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re: Corn or Flour Tortillas?
Posted on 5/24/21 at 6:57 pm to BigDropper
Posted on 5/24/21 at 6:57 pm to BigDropper
quote:
Corn is the traditional ingredient for tortillas for tacos.
Not in Northern Mexico. They grew wheat instead of corn in those areas and so made flour tortillas. People in northern Mexico still prefer flour over corn.
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Posted on 5/24/21 at 7:07 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:
People in northern Mexico still prefer flour over corn.
Not all of them.
Posted on 5/24/21 at 7:38 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
I prefer corn.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 12:32 am to BigDropper
quote:
Tacos made with flour tortillas are sometimes referred to as "Tacos de Gabachos" or tacos for white Americans because of their preference for flour tortillas. Flour tortillas are not 'wrong' for tacos, their just not authentic and not very good. Corn tortillas are also the correct option for fajitas & enchiladas. You'd never catch a Chilango eating his carne asada or carnitas with a flaccid flour tortilla.
And we now have the dumbest post.
Flour tortillas were invented by northern Mexicans, and are a staple there. Northern Mexicans and Tejanos enjoy flour as much as they do corn.
You and every other hipster think it’s so cool when y’all "discover the muy authentico corn tortilla"
Posted on 5/25/21 at 5:14 am to Clovis Pilgreen
How does asking what kind of tortilla you prefer garner so many down votes 
Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:28 am to LoneStarRanger
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You and every other hipster think it’s so cool when y’all "discover the muy authentico corn tortilla"
This. Personally, i prefer flour tortillas. I tried going "authentico" with corn a few times, and they are just too messy. Maybe it's the kind i buy. I usually get either Hola Nola or Mission tortillas. But every time i get soft corn tortillas, they split when pressure is applied, and everything falls out the taco. Flour is more pliable and i like the taste. This gringo prefers soft flour or hard corn for tacos.
This post was edited on 5/25/21 at 7:28 am
Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:29 am to Clovis Pilgreen
Flour. all day every day.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 9:28 am to LoneStarRanger
quote:You can say that again!!!
And we now have the dumbest post.
Talk about self-fulfilling prophecy...
The corn tortilla predates the Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica. Maize was so important to the region that its cultural significance is reflected in Mesoamerican origin myths, artwork, rituals, and religion. The Aztec Empire was built on the regions agricultural ability to sustain a consistent corn (maize) crop.
Yes, Northern Mexico was not favorable for cultivating corn and better suited for growing wheat, but the Aztec Empire did not originate in Chihuahua, Sinaloa, or Sonora. It thrived in what is now Ciudad de México, Distro Federal. Which is why I referenced "Chilangos" in my original comment. So I understand that Tejanos and Chicanos may not represent the traditions of their ancestors and some northern Mexicans may prefer flour, but my statement is verdad!
quote:
You and every other hipster think it’s so cool when y’all "discover the muy authentico corn tortilla
I'm not some hipster that had his first taco yesterday and ran to the internet to start a food fight. I spent my formative years living in DFW, I worked side by side for 15 years with the people of Puebla, Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, Nuevo Leon, and Chihuahua, and you know what, even the Norteños preferred corn tortillas for their tacos!
Again, I'm not saying flour tortillas are wrong, it's just that their not traditional. Don't believe me that corn is "muy, muy auténtico?" (which you misspelled by the way by adding an 'H') go ask the people that speak the Nahuatl language!
Posted on 5/25/21 at 12:28 pm to BigDropper
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The Aztec Empire was built on the regions agricultural ability to sustain a consistent corn (maize) crop.
No doubt corn tortillas existed before flour. But the "authentic" tacos you talk about and we all know and love didn't exist until the late 1800s or early 1900s at the earliest and even that is up for debate. Its possible the first tacos were fish tacos so would that mean any taco with meat would not be "authentic"? Fact is, what we know as "authentic tacos" is a fairly modern invention. Interestingly, burritos were invented soon after this, within 10 years or so, by a guy selling tacos in northern mexico who folded the ends of a flour tortilla taco to keep the fillings warm and so the burrito was born. The mexican term for burritos is tacos de harina ("wheat flour tacos").
Posted on 5/25/21 at 1:23 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
Tacos? Corn
Quesadillas? Flour
Fajitas? Flour
Enchiladas? Corn
Quesadillas? Flour
Fajitas? Flour
Enchiladas? Corn
Posted on 5/25/21 at 3:11 pm to Clovis Pilgreen
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Clovis Pilgreen
Holy shite! what kinda damn chicken tortilla fight did you start.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 4:08 pm to BigDropper
quote:I don't see how you can say this. I mean, it's objectively wrong.
Flour tortillas are not 'wrong' for tacos, their just not authentic and not very good.
quote:No
Corn tortillas are also the correct option for fajitas
Corn should not even be an option. Posted on 5/26/21 at 7:54 am to Clovis Pilgreen
This past weekend we made Carnitas in the insta pot and we made fresh pineapple salsa for the tacos. The tacos were awesome.
I like flour, and I like this brand.
I like flour, and I like this brand.
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