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Shel_B

Shel_B

3 hours ago, ElsieD said:

At the moment, I'm just buying the corn and flour tortillas.  Do you make yours?  I wouldn't mind making them but I would need a tortilla press and I don't want to buy one unless I'm sure I'd use it.  

There's a Salvadoran restaurant near me and they make their tortillas by hand.  They just toss the dough back and forth between their hands.  Sweetie and I got friendly with the ladies there, and they showed us how to do it. It's easy, but it takes some practice.

 

Here's a woman making tortillas without a press, but using a rolling pin instead of just tossing the dough between her hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA68XXQJN4Y

 

Unless you have a physical problem that prevents you from making tortillas without a press, you might want to consider one of these techniques.

 

And here's a review of presses from ATK that might be useful should you decide to go that route:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_Wrm-qYyI

 

 

 

Shel_B

Shel_B

3 hours ago, ElsieD said:

At the moment, I'm just buying the corn and flour tortillas.  Do you make yours?  I wouldn't mind making them but I would need a tortilla press and I don't want to buy one unless I'm sure I'd use it.  

There's a Salvadoran restaurant near me and they make their tortillas by hand.  They just toss the dough back and forth between their hands.  Sweetie and I got friendly with the ladies there, and they showed us how to do it. It's easy, but it takes some practice.

 

Here's a woman making tortillas without a press, but using a rolling pin instead of just tossing the dough between her hands.

 

Unless you have a physical problem that prevents you from making tortillas without a press, you might want to consider one of these techniques.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA68XXQJN4Y

 

And here's a review of presses from ATK that might be useful should you decide to go that route:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_Wrm-qYyI

 

 

 

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