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How do people use corn tortillas for tacos? Every time I use them they end up falling apart and making the whole meal a lot messier than it would've been if I had just used flour.

>> No.6629079

>>6629069
You're buying those really shitty corn tortillas like Mission, etc at the grocery store, aren't you?

>> No.6629081

>>6629069
I wrap a small stack of them in a wet paper towel and microwave for 30 seconds. They're not as crumbly and waxy that way. Then I use 2 at a time for tacos, put meat on top and sprinkle with cilantro, onion and hefty squeeze of lime

>> No.6629083

Use two tortillas, toast em a bit.

>> No.6629091 [DELETED] 

go to your local mexican grocery store, buy cheap ass tortillas that were made that day

use two for each taco, and heat them up in a bit of oil to soften them.

>> No.6629093

>>6629069
Mexifag here: the kind of tortillas you get in that giant tortilla shelf at the grocery store are awful. They're way too thin and aren't pliable at all, even after being warmed properly. Tortilla Land tortillas are my favorite tortillas, and they're what I use at home ever since moving out of southern California (where you can just buy fresh-made tortillas at the Mexican grocery store), but those come raw, and I don't know if that's off-putting. Trader Joe's also has really good corn tortillas, with their "handmade" ones being better, but also more expensive.

Also, the regular supermarket tortillas tend to be white corn tortillas, which I don't like.

>> No.6629094

I think those kind are better made fresh and eaten immediately.

>> No.6629102

>>6629094
Agreed. If you can, try to buy fresh, handmade. You wouldn't think they're better but they are. They're so much better, I eat them plain. But if you're stuck with the mass produced ones, steaming or toasting helps. Or save them for migas.

>> No.6629104
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6629104

Just make them yourself and you can control how thick they are.
All you need is some masa harina flour and water. That's it. Press them with the base of a big pot (I use a glass baking dish so I can watch it flatten out evenly), and that's it.
Easy as fuck, cheaper, much fresher, and probably less likely to crumble in your hand. Though I wouldn't know because I've never used store bought.

>> No.6629121

Fun, mostly unrelated fact: in Latin American Spanish, the phrase "haciendo tortillas" (making tortillas) is slang for lesbian sex.

>> No.6629155

>>6629069
I keep them in a little steamer in the bathroom next to the toilet. I set the steamer to "low" so that the tortillas are soft and damp like a warm steamed towel.

The soft white flour tortillas are so gentle on my ass, I can use six or seven while wiping and not get any sort of rash.

>> No.6629163

>>6629155
I need a pic of this plz

>> No.6629166

>>6629079
I use Mission tortillas and never have any issue.

OP just can't figure out how to use a tortilla properly.

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6630462

>>6629081
>I wrap a small stack of them in a wet paper towel and microwave for 30 seconds.
BAD IDEA ... just dont take the shortcuts /they suck
warm tortillas in an iron skillet,over a grill or a comal

>>6629081
>Then I use 2 at a time for tacos
maybe it could use two tortillas or maybe one is enough / it willl take time before you know if its a singe or double tortilla kind of taco
>>6629081
>put meat on top and sprinkle with cilantro, onion and hefty squeeze of lime
this unfortunately is not even a taco until you have the needed salsa ... add the salsa then feel free to call it a taco

>> No.6630496

Don't buy shitty tortillas. Go to a tortilleria, or make your own. Tortillas aren't meant to have a long shelf life, and they definitely aren't supposed to taste as shitty as those grocery store tortillas.

Also, you need to warm them in a pan first.

Honestly, tortillas are so easy to make with storebought masa that there's very little reason to buy them premade unless you have a tortilleria in the neighborhood.

>> No.6630500

>>6630462
what if the taco filling already has a sauce?

>> No.6630504

>>6629166
Mission tortillas are still shitty, and you shouldn't feel good about using them. Do you just have something against flavor?

>> No.6630505

you need to heat them up a bit on the bbq before you use them.

taco tortillas are usually pretty small too, so try not to overload them or they may break up anyway.

>> No.6630546
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6630546

>>6630504
I really don't give a fuck what you think about my tortillas, homie.

>> No.6630927

>flour tortillas
>tacos

What the fuck are you even on about.

>> No.6630948

I willing to bet you are using too much filling.

Tacos are supposed to be small and plentiful. A little bit of this and that in a tortilla, and you do that over and over again until you're full. You don't take two and stuff them to their limits.

