Found them! - tortillas, I mean

cathyxyz said:

I was whining the other day about not being able to find ready made
tortillas - well, today the store had them again - even *two* different
brands - what luxury.... maybe the store manager is a lurker on rfc or
something 🙂

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.
First of all, the vast majority here in the states are flour tortillas,
but the only places I've seen flour tortillas in Mexico are in the
American Tourist places like Cancun. And if you think places like
Cancun resemble Mexico, you just haven't been paying attention.
One thing I miss very much here (Denver) is that it's hard to find good
corn tortillas. The further east you go, the harder it gets.
BTW, if anyone reads this knows the genisis of the flour tortilla, I'm
very curious. I've never been able to figure out where they came from,
since you never see them in the parts of Mexico I've travelled. Maybe
they come from souther Mexico, since I've never been down that way.
Those of you who have been down there, not counting Cancun, Cozumel,
and such, did you see flour tortillas?

cathyxyz said:

I was whining the other day about not being able to find ready made
tortillas - well, today the store had them again - even *two* different
brands - what luxury.... maybe the store manager is a lurker on rfc or
something 🙂

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

I am often forgetting what a wide audience that RFC has. I thought y'all
all lived in TEXAS. <g> Here in the central part of Texas, as you
know, we are not that far from Mexico and more than a few of the natives have come here.
We take it for granted that all of those authentic meskin goodies are available
everyday, nearly everywhere and fresh. The packages of tortillas are often still hot.
Even us gringos usually keep them stocked as most would stock any bread item.

You know ..the fuel, the bait, the bullets, a six pack of cerveza, Skoal, a lottery ticket,
and a sausge wrap..i.e. in a fresh tortilla at one stop.

BTW..sound like you should get the loto ticket today..it is your lucky day..that could
have been a huge pile up..glad they missed you.

salgud said:

cathyxyz said:

I was whining the other day about not being able to find ready made
tortillas - well, today the store had them again - even *two* different
brands - what luxury.... maybe the store manager is a lurker on rfc or
something 🙂

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.

I have eaten "Mexican" food in Denver, and you are right .. not even close.

Read this..

http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:i3ar7TNYjAAJ:www.mexicanaccent.com/PDFs/Tortilla_Industry_Information.pdf+flour+tortilla+origin&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10&client=firefox-a

salgud said:

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.
First of all, the vast majority here in the states are flour tortillas,
but the only places I've seen flour tortillas in Mexico are in the
American Tourist places like Cancun. And if you think places like
Cancun resemble Mexico, you just haven't been paying attention.
One thing I miss very much here (Denver) is that it's hard to find good
corn tortillas. The further east you go, the harder it gets.
BTW, if anyone reads this knows the genisis of the flour tortilla, I'm
very curious. I've never been able to figure out where they came from,
since you never see them in the parts of Mexico I've travelled. Maybe
they come from souther Mexico, since I've never been down that way.
Those of you who have been down there, not counting Cancun, Cozumel,
and such, did you see flour tortillas?

Authentic to mexico or not, I'm spoiled from living in Albuquerque,
where nice thick flour tortillas are served alongside green chile stew
to sop up juices. I used to laugh at a friedn who had moved out of
state when she stuffed her suitcase with a dozen packages of tortillas.
Now that I live in Virginia, i understand. these wimpy, thin, full of
preservative flour tortillas they sell are a JOKE! Okay for making
'wraps", but not what you need to withstand a bowl of posole or stew.

Mission (I hate buying national brands of stuff like this but there's
nothing resembling a local brand around here - closest I can see comes
from Georgia, sso well known for its authentic tortillas <g>😉 makes
"restaurant style tortillas" that are nice and thick and go well
alongside. They don't roll too well, so I buy other thin floppy ones
for burritoes.

The corn tortillas I buy at the grocery are okay, nothing like the good
ones back home but much more similar than the flour ones available,
except those fat mission ones.

salgud said:

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.

South Africa - so we take what we can get 🙂

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Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

cathyxyz said:

salgud said:

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.

