Comments on: Killa tortilla http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sculpin » Because, really, nothing’s better than a fresh peach. http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 Sculpin » Because, really, nothing’s better than a fresh peach. Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:45:25 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/#comment-1441 <p>[...] In other food news, I’m getting pretty decent at making flour tortillas. After a few more batches, I think I’ll really have the knack; after that I’ll start experimenting with adding chile powders and whole-wheat flour. The secret, my friends, is lard. Lard is good. (And available locally from the Samish Bay cheese people.) The other secret is to roll those proto-tortillas thinner and wider than you’d think possible; they’ll contract as you pick them up, so stretch them slightly as you put them on the griddle. I actually measured them out to the recommended 9 inches. That is about right, but it seemed ridiculously thin when I first started. [...]</p> […] In other food news, I’m getting pretty decent at making flour tortillas. After a few more batches, I think I’ll really have the knack; after that I’ll start experimenting with adding chile powders and whole-wheat flour. The secret, my friends, is lard. Lard is good. (And available locally from the Samish Bay cheese people.) The other secret is to roll those proto-tortillas thinner and wider than you’d think possible; they’ll contract as you pick them up, so stretch them slightly as you put them on the griddle. I actually measured them out to the recommended 9 inches. That is about right, but it seemed ridiculously thin when I first started. […]

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/comment-page-1/#comment-879 mamster Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:18:27 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/#comment-879 <p>Sorry, Kristal, I somehow missed your previous comment. I've done some more research since then and you can get a small quantity of lard at <a href="http://porcellaurbanmarket.com/">Porcella Urban Market</a> in Bellevue for $4.</p> Sorry, Kristal, I somehow missed your previous comment. I’ve done some more research since then and you can get a small quantity of lard at Porcella Urban Market in Bellevue for $4.

]]> By: Kristal http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Kristal Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:40:14 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/#comment-878 <p>OK... I have read the Pig Butter post and am now educated in the ways of porky goodness. I see the error of my ways.</p> OK… I have read the Pig Butter post and am now educated in the ways of porky goodness. I see the error of my ways.

]]> By: Kristal http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Kristal Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:27:13 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/#comment-813 <p>I know I should gt over this, but I'm a little squeamish about lard -- and if I buy it I think I'll have to get a 5 lb tub. What do I do with the remaining 78.5 ounces?</p> <p>I know it won't be exactly the same, but do you think shortening or butter could be substituted with decent results?</p> I know I should gt over this, but I’m a little squeamish about lard — and if I buy it I think I’ll have to get a 5 lb tub. What do I do with the remaining 78.5 ounces?

I know it won’t be exactly the same, but do you think shortening or butter could be substituted with decent results?

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/comment-page-1/#comment-812 mamster Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:51:38 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/#comment-812 <p>I completely missed this, but now I want to see it.</p> I completely missed this, but now I want to see it.

]]> By: Heather http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Heather Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:47:03 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/#comment-810 <p>remember that segment on "sesame street" where women were making tortillas, i think at like street vending carts, and there were kids capering about, and finally one kid got handed a fresh new tortilla with beans all wrapped up in it, and he eats it and everybody looks happy?</p> <p>that beany tortilla always looked like THE BEST FOOD EVER to me.</p> remember that segment on “sesame street” where women were making tortillas, i think at like street vending carts, and there were kids capering about, and finally one kid got handed a fresh new tortilla with beans all wrapped up in it, and he eats it and everybody looks happy?

that beany tortilla always looked like THE BEST FOOD EVER to me.

]]> By: L http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/comment-page-1/#comment-806 L Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:53:33 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/06/08/killa-tortilla/#comment-806 <p>We made corn tortillas when I was growing up. I keep meaning to get a press so I can make my own again. But, perhaps a rolling pin will do...</p> We made corn tortillas when I was growing up. I keep meaning to get a press so I can make my own again. But, perhaps a rolling pin will do…

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