Mexican/Tex Mex Food.

[Worth1]

Well hoot.
Homemade flour tortillas from a mix.
Fresh fried tortilla chips.
Fresh salsa.
Fresh homemade refried beans.
Worth
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[Deborah]

Worth, gee, tough Dad ! OK, you've dragged the bald truth outta me-I scarf those suckers down !

[Deborah]

Worth ! I'm drooling ! Your address is...?

[Gerardo]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Well hoot.
Homemade flour tortillas from a mix.
Fresh fried tortilla chips.
Fresh salsa.
Fresh homemade refried beans.
Worth
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Very nice. May I suggest Skirt steak in the middle.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Deborah

Worth ! I'm drooling ! Your address is...?

Originally Posted by Gerardo

Very nice. May I suggest Skirt steak in the middle.

Thanks guys.
While we are waiting on Gerardos instructions for flour tortillas I will put in my two cents worth.

From years of research I have found that there are two ways to make the things.
With and without baking powder.
What the dough is in reality is very close to pie dough but with a little more water and less fat.
I personally feel the white wings tortilla mix I use has too much baking powder in it.
But I dont buy it to make tortillas I add a little more baking powder and it makes a fantastic biscuit or even pancakes.
The only way I can make a tortilla is with a rolling pin I have never been able to get one thin enough by hand.
With the rolling pin it has to be so thin you can almost see through it.

You also have to let the dough sit long enough after you have kneaded it to let the gluten start to work just like you would bread.
It has to be elastic.
This takes about 15 minutes.
To make an averaged sized tortilla I make a ball of dough about the size of a golf ball and roll it out on the bench.
Keep plenty of bench flour on hand so you can do this.
When you have it rolled out very thin when you lift it up it will spring back some.
Put it on a hot griddle or skillet when it bubbles up flip it.
Get the skillet to hot and it will burn.
I always preheat my cast iron skillets for around 30 minutes before I use them for anything.
When the handle is hot it is ready to use.

That's about all I can tell you.


Worth

[Gerardo]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Thanks guys.
While we are waiting on Gerardos instructions for flour tortillas I will put in my two cents worth.

From years of research I have found that there are two ways to make the things.
With and without baking powder.
What the dough is in reality is very close to pie dough but with a little more water and less fat.
I personally feel the white wings tortilla mix I use has too much baking powder in it.
But I dont buy it to make tortillas I add a little more baking powder and it makes a fantastic biscuit or even pancakes.
The only way I can make a tortilla is with a rolling pin I have never been able to get one thin enough by hand.
With the rolling pin it has to be so thin you can almost see through it.

You also have to let the dough sit long enough after you have kneaded it to let the gluten start to work just like you would bread.
It has to be elastic.
This takes about 15 minutes.
To make an averaged sized tortilla I make a ball of dough about the size of a golf ball and roll it out on the bench.
Keep plenty of bench flour on hand so you can do this.
When you have it rolled out very thin when you lift it up it will spring back some.
Put it on a hot griddle or skillet when it bubbles up flip it.
Get the skillet to hot and it will burn.
I always preheat my cast iron skillets for around 30 minutes before I use them for anything.
When the handle is hot it is ready to use.

That's about all I can tell you.


Worth

Sounds like you don't need much instruction. Life and work have been getting in the way of the tortilla tutorial, but I hope to squeeze it in this weekend. Back to the salt mine.

[jillian]

Originally Posted by Deborah

Worth ! I'm drooling ! Your address is...?

I'm coming too

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Gerardo

Sounds like you don't need much instruction. Life and work have been getting in the way of the tortilla tutorial, but I hope to squeeze it in this weekend. Back to the salt mine.

Thanks.
I am going to put my foot in it now and we will see what happens fail or no fail.
What I have done is I have mixed up about 5 table spoons of lard with 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 cups of flour.
((((NO Baking Powder.))))
This has been mixed with a pastry bender by hand until it was like corn meal.
I then added about 1/4 cup of water to make a dough ball I could work by hand and not be sticky.
I kneaded it for about 5 minutes and it is now going to rest for 15 minutes.
The skillet is warming as we speak.
It may end up being a big cracker we shall see.
If it is garbage I will say so.

I just made it up and have no idea if it will turn out.

Worth

[Worth1]

Too oily I had to add about 1/4 cup more flour about a teaspoon of baking powder and some more water.
It then came out okay I guess.
I dont really like the darn things and I am getting full from testing.
Have my taste buds been ruined from eating store bought factory tortillas.

Worth

[Worth1]

Okay here it is the thing came out as good as any hand made tortilla I have ever had.
The crows are getting the rest.
Why am I trying to make something from scratch that I don't care for?
I guess just to see if I can.
As far as I am concerned the only really good thing that came from wheat is gravy and pasta.
It is also good for chicken fried steak and fried chicken.
Worth
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[Father'sDaughter]

Originally Posted by Deborah

Worth ! I'm drooling ! Your address is...?

Originally Posted by jillian

I'm coming too

If we can ever get it out of him, we may have to charter a tour bus... 😄😄😄

[jillian]

Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

If we can ever get it out of him, we may have to charter a tour bus... 😄😄😄

lol I'm in, sounds like fun! Worth?????

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Deborah

Worth ! I'm drooling ! Your address is...?

Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

If we can ever get it out of him, we may have to charter a tour bus... ������

Originally Posted by jillian

lol I'm in, sounds like fun! Worth?????

Anything I say will just get me in trouble.
A bus load of women showing up at a single mans house---------well we will just leave it at that.

Worth

[Deborah]

Party at Worth's !

[jillian]

yes, we'll name our bus the "Worthmobile". Ready or not, here we come!