Corn Tortillas Dusted W/ Wheat Flour?

[luvs2eat]

Wouldn't you think that the "authentic" Mexical restaurant would have 100% corn tortillas?? We went to our fav Mexican place last night that's recently been bought up by another owner... and I (LUCKILY) asked the server to please check that the tortillas served w/ the salsa were indeed corn. He came back and told me that they were now using corn tortillas that are dusted w/ wheat flour!

I ate the cheese and chorizo appetizer w/ no chips or tortillas. Too bad... I really liked that place. Maybe I'll ask them if I can bring a few of my own corn tortillas.

[elonwy]

Often places that make thier own tortillas will make the corn ones on the same table area as the flour ones, which leaves them covered in flour. They could also dust them to prevent them from sticking.

Elonwy

[queenofhearts]

Yikes! Never thought of this-- the fryer issue is bad enough.

Leah

[Lymetoo]

That's why I worry about corn tortillas from the stores. I"m sure they're made in the same facility that makes the flour tortillas.....right??

[queenofhearts]

That's why I worry about corn tortillas from the stores. I"m sure they're made in the same facility that makes the flour tortillas.....right??

Do you make your own? They're so good homemade, but tortillas are one of my grab-it-when-there's-no-time-to-cook staples... now I'm wondering...

Leah

[Lymetoo]

Nope! I've never made them from scratch. How hard is it?? You buy masa??

[hez]

Alton Brown on the Food Network recently made homemade corn tortias. Very interesting show.

I do not have the time to make chips or tortias. I just buy the Mission brand, they are marked gluten-free and produced on corn lines only (I don't even think they use flour in the factory, but I am not sure).

Hez

[elonwy]

I have never had a problem with Mission, I eat them like three four times a week.

Elonwy