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