>> No.6631010

>>6629069
>not using Jicama Tortillas

>> No.6631067

>>6630927
flour tacos are basically burritos in Mexico

>> No.6631074

>>6631067
we've had this discussion before
burritos are just tortillas with salt on them for field workers (quick lunch for the poor) and they were called burritos cause they joke like it's donkey [burro] food

>> No.6631100
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6631100

>>6630462
I thought fedora was just a meme until I read your post.

>> No.6631111

>>6631074
>burritos are just tortillas with salt on them

okay buddy go to taco bell and order a burrito, see what you get

>> No.6631120

>>6630462
Faggot, microwaving in wet paper towels work great and is fast. Slow down with that food snob inside you

>> No.6631139

>>6631074
>mexican food evolves
no shit. guess what mole, pipian, and other pre hispanic foods were before the introduction of arabic spices?

>> No.6633297

>>6629091
This anon knows whats.
Prolly a mescun

>> No.6633515

>>6629069
Too much watery content breaks corn tortilla

>> No.6633522

>>6631067
But real tacos are only made by corn tortillas

>> No.6633525

>>6631074
No idiota. Flour tortillas are not real tortillas just flatbread

>> No.6633527

Just set the tortilla on a preheated pan for like 10 seconds and it'll form a lot easier.

>> No.6633532

>>6629069

Well I've never made tortillas on my own and never really cook mexican dishes cause fuck it the shop down the street has a lot more practice at it but they always use two tortillas with tacos, seems to mostly keep it together

>> No.6633549

>>6633532
Two tortillas are not necessari for each taco lardanon

>> No.6633603

>>6633549

Ok, first off you are obviously a dumbfuck shitposter child since I never claimed they were necessary

Secondly it's still a viable solution to OP's problem.

Now head on back to /b/ or /v/ or wherever you came from, shitforbrains.

seems to keep them together though and is a viable solution to OP's

>> No.6633636

>>6633522
>>6633525
looks like someone hasn't eaten a taco arabe in puebla

>> No.6633644

>>6633549
Notice he did not specify the "shop."

Isn't a double-shell taco a thing at Taco Bell?

>> No.6633653
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6633653

>>6633644

It wasn't specified because I'm not giving away my neighborhood on 4chan

And I don't know much about the bell since haven't really been there since a few drunken trips in college but it's not a chain, the just double tortilla like pic related or any of the other million taco style pics you can google

My guess is you are Canadian or flyover

>> No.6633661

>>6633653
>You know what this delicious, slow-cooked, highly flavorful meat needs?
>a handful of overpowering herbs and some raw onions

I'm so fucking mad you don't even know

>> No.6633665
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6633665

>>6633653
THATS some ugly cut of pork meat

>> No.6633668

you don't.
flour tortillas for tacos.
corn are for wet things.

>> No.6633670

>>6633668
>

2/10

made me reply

>> No.6633673

I like to put about four down... And then whatever filling falls put or if it breaks from the salsa use the other two to scoop it up

>> No.6633680

>>6633670
>implying I'm wrong

I'll bet you eat flour tortilla enchiladas.
fucking disgusting.

>> No.6633681

>>6633661
>>6633665

don't give a shit, a top result when I googled and didn't pay enough attention to fillings to satiate the contrarians when I posted it.

The fact is double tortillas are fairly common for tacos.

>> No.6633682
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6633682

Look at these tacos. Not only do they need two tortillas to hold it up but something in the taco as well so the stews won't fall all over the place

>> No.6633688

>>6633680
>>6633680
Yeah try telling 99% of the taquerias in Mexico that use corn tortillas instead of flour

>> No.6633702

>>6633688
all I'm saying is they fall apart too easy. do what you want.

>> No.6633716

>>6633702
Go to Mexico City and see if they have any problem filling corn tortillas with stewed meats .

>> No.6633756

>>6633716
>Go to Mexico City
>or anywhere in mexishithole

some people value their heads.

>> No.6633930

>>6633756
>posting on 4chan
>valuing your life
kek

>> No.6633981

>>6629069
I have that problem sometimes, then I learned to first not overheat them and also to use two a time. Problem solved.

>> No.6634610

>>6633636
>tacos arabes in puebla
mah nigga, truly the GOAT

>> No.6634633

>>6629093
stop being such a picky faggot

>> No.6634638

>>6634633
He's just being honest without not sounding too snobby.

Every taco needs a good tortilla and a salsa to go with it

>> No.6634683

>>6634638
>>6629093
samefag

>> No.6634705

>>6629121
Tortillera was a pretty often said expression amongst all the people I knew from Cuba, DR, PR, etc.

>> No.6634707

>>6634683
Not really m8. its just common sense for mexicans since this is taco 101

>> No.6635250

>>6633661
I hate you

>> No.6635325

>>6633682
none of those look appetizing