortillas and sell them by the pound. Much better than buying from a grocery store.

[rrj_gamz]

Fresh homemade tortillas are the *****...I mostly eat corn so that's wht I voted for, but you can't beat a homemade flour tortilla...mmm...

As for flour, IMHO, Ninfa's are the best...Probalby going to get flamed, but Kroger has some badazz tortillas too...

There's a mexican rest. up here in Dallas called Cuquita's...They have THE best corn tortillas...reminds me of my grandma's when I was growing up...They serve you one before you're meal...mmm...

I just had some corn tortillas today for lunch, well, I had beef and cheese enchiladas...

[Oski2005]

Back in the day, the best flour tortillas from a restaurant I ever had were from Fandango's, which was on Westheimer just inside the beltway where the original Marble Slab is. They used to have a coupon for a discount on the fajitas and my family went like once a month. I just remember the last time I was there it was changed from the quaint hole in the wall to some redecreated faux nice restaurant and the food was not the same and sure enough it went out of business. I miss you Fandago's.

[Lady_Di]

I can't resist the flour tortillas!!

My grandma makes the best flour tortillas! I had some of hers last week. HMM YUMMY.

[Kam]

i like flour.

i noticed a lot of my hispanic ::cough:: mexican ::cough:: friends always eat corn.

[CriscoKidd]

Good, fresh handmade corn tortillas are hard to beat.

That's my vote.

My wife just made some flour a few days ago. Good stuff.

[bejezuz]

One of my pet peeves is when people use tortillas from the store without heating them up. They're not cooked all the way!

You can nuke them and they're okay, but the best way is to brown them with a cast iron skillet.

[percicles]

Depends on what I'm eating them with.

Mostly I go with whole grain flour. Corn is nice with soups and tacos.
Flour alway with fajitas.

[dsnow23]

Both. but, depends on the dish.

[Uprising]

Flour. I had 3 breakfast tacos today, so good.

[StupidMoniker]

To me, corn taste better, but they are usually tiny by comparison, so not good for making burritos and such.

[blathersby]

Trick question...it depends on the dish.
I agree, but I prefer flour in general.
HOWEVER, whenever I was in Guatemala, I found you CANNOT beat a fresh corn tortilla.

[percicles]

I agree, but I prefer flour in general.
HOWEVER, whenever I was in Guatemala, I found you CANNOT beat a fresh corn tortilla.

Those aren't tortillas. They're pupusas!!!

[wesnesked]

Good, fresh handmade corn tortillas are hard to beat. They're also almost impossible to find. I've made some a few times, but don't have it down yet. Good handmade flour ones are easier to find at restaurants, in my experience. So I usually go with those. They're both chock-full-o-lard if they're made right, so I don't think one is healthier than the other.

A couple of the grocery stores make some pretty darn good whole wheat ones, that's what I buy for home.


You should try Teotuhuacan on Airline. The BEST homemade corn tortillas I've ever had. They come out hot and hold up good with fajitas.

[DonnyMost]

corn tortilla ismhealthier for you.

so i go with that.

[blathersby]

Those aren't tortillas. They're pupusas!!!
No no! Pupusas are filled. And there's this place in Antigua called El Buen Samaritano that makes the best pupusas EVER.

Their tortillas really ARE tortillas, just a bit thicker.

[MexAmercnMoose]

whatever my mom makes for me....i love freshly made tortillas but my parents are from Mexico City so we usually eat corn tortillas

[ryan17wagner]

fresh, hand-made corn tortillias for fajitas. Hands down. Not even close. Flour fills you up much faster.

[Boomhauer]

Home made flour tortillas hands down. Don't be fooled by the rubber store bought ones. :D

[no_answer]

You should try Teotuhuacan on Airline. The BEST homemade corn tortillas I've ever had. They come out hot and hold up good with fajitas.

I like Teotuhuacan off Irvington better. I've heard a lot of roach stories from the one on Airline.

[Lil Pun]

corn tortilla ismhealthier for you.

so i go with that.

How so?

How do you make homemade tortillas?

[Rokkit]

I miss good ol', honest to God homemade flour tortillas. My grandma used to make then when I was younger. So amazing. Fresh and warm, you can eat them all by themselves.

Nothing - no restaurant or grocery store - I've come across yet has come close.

[TheFreak]

I get annoyed when restaurants don't make their own tortillas. If Taco Cabana can do it, anyone can. Just ridiculous.

Anyway, I prefer corn - I've found only a few places that make their own though. I don't even mind store-bought corn tortillas, but flour ones from the store are crap IMO.