BajaNomad - Really tired of tortillas...

Really tired of tortillas...

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 12:06 PM

Tortillas con la comida? Maiz o Harina??? So TIRED of that question, I wish I could SCREAM!! What about Garlic bread, rolls, (whole wheat or white, HOT of course), Toasted Rye Bread, Sourdough (which I don't care for much), or BISCUITS!!!!

I miss biscuits, the tall, light and fluffy kind. I went to Las Parrillas the new place in Chapultepec, near El Faro Beach, when they first opened up, and they had some really nice tall ones, and fluffy. I went back a few weeks ago, and they served me one with about 50% of the middle taken out, sort of like two 1 1/2" wide, 1/3 inch deep...
I went to Cafe Orleans a few months ago. Jerry the owner is a very nice guy..but I had to call his attention to the biscuits which were hard as a rock...he said I need to ask for fresh ones each time I come, because the Mexican chef doesn't think its important to make them fresh each day....The Wolf Restaurant in Maneadero serves pretty good garlic bread with its meal...my friend Will and I always order the garlic bread with our meals.

OK, well coming home from a long shift at the clinic this morning, I wanted to stop at Las Parrillas, but remembering the latest biscuit fiasco, I went home, heated up my oven, and got out the Bisquick mix...quick and easy AND delicious...with some Smart and Final Darigold butter...closest to the States butter that you can find...of course...Colonel Sanders has some mean biscuits... I drive by there in the afternoons if I have the inclination...but they don't serve butter with their biscuits or honey...only jam...not bad however.

wessongroup - 2-26-2012 at 12:16 PM

Had much the same "bread" cravings when down for extended stay ...

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=43261#pid4840...

Choque cultural...

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 12:18 PM

Lencho,

I suffer from choque cultural constantly!! I need to get my fix in the states of American culture every few weeks...for all things American, including and not limited to, good Eggplant Parmesan, (at the Olive Garden or Filippi's Restaurant in Little Italy), Sam Goody's 3 tiered record store in Horton Plaza (the cost for CD's down here is ridiculous)...legging jeans at Macy's (believe it or not cheaper than Sears Mexico), Point Loma fish market Fish and Chips while overlooking the marina..and of course my biggest addiction.....the beaches in Hawaii...!!!

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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
... or BISCUITS!!!!

Sounds like a serious case of choque cultural.

I met somebody years ago, down Oaxaca way that was climbing the walls for creamy peanut butter (this was before Skippy et al invaded Mexico)...

At least you can get Bisquick. :>

thebajarunner - 2-26-2012 at 12:38 PM

My wife is originally from Jalisco- been here 30 years and still does not care much for bread.

If I do not keep a sharp eye on it she leaves the wrapper open (can you spell instant stale?) and we usually toss at least a half loaf when it gets over the edge.

However, I have found that fresh bollillos are a fabulous substitute for bread, and they are available several places in your area. Give me bollillos any day over a loaf of french.

They are good...

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 12:43 PM

Bolillos..are good...but variety is the spice of life...and when it comes to food...Mexicans are conventionally predictable and repetitive...tacos, burritos, tamales, pozole and menudo..yeah sure once in a while they like a change but for the most part...burritos with nopales and chicharrones will do...on a daily basis!!

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Originally posted by thebajarunner
My wife is originally from Jalisco- been here 30 years and still does not care much for bread.

If I do not keep a sharp eye on it she leaves the wrapper open (can you spell instant stale?) and we usually toss at least a half loaf when it gets over the edge.

However, I have found that fresh bollillos are a fabulous substitute for bread, and they are available several places in your area. Give me bollillos any day over a loaf of french.

Cypress - 2-26-2012 at 12:46 PM

Yea , biscuits are good for breakfast, lunch(also known as dinner) and supper. Anything from jelly to gravy goes well with 'em. :yes:

DENNIS - 2-26-2012 at 12:46 PM

Almost all Mexican Panaderias have what they call biscuits. I think they were originally part of a set, or a kit, that included a curved stick and a net. Man....these things are brutal.
I've yet to see the Pillsbury tubes of bakery and pastery items here. Maybe, someday, Bimbo will buy out Pillsbury and our cultures will continue to mingle.

Ateo - 2-26-2012 at 12:47 PM

I always crave any type of American chips down there. Something not covered in chili powder. I like chili powder but a regular bag of Doritos, Cheetos, or even funyuns would be nice from time to time. I brought a bag of have'a corn chips last week and gobbled them up around the campfire.

Chips...