South Africa - so we take what we can get 🙂

-
Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

We sent one of our sons to your Country for a month this last summer. He
loved it and is planning his next trip. The next one is on him.

jay said:

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:40:10 -0800, cathyxyz wrote:

Quoted message said:

I am often forgetting what a wide audience that RFC has. I thought y'all
all lived in TEXAS. <g> Here in the central part of Texas, as you
know, we are not that far from Mexico and more than a few of the natives have come here.
We take it for granted that all of those authentic meskin goodies are available
everyday, nearly everywhere and fresh. The packages of tortillas are often still hot.
Even us gringos usually keep them stocked as most would stock any bread item.

Now I am really jealous... <sigh> I have yet to find a so-called
"mexican" restaurant here that is any good... Mind you, if you like
Indian, Greek, German or Portugese food - they have some really great
"authentic" places here...

Quoted message said:

BTW..sound like you should get the loto ticket today..it is your lucky day..that could
have been a huge pile up..glad they missed you.

Thanks jay, I will buy that lotto - ticket - I have time, they do a
draw every Wednesday and Saturday 😉 Glad your son liked it so much
over here - most people do. It's a great country. Wish you could try
our "boerewors" - think you would like it too!

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

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I am often forgetting what a wide audience that RFC has. I thought y'all
all lived in TEXAS. <g> Here in the central part of Texas, as you
know, we are not that far from Mexico and more than a few of the natives
have come here.
We take it for granted that all of those authentic meskin goodies are
available
everyday, nearly everywhere and fresh. The packages of tortillas are often
still hot.
Even us gringos usually keep them stocked as most would stock any bread
item.

In the Houston area, we can get freshly-made, hot tortillas in many
supermarkets. Not even close to the factory-made (e.g., Mission) varieties.

Just one of the many things I'll miss after moving to the Baltimore area
later this year... (Guess it's a trade-off for all the great pizza, crabs,
etc. I'll be enjoying after the move.)

Mary

jay said:

salgud said:

cathyxyz said:

I was whining the other day about not being able to find ready made
tortillas - well, today the store had them again - even *two* different
brands - what luxury.... maybe the store manager is a lurker on rfc or
something 🙂

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.

I have eaten "Mexican" food in Denver, and you are right .. not even close.

If you know where to go, there are a few good Mexican restaurants here
in Denver. But I've had to ferret them out. But even those are
questionable on the tortillas, just like the Mexican markets I've
tried.

Quoted message said:

Read this..

http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:i3ar7TNYjAAJ:www.mexicanaccent.com/PDFs/Tortilla_Industry_Information.pdf+flour+tortilla+origin&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10&client=firefox-a

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Quoted message said:

If you know where to go, there are a few good Mexican restaurants here
in Denver. But I've had to ferret them out. But even those are
questionable on the tortillas, just like the Mexican markets I've
tried.

I've heard that the best Mexican restaurants in the area are in Greeley, but
I don't have names of any of them. So, what are the good places in Denver?

Donna

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Quoted message said:

If you know where to go, there are a few good Mexican restaurants here
in Denver. But I've had to ferret them out. But even those are
questionable on the tortillas, just like the Mexican markets I've
tried.

I've heard that the best Mexican restaurants in the area are in Greeley,
but I don't have names of any of them. So, what are the good places in
Denver?

Not sure about restaurants ... seems to be a personal choice most of the
time ...

But, on the subject of tortillas, if you're in the area you need to go to
Tortilleria La Autentica ... 510 E 4th in Loveland. Flour, corn and whole
wheat tortillas $2/dozen ... they have other stuff in the place but the
tortillas are to die for.

Bob

salgud said:

But even those are questionable on the tortillas, just like the
Mexican markets I've tried.

There was a place I went to in San Antonio long ago where the tortillas
were brought to your table in this hard plastic lidded pot thing to keep
them warm. They were so good you want to just slap butter on them and
eat 'em raw instead of with the delicious fillings sitting in front of
you.

--

-Jeff B.
zoomie at fastmail dot fm

Yeff said:

salgud said:

But even those are questionable on the tortillas, just like the
Mexican markets I've tried.

Quoted message said:

They were so good you want to just slap butter on them and
eat 'em raw instead of with the delicious fillings sitting in front of
you.

They don't serve those things raw..but I get your drift. They are tastey.

D.Currie said:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you know where to go, there are a few good Mexican restaurants here
in Denver. But I've had to ferret them out. But even those are
questionable on the tortillas, just like the Mexican markets I've
tried.

I've heard that the best Mexican restaurants in the area are in Greeley, but
I don't have names of any of them. So, what are the good places in Denver?

Donna

I know of 3. But 2 of them I haven't been to in years, just don't go to
those parts of town. They're both "La Fogata", both in the white pages.

The one I've been to recently is "Belle Vista", at 21st and Sherman.
Excellent Chile Relleno (They heat and peel the chile before then stuff
it, a pre-requisite to get rid of the bitter taste you find so often
with Chile Rellenos).
I'm sure there are others I don't know about.

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But, on the subject of tortillas, if you're in the area you need to go to
Tortilleria La Autentica ... 510 E 4th in Loveland. Flour, corn and
whole
wheat tortillas $2/dozen ... they have other stuff in the place but the
tortillas are to die for.

OK, Bob (well, THAT Bob, anyway) where are you, that
you know this most excellent place in my own town?

Best damn tortillas in the area, and you've let the secret out -
now we're gonna be overrun!!!!

Bob M.

This wouldn't be the HP Bob Myers would it?

I'm over here just off of Taft, west of the lake.

Bob

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salgud said:

cathyxyz said:

I was whining the other day about not being able to find ready made
tortillas - well, today the store had them again - even *two* different
brands - what luxury.... maybe the store manager is a lurker on rfc or
something 🙂

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.

I have eaten "Mexican" food in Denver, and you are right .. not even
close.

Read this..

In a city as large as Denver with as large of a Mexican population there are
bound to be dozens of very authentic Mexican restaurants.

I live in a little bitty town of less than 30K and can take you to several
very authentic restaurants. There's no way there aren't any in Denver.

Ms P

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cathyxyz said:

I was whining the other day about not being able to find ready made
tortillas - well, today the store had them again - even *two* different
brands - what luxury.... maybe the store manager is a lurker on rfc or
something 🙂

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

I don't know where you are, but if you're in the US, I doubt very much
that you got anything even reminiscent of a real Mexican tortilla.
First of all, the vast majority here in the states are flour tortillas,
but the only places I've seen flour tortillas in Mexico are in the
American Tourist places like Cancun. And if you think places like
Cancun resemble Mexico, you just haven't been paying attention.
One thing I miss very much here (Denver) is that it's hard to find good
corn tortillas. The further east you go, the harder it gets.
BTW, if anyone reads this knows the genisis of the flour tortilla, I'm
very curious. I've never been able to figure out where they came from,
since you never see them in the parts of Mexico I've travelled. Maybe
they come from souther Mexico, since I've never been down that way.
Those of you who have been down there, not counting Cancun, Cozumel,
and such, did you see flour tortillas?

You do know that at one time Mexico extended all the way to the Arkansas
river? In case you don't know where the Arkansas river is it's in southern
Colorado. The Spanish brought wheat with them.

Mexico is a fairly large country. I'm sure, just like every other country,
the cuisine varies from region to region, just like the dialects do. Even
in a country as small as Italy the cuisine varies from one region to
another.

Ms P

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But, on the subject of tortillas, if you're in the area you need to go to
Tortilleria La Autentica ... 510 E 4th in Loveland. Flour, corn and whole
wheat tortillas $2/dozen ... they have other stuff in the place but the
tortillas are to die for.

OK, Bob (well, THAT Bob, anyway) where are you, that
you know this most excellent place in my own town?

Best damn tortillas in the area, and you've let the secret out -
now we're gonna be overrun!!!!

Bob M.

cathyxyz said:

I was whining the other day about not being able to find ready made
tortillas - well, today the store had them again - even *two* different
brands - what luxury.... maybe the store manager is a lurker on rfc or
something 🙂

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

Still learn to make good flour tortillas. The prepackaged ones aren't
normally very fresh. Maize tortillas might be problematic as they
require maize flour that has been treated with alkali.