TORTILLAS!!!!!!!!

[MiddleFingerMom]

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YUMMY!!!! (though now, with me watching my sodium intake so closely,
it's only the much-less tasty corn tortillas that I can have now -- as
opposed to these flour ones... though I CAN splurge on occasion).
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But I can no longer be a culinary Leatherface.
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[Chan790]

1. Really, I prefer corn tortilla.

Or a nice Spanish tortilla.

[Duer 157099]

2. Please tell me what that is

I'm with Homer on this one.

And a recipe if you have it... :thumbsup:

edit: nevermind, I guess you already *did* say what it was, lol. But where's the corn????

[Chan790]

4. In a Spanish tortilla?

no corn. Just eggs, and thin-sliced {potatoes, seeded-tomatoes, onions and green peppers}. Cheese if you're not traditional. Mix in a well-greased oven-safe frying pan. Cook over medium-high heat until it starts to solidify. Pop it in the oven until it solidifies and starts to brown on top...flip it out like an upside-down cake onto your serving vessel. Cut into wedges.

Oh, it's awful for you. That's 8-12 eggs. It legitimately serves 6 and is usually eaten as part of a light breakfast or lunch, often as the entree.

And here is a picture of a corn tortilla.

[Xipe Totec]

7. That's a picture of a machine made corn tortilla

I much prefer the hand pressed ones (home made).

[Chan790]

8. Yes, but I couldn't find a well-photographed one.

The ones on the first page of the google search were less than spectacular. There was one but it was pancake-thick.

[Xipe Totec]

9. That must have been a gordita de manteca

A cousin of the corn tortilla, made with lard or tallow added to the masa.

Those are fantastic.

[kimi]

3. Ooh, that really looks good!

That's a tortilla? Whatever, it looks delicious. Recipe, please??

*drool*

[Chan790]

6. A tortilla is a like a molded omelet or a quiche.

http://spanishfood.about.com/od/tapas/r/tortilla.htm

That recipe is more traditional than the one I posted above.

[Dr Morbius]

11. I'm with MFM on this one; you're describing a frittata.

A tortilla is an unleavened bread cooked basically on a small flat plate. Traditionally made with corn, they are increasingly popular - and very tasty - made with flour, too.

We make quesadillas all the time. A quesadilla is a folded, fried tortilla filled with melted cheese or chicken or what-have-you; all one needs in the house is a frying pan, a package of shredded cheese and a few tortillas for a hot meal in literally seconds.

[Chan790]

12. Nope.

The item you are describing is a new world term bastardization of a Spanish dish which dates back to the 1300s. Tortilla, meaning "little cake", is a modification on "torta" (a type of cake) which has not surprisingly the same root as the French "torte". What you call a tortilla, the Spaniards call "Pan Mexicano" (Mexican Bread) because under the rules of traditional Spanish cuisine a tortilla is explicitly an egg dish.

Don't believe me? Google "Spanish Tortilla", "Tortilla Española" or "Tortilla de Patata"

A frittata is made with whipped eggs (and often milk as a cheat) to produce a lighter texture due to the incorporated air. A tortilla is denser, more like a cake of egg.

Brother is a chef of Spanish cuisine. Quesadillas aren't even authentic Mexican food by-the-way. They, like the Margarita, are a 20th century invention of pseudo-Mexican cuisine from Texas. Delicious but inauthentic.

[Dr Morbius]

13. Very well; apologies and I withdraw.

[Chan790]

14. No offense taken, nor apology needed.

:hi:

I like showing off my nerdiness.

[Kali]

15. well

masa certainly predates the 1300s, but thanks to a great little Spanich restaurant in Tucson, I too know the Spanish tortilla is nothing like the Mexican versions.

And I am with you on maiz as the prefered version, although a fresh hand made harina, hot of the comal with butter is hard to beat.

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. Isn't that called a frittata?

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Nice -tata's.
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[kentauros]

5. Don't you have any gold?

All we have is this corn.

Corn?!
Now we can make tortillas!
We've been waiting for this for hunnerds of years!

:D