i prefer corn, actuallyMexicans like corn, but real people like the flour ones..
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i prefer corn, actuallyMexicans like corn, but real people like the flour ones..
i prefer corn, actually
I just realized we had a dedicated "Tortilla" thread. A couple years ago I discovered Masienda after being repeatedly disappointed with the paltry tortilla offerings in Northern Nevada. A little over a year ago I felt lucky to get a 5# bag of the only "landrace" heirloom kernels they had left as an initiation into the nextamalization process of making masa from whole kernels + calcium hydroxide (aka pickling lime). This year, I was a little luckier and ordered 5 different varieties.
Likewise I've had a couple different tortilla presses but just couldn't get the tortillas as thin as I wanted and was super happy Masienda once again came to the rescue by offering a real deal steel press. Boom!
The nixtamalization process is easy and although I don't have a lava-stone corn grinder my Cuisanart food processor does a decent job of processing the whole kernels into fine masa.
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I recently ordered one of their presses and the quality was trash. Brought "HOMEMADE" to a new level .... looked like a 6 year old made it. The edges had slag left on them and then painted over. You could break off little pieces. The plates wouldn't even come close to sitting flat and certainly would never make a uniform, yet flat tortilla... I called and left them a message about returning and haven't had a response yet.
J
That sucks! Mine arrived last week and other than plasma cut evidence on the edges (not rough though) the two plates meet flat, powder coat is good and it works perfectly. Darien is who I've been dealing with...maybe send him an e-mail: info@masienda.com