What did you cook or eat today (January 2024)?

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TastyReuben said:
I always marveled at how my MIL could butcher that word:

“And for you, ma’am?”
“I’ll have the flour tor…tortill…tortee…tortle…well shoot…tor-TILL-yah taco plate, please.”
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Ooh how about a thread called “The Word Butcher” where you can post all of those entertaining or grating pronunciations 😆
 
Salad night:

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SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I tried these taco things when they first arrived on our shores and decided I did not like them
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They look to me like " Olde El Paso". they're awful. they're also about as "Mexican" as a highlander's sporren. They're a poor version of what Mexicans call a "tostada", which is not folded up double like that, but flat.
See if you can get hold of some corn tortillas online. There are plenty of authentic Mexican tortilla makers in the UK, believe it or not. When I was in Mexico, I'd walk 200 yards from the flat and there was a little shop churning out 100 fresh tortillas per minute.
"Soft" tortillas are called "tortillas", because that's what they are. In Mexico, you can find the regular "white" tortillas , made from nixtmalized corn (they soak the corn in lye to remove the husk), or even blue tortillas. Go to any Street Food kiosk around La Reforma, in CDMX, or in the centre of the city, and they'll serve your "tacos" with soft tortillas. If you fill them with, for example, white cheese, then roll them up and fry them, you have "flautas". When the tortillas are stale (ie, the following day), they make them into tostadas, or quesadillas, or they make them into tostadas, break them up and use them to make chilaquiles. Nothing gets wasted.
Flour tortillas are mostly from Northern states (Chihuahua, Sinaloa) and are made from flour, because it's easier to grow wheat up there.
 
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So catchup time again...
We're currently living out of the deep freeze until it's close to being empty. It needs to be defrosted.

Not sure when but lunch
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Evening meal (gazpacho with tofu croutons, yes they were crunchy)
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Lunch
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Evening meal (red pepper gazpacho with hidden baked almond feta cheese)
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Lunch (sourdough with peanut butter, apricot jam and baked almond feta)
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Evening meal
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karadekoolaid said:
They look to me like " Olde El Paso". they're awful. they're also about as "Mexican" as a highlander's sporren. They're a poor version of what Mexicans call a "tostada", which is not folded up double like that, but flat.
See if you can get hold of some corn tortillas online. There are plenty of authentic Mexican tortilla makers in the UK, believe it or not. When I was in Mexico, I'd walk 200 yards from the flat and there was a little shop churning out 100 fresh tortillas per minute.
"Soft" tortillas are called "tortillas", because that's what they are. In Mexico, you can find the regular "white" tortillas , made from nixtmalized corn (they soak the corn in lye to remove the husk), or even blue tortillas. Go to any Street Food kiosk around La Reforma, in CDMX, or in the centre of the city, and they'll serve your "tacos" with soft tortillas. If you fill them with, for example, white cheese, then roll them up and fry them, you have "flautas". When the tortillas are stale (ie, the following day), they make them into tostadas, or quesadillas, or they make them into tostadas, break them up and use them to make chilaquiles. Nothing gets wasted.
Flour tortillas are mostly from Northern states (Chihuahua, Sinaloa) and are made from flour, because it's easier to grow wheat up there.
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Thanks for taking the type to type all that!

There are many cookery progs that go to Mexico and show all the lovely tortilla's they have churned out by the hundred on a hourly basis.

Can you imagine saying to someone in the UK you'd like tostadas? You'd probably end up with mini cheese toasties 😆 or yet another "What sort of tortilla?" conversation 🤣

Being a coeliac means tortilla's make a very regular appearance on my travel menu including the corn ones which is why I wanted something different and dared to try these awful things again 😂

I will certainly have a look for the authentic Mexican tortilla makers here (thank you) because I could do with finding a taco wrapper that's not related to the ones I have to eat filled with whatever paltry ingredients I can find while motorcycling.
Essentially I've eaten so many of them I never have any actual tacos because I can't face another longlife gluten free one!
 
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SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Thanks for taking the type to type all that!

There are many cookery progs that go to Mexico and show all the lovely tortilla's they have churned out by the hundred on a hourly basis.

Can you imagine saying to someone in the UK you'd like tostadas? You'd probably end up with mini cheese toasties 😆 or yet another "What sort of tortilla?" conversation 🤣

Being a coeliac means tortilla's make a very regular appearance on my travel menu including the corn ones which is why I wanted something different and dared to try these awful things again 😂

I will certainly have a look for the authentic Mexican tortilla makers here (thank you) because I could do with finding a taco wrapper that's not related to the ones I have to eat filled with whatever paltry ingredients I can find while motorcycling.
Essentially I've eaten so many of them I never have any actual tacos because I can't face another longlife gluten free one!
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Making corn tortillas is not hard, assuming you can buy the corn flour you need to make corn masa. Of course, it is in every grocery store in Texas, but I'm guessing a bit harder in the UK. I'm certain you can buy a tortilla press online, and you have a cast iron skillet/pan/griddle of some kind.

The corn flour I refer to is not what is called corn flour in the UK. That is corn starch over here. It is simply a flour made from ground corn, instead of wheat.

I don't make my own tortillas, because I can can very easily buy them fresh here in Texas. But like I said, they are not hard to make.

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caseydog said:
Making corn tortillas is not hard, assuming you can buy the corn flour you need to make corn masa. Of course, it is in every grocery store in Texas, but I'm guessing a bit harder in the UK. I'm certain you can buy a tortilla press online, and you have a cast iron skillet/pan/griddle of some kind.

The corn flour I refer to is not what is called corn flour in the UK. That is corn starch over here. It is simply a flour made from ground corn, instead of wheat.

I don't make my own tortillas, because I can can very easily buy them fresh here in Texas. But like I said, they are not hard to make.

CD
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Yes all that stuff is available here 👍 and I have made them many times. I like them but don't consider them anything to write home about so don't get any joy out of making them, unlike making your own naan bread which is very satisfying.

For me they are mostly a convenience and useful conduit for food.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Yes all that stuff is available here 👍 and I have made them many times. I like them but don't consider them anything to write home about so don't get any joy out of making them, unlike making your own naan bread which is very satisfying.

For me they are mostly a convenience and useful conduit for food.
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So try gorditas. They are basically corn pitas. You don't have to use a tortillas press for them. The bottom of a saucepan will do fine, just apply even pressure.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Yes all that stuff is available here 👍 and I have made them many times. I like them but don't consider them anything to write home about so don't get any joy out of making them, unlike making your own naan bread which is very satisfying.

For me they are mostly a convenience and useful conduit for food.
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Well of course, naan bread is Indian, the most British food of them all. :laugh:

CD
 
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