Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar

• hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Costco sells uncooked tortillas from TortillaLand, and they’re fucking amazing. Cook like 60 seconds in a hot skillet on each side and you get a fresh, hot tortilla. No oil or anything needed. It’s wonderful. If you can find them, I’d recommend checking them out.

  Only downside is because they’re uncooked, they have a limited fridge life, unlike the pre-cooked ones, but they taste soooo much better.

  www.tortillaland.com/where-to-buy/

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  • mrmisses@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We freeze a bunch and they have been fine.

    Also some grocery stores sell uncooked tortillas. And some Walmart’s

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    • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Good to know; I’ve never tried freezing them!

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    • Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Eeeeew Walmarts. A pipeline of questionably manufactured foods that no longer have any safety or quality controls.

      Buy Canadian.

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  • TIEPilot@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh this is a great starter option and there’s a Costco on the other side town. I’ll go look for them tonight, thank you!

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    • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re welcome!

      You’ll either find the TortillaLand or the Tortilla Fresca packs. We prefer the TortillaLand, but both are uncooked and both are excellent!

      Video showing packaging and cooking: youtu.be/4535gNwvy3k

      Enjoy!

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      • TIEPilot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Thats perfect! Like she said in the video I wonder how well they freeze? 44 is a LOT of torillas. Thank you for posting the video!

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  • fireweed@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Making tortillas from scratch is also not that hard, and that way you never have to worry about pre-cooking shelf life, as long as you generally have flour, oil, and baking powder kicking around.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Corn tortillas are easy and taste great fresh. Buy Masa Harina and use the recipe on the bag. (2 cups masa harina, ½ tsp salt, 1½-2 cups hot water.)

  If you aren’t sure enough to buy a 5-pound bag, Bob’s Red Mill sells a 624-gram bag with complete instructions on the back. Remember to plan ahead to let the dough rest an hour to absorb the water, and have waxed paper or a cut ziploc bag to flatten it between.

  Don’t try to use corn meal or polenta. The nixtamalization of the corn before grinding is important.

  Flour tortillas aren’t hard either, plenty recipes online.

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  • TIEPilot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Red Mill, great company imo, when I was keto I loved their gluten free options to faux “breading”. I had a pretty decent tempura/tonkatsu recipe.

    Thank you for the advice on how to prep. I know me I would have rushed it or bought the wrong corn!

    I came here to bitch about overpriced candy and now have multiple options to make tortilla’s! Gotta love Lemmy eh?

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• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Tortillas are amazing right off the pan. It’s hard to eat anything else. So depending on your views on that information, you might want to wait or hurry up on making your own. Pro tip, make sure to use flour that a Mexican store would have and they seem to go through quickly.

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  • TIEPilot@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thanks for the advice! I have a really nice Mexican market right across the street.

    But before that I’ll watch a couple hundred videos of abuela’s making them first! Also a buddies mom might be a resource, she makes killer tamale’s!

    Thanks!

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No problem. I just got King Arthur’s flour once by mistake, those turned out terrible. I’m sure there’s a reason that your Abuelo videos will explain. They are so good.

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      • TIEPilot@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I appreciate the heads up, I know I would have done the same thing thinking APF is APF. I had no idea there was a difference!

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