"Maverick" > wrote in message
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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> > "Maverick" > wrote in message
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> >> All this chili talking has me hankerin for some. I'll have to blow in
> >> the wife's ear this weekend and get her to make a big batch. The chili
> >> verde is easy to make but tortillas are extremely messy to make but
I'll
> >> help her clean up the mess.
> >
> > (laughing) Help her? She made what you wanted, you clean up! Her turn
> > to sit down.
> >
> > nancy (just yanking your chain)
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> *pssst* nancy, just between you and me, this is actually a joint affair
> from start to finish. I _do_, however, have to sweet talk her into making
> it though. Making tortillas, at least for us since we don't have much
> counter space, is a real pain in the ass and we wind up getting flour all
> over the place.
>
> This reminds me. I need to make an appointment with the dentist to have
my
> teeth re-enameled. This current batch we got is HOT!
>
> Bret (yank away. I give as well as I take!)

We must be doing this wrong. Tortilla-making isn't messy and floury for us,
just easier to do with a him-and-me assembly line. We make the dough (which
involves flour but doesn't require throwing it around, like yeast bread
does!), let it rest, and divide it into 12 pieces. We put plastic - half a
baggie - on each plate of the tortilla press. Then he squashes out tortillas
between the plastic and hands them to me to toast in the skillet and drop on
the plate. Do you do them differently?

(I love having a tortilla press! The difference between rubbery storebought
tortillas and brand fresh is like the difference between wonderbread and
good homemade bread.)

Kathy