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 12:49 PM

They have some great corn chips down here..alot greasier and heavier thab Fritos and Sabritas are alot greasier than Lays that makes them all the more tastier....

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Originally posted by ateo
I always crave any type of American chips down there. Something not covered in chili powder. I like chili powder but a regular bag of Doritos, Cheetos, or even funyuns would be nice from time to time. I brought a bag of have'a corn chips last week and gobbled them up around the campfire.

DENNIS - 2-26-2012 at 12:51 PM

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Lots of times, I've found "real" Fritos, without the crummy lime or chile powder all over them, in the dollar stores here.

Thanks for the Bisquick Dennis

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 12:53 PM

I have to give credit where credit is due...Dennis bought me a huge box of Bisquick at Smart and Final which I am still using...thanks Dennis!!

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Lots of times, I've found "real" Fritos, without the crummy lime or chile powder all over them, in the dollar stores here.

elfbrewery - 2-26-2012 at 12:58 PM

Yup, love them bolillos. First ate some in La Paz over 20 years ago. Perfect sandwich rolls and great for steak sandwiches. Don't care much for boleos (Santa Rosalia) as they are too big. The last time we bought a bunch of bolillos was at the Ley in CC. Cheap, and like marshmellow bread, yuk. I think Loreto is our only hope for decent, moderately priced bolillos, but that's still a long drive just for rolls.

On the other hand, I LOVE tortillas. I used to prefer the corn tortillas, but they don't seem to be made the same anymore -- they stick together, if you buy 'em by the kilo, and then when served in restaurants or taco stands they are NOT cooked over flame or a hot surface, just microwaved and limp. In Mulege, at least, they give you two tortillas for your taco so that they don't fall apart, but it detracts from the taste with all that mush between your mouth and the contents of the taco. Flour tortillas stay edible longer, don't stick as easily, but still taste better if cooked and not nuked.

Things change and my taste buds are sad that they do.

DENNIS - 2-26-2012 at 01:19 PM

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Thanks for the Bisquick Dennis

I have to give credit where credit is due...Dennis bought me a huge box of Bisquick at Smart and Final which I am still using...thanks Dennis!!

I'm a nice guy....huh. :yes:

shitedetector - 2-26-2012 at 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Tortillas con la comida? Maiz o Harina??? So TIRED of that question, I wish I could SCREAM!! What about Garlic bread, rolls, (whole wheat or white, HOT of course), Toasted Rye Bread, Sourdough (which I don't care for much), or BISCUITS!!!!

I miss biscuits, the tall, light and fluffy kind. I went to Las Parrillas the new place in Chapultepec, near El Faro Beach, when they first opened up, and they had some really nice tall ones, and fluffy. I went back a few weeks ago, and they served me one with about 50% of the middle taken out, sort of like two 1 1/2" wide, 1/3 inch deep...
I went to Cafe Orleans a few months ago. Jerry the owner is a very nice guy..but I had to call his attention to the biscuits which were hard as a rock...he said I need to ask for fresh ones each time I come, because the Mexican chef doesn't think its important to make them fresh each day....The Wolf Restaurant in Maneadero serves pretty good garlic bread with its meal...my friend Will and I always order the garlic bread with our meals.

OK, well coming home from a long shift at the clinic this morning, I wanted to stop at Las Parrillas, but remembering the latest biscuit fiasco, I went home, heated up my oven, and got out the Bisquick mix...quick and easy AND delicious...with some Smart and Final Darigold butter...closest to the States butter that you can find...of course...Colonel Sanders has some mean biscuits... I drive by there in the afternoons if I have the inclination...but they don't serve butter with their biscuits or honey...only jam...not bad however.

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shari - 2-26-2012 at 01:35 PM

wellllll.....I think american chips are way too salty...I much prefer mexican sabritas caseras...plain...and the fritos with lime I find superior also to american ones...different tastes I guess. (I miss quality popping corn and bagels!)

I do like the whole wheat tortillas....also have you tried Ofelias in Sauzal? the menu is terrific and their fresh bread is excellent...there is small cafe beside it that has fantastic home baked goods too.

Ophelia's

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 01:52 PM

Hi Shari,
I did go to Ophelia's, thankfully someone picked up the tab...its a very expensive place though the food was very good.....Sabritas are wonderful, I think greasier and saltier than the US but that's why I like them I think, I also like Salt and Vinegar chips from the US...I think they have them down here...

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Originally posted by shari
wellllll.....I think american chips are way too salty...I much prefer mexican sabritas caseras...plain...and the fritos with lime I find superior also to american ones...different tastes I guess. (I miss quality popping corn and bagels!)

I do like the whole wheat tortillas....also have you tried Ofelias in Sauzal? the menu is terrific and their fresh bread is excellent...there is small cafe beside it that has fantastic home baked goods too.

DENNIS - 2-26-2012 at 02:05 PM

Vinegar....Lime. Bitter...Sour. I get tired of these tastes.
Anyway, historians can think what they want, but I'm sure Frito/Lay [before Lay got involved] invented the Tortilla. They also invented Corn. I know this as true.

Nice guy...

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 02:06 PM

You'll be even nicer when you take me back to that Thai restaurant at the Macroplaza.... :yes:

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Thanks for the Bisquick Dennis

I have to give credit where credit is due...Dennis bought me a huge box of Bisquick at Smart and Final which I am still using...thanks Dennis!!

I'm a nice guy....huh. :yes:

Hey Doc,

djh - 2-26-2012 at 02:21 PM

Bougeois sufferring . . . . ?

I'm looking out my cold N. Idaho window at the 4 new inches of snow in our yard.
I'm dying for some fresh warm tortillas right from our Loreto Tortillarias... We often buy the warmest tortillas AND the fresh goat cheese they carry, and have a few "poverty tacos" as we call them, in our mouths before we're 20 steps out the door!!

ie. Count your blessings :-)

BTW, a local fisherman at "Shipwreck Beach" once in the mid 80,s made me a poultice with a very rubbery corn tortilla and some aloe vera and some electrical tape... I'd gotten myself a bad sunburn on my right foot while napping in my old 68 VW van with the sliding door open. He swore it would help (it did, though I doubt the tortilla had much to do with it). I swore he was just trying to humilliate the young ponytailed gringo.... A doc like you might want to try that sometime, eh?

The shortest path to misery is WANTING what you don't / can't have.
The shortest path to happiness is gratitude for what you do have.
Please pass the Tortillas :-).

Unpasteurized goat cheese causes brucella..

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 02:25 PM

Love queso fresco...and hot tortillas..but too much of anything is no good!!!

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Originally posted by djh
Bougeois sufferring . . . . ?

I'm looking out my cold N. Idaho window at the 4 new inches of snow in our yard.
I'm dying for some fresh warm tortillas right from our Loreto Tortillarias... We often buy the warmest tortillas AND the fresh goat cheese they carry, and have a few "poverty tacos" as we call them, in our mouths before we're 20 steps out the door!!

ie. Count your blessings :-)

BTW, a local fisherman at "Shipwreck Beach" once in the mid 80,s made me a poultice with a very rubbery corn tortilla and some aloe vera and some electrical tape... I'd gotten myself a bad sunburn on my right foot while napping in my old 68 VW van with the sliding door open. He swore it would help (it did, though I doubt the tortilla had much to do with it). I swore he was just trying to humilliate the young ponytailed gringo.... A doc like you might want to try that sometime, eh?

The shortest path to misery is WANTING what you don't / can't have.
The shortest path to happiness is gratitude for what you do have.
Please pass the Tortillas :-).

djh - 2-26-2012 at 02:39 PM

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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Love queso fresco...and hot tortillas..but too much of anything is no good!!!

I hear THAT ..... like too much snow ! ! !

Our March / April concert tour in Korea sabbotaged my Baja spring getaway this year... So . . It will be bipimbap (hold the kimchi) for spring and tacos in JUNE this year.

:

All good
djh

Mexitron - 2-26-2012 at 03:11 PM

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Try baking your own bread and even making your own sourdough starter---pretty easy once you get the hang of it!

Sourdough...

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 03:27 PM

My mother loved Sourdough and used to have her own starter...I never quite enjoyed the sourdough taste though my daughter and the rest of my family love it...

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Originally posted by Mexitron

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Try baking your own bread and even making your own sourdough starter---pretty easy once you get the hang of it!

bajalearner - 2-26-2012 at 03:34 PM

Lucky day. I happened to pick up my laptop and read about the garlic bread while I was waiting for spaghetti pasta to cook. I had already browned chorizo and ground beef, added a little prego, Bertolli garlic alfredo sauce garlic and seasoning; and warmed it all together. I read about the garlic bread and thought I would broil some sandwich bread with butter and garlic and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.

It was lucky I read about the garlic bread discussion but also a few hours earlier today, i saw a brown paper bag on my counter and found 3 bolillos my girlfriend left last evening while I was out with my sons and granddaughter. The discussion included bolillos and made me remember the 3 on my counter.

The bolillos were really in fresh condition, I guess from remaining in the paper bag inside a Soriana plastic bag, and after some butter, garlic and Italian seasoning, they toasted up great under the broiler and made the meal go from great to very great.

Thanks for the discussion and I appreciate having a lucky day to have everything come together.

I live in Tijuana just a 5 minute drive to the San Ysidro crossing. I have SENTRI and a motorcycle so getting to the San Ysidro side is easy for me. I can say I live in Mexico but I cross daily and can run to the store in the US in about 15 minutes.

I take for granted getting whatever I want until I read the comments above about missing certain US products. : )

vgabndo - 2-26-2012 at 03:41 PM

What a fun thread. My wife and I have often related to our friends that after only a month in Baja, on our way north, we would both get uncontrollable cravings for Bologna, Bimbo bread and mayo!! :lol:

Which doesn't resemble ANYTHING we'd eat in the states. :?:

Lucky day...

EnsenadaDr - 2-26-2012 at 03:47 PM

Glad you had a lucky day...now when is my lucky day that I can come over and sample the food? I am half Italian!! Would you believe that simmering spaghetti sauce is actually aromatherapy for me, especially on a Sunday when I used to go to my Grandmother's house for pasta...

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Originally posted by bajalearner
Lucky day. I happened to pick up my laptop and read about the garlic bread while I was waiting for spaghetti pasta to cook. I had already browned chorizo and ground beef, added a little prego, Bertolli garlic alfredo sauce garlic and seasoning; and warmed it all together. I read about the garlic bread and thought I would broil some sandwich bread with butter and garlic and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.

It was lucky I read about the garlic bread discussion but also a few hours earlier today, i saw a brown paper bag on my counter and found 3 bolillos my girlfriend left last evening while I was out with my sons and granddaughter. The discussion included bolillos and made me remember the 3 on my counter.

The bolillos were really in fresh condition, I guess from remaining in the paper bag inside a Soriana plastic bag, and after some butter, garlic and Italian seasoning, they toasted up great under the broiler and made the meal go from great to very great.

Thanks for the discussion and I appreciate having a lucky day to have everything come together.

I live in Tijuana just a 5 minute drive to the San Ysidro crossing. I have SENTRI and a motorcycle so getting to the San Ysidro side is easy for me. I can say I live in Mexico but I cross daily and can run to the store in the US in about 15 minutes.

I take for granted getting whatever I want until I read the comments above about missing certain US products. : )

Bread and Potato Chips

Gypsy Jan - 2-26-2012 at 04:12 PM

Hi EnsenadaDra,

BREAD - Splash! restaurant serves a very, very good, baguette-style, garlic bread with their dinners. We always take home the leftovers and they taste just as good as new when put in the toaster, even after a week in the fridge.

I keep meaning to ask them where they get the bread, but sadly, I get distracted by the good food and forget everything else.

SNACKS - Potato Chips:

The Comercial Mexicana in Rosarito carries a very good, tasty product by Sabritas labeled as "Ligera".

I am not a big fan of the Barcel products, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a very good version of potato chips labeled as "Casera".

And, just last week, I found a new contender on the snack aisle; "Bokados Papas Clasicas".

[Edited on 2-26-2012 by Gypsy Jan]

Bread

bajaguy - 2-26-2012 at 04:29 PM

Try Bakery Hogaza in downtown Ensenada on Miramar between 6th and 7 th, or in Cantu, try Flippin Kneads Bakery next to the Open Air Market.

Also some delicious varieties of breads at the Commercial Mexicana on Reforma.......cilantro loaf, rye, whole grain....

bread

captkw - 2-27-2012 at 07:41 AM

HOLA,nomads,,,,,I like galric bread (pan ajo) and cant find sourdough,,used to bring starter down to moma marta (La paz) each season,,but now, I need find a new place in the south area,and no the french bakery in the copper town dosnt cut it for good garlic bread..any clue's?? K&T :cool:

BajaBlanca - 2-27-2012 at 08:57 AM

what a fun thread !! we try and keep some frozen bread fromt he states for when we get those unresistable cravings - obviously not hte same as freash but 600 miles south of the border - who are we to complain !!

we also crave cheeses and try to have stashes ...and our best amigos know this is a very appreciated gift to bring ...

and I am a fanatic for different kinds of chips and I gotta say - i get tired of the same ole same ole tortilla chips .....

and we surely count our blessing for were I to have a lobster craving in say san diego, I surely could not satisfy it so reasonably as I can here !!

Potato Chips

bajaguy - 2-27-2012 at 08:59 AM

Blanca..............next time you are NOB, stop by Trader Joes and pick up several bags of their "Guiltless" Potato