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Default What makes a good flour tortilla?

On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:12:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:52:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >>
> >> I saw on an Episode of Cooks Country that the Mission ones were bad.
> >> Really
> >> doughy. I have not bought those before but I have bought the whole wheat
> >> ones which we are not thrilled with but they are edible.

> >
> > Cook's Country is fill with white people who probably don't know how
> > to heat a tortilla properly. It's not going to be any good if you
> > heat it in the microwave.
> >>
> >> Then a few weeks ago I bought some brand I had never heard of for 99
> >> cents
> >> at Winco. Horrible things! They were also doughy and they all stuck
> >> together. I could not get one out. I could get three though. Or parts
> >> of
> >> three. Never did get a whole one.
> >>
> >> Then I bought the Market Pantry kind from Target. First time, same bag
> >> problem as the Surita. I tried them again and while okay they too are a
> >> little doughy.

> >
> > How do you warm your tortillas?

>
> Microwave.
> >>


That's an awful way to warm them up. Do it in a dry cast iron pan.
> >>
> >> So... I know what bad ones are. But what are good ones?

> >
> > I don't grocery shop at Walmart or Super Target, so I don't buy off
> > brands and AFAIC all the major brands at the grocery store are fine.
> > Choose one from the tortilla display on the end cap and you'll be fine
> > if you have a clue how to heat up tortillas properly. La Tortilla
> > Factory makes very good flour tortillas, but I hate their corn/wheat
> > blend. I like corn tortillas and I like (white) wheat tortillas but I
> > don't like corn/wheat tortillas. There's absolutely nothing wrong
> > with Mission brand either. At the moment, I have La Tortilla Factory
> > corn and Calidad flour tortillas in my refrigerator.

>
> Mission came out as the lowest ranking on America's Test Kitchen.


So what? There's nothing wrong with them if you know how to heat a
tortilla properly.

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