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Wheat Tortillas! – Getting a nice circle is an art I haven’t quite mastered.
So we went to Pittsburg back in June, and still haven’t properly thanked Lori and Mary for having us. When we went up I took them some flour tortillas. Since they liked the flour tortillas, I figured I’d make some wheat tortillas to send to them with a thank you note.
I’ve done these before with 100% wheat flour and they were good, but a little too. . .much for my liking. So this time, I used 1/2 whole wheat flour and 1/2 all purpose unbleached flour (2 cups each). Then 2 tsp of salt, 2 tsp baking soda, 2 tbsp shortening, 3 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter, and enough warm water to make a good dough. I think it was somewhere around a cup and half. I generally use manteca in place of the shortening but Lori and Mary are vegetarians, so Crisco. . .
And I gotta say, my double comal fucking rocks. (I got that while we were in Pittsburgh at a Mexican market on the Strip.) Gets them done in 1/2 the time it usually takes me with the single comal. I reckon that goes without saying, but its waay past my bedtime.
I had an awesome time making them thanks to DJ Serena who was spinning that old school hip hop that I love on Juiced Radio, along with some hilarious raunchy stuff. The time went by quickly as I made the tortillas and danced/sang my way around the kitchen. Thems gonna be yummy tortillas indeed. Nothing like mixing in a little booty shaking. o/~ butterfly, uh oh, that’s old! let me see ya tootsie roll! o/~
Time for Scaling!
There are a few more pics to this adventure on my Flickr page.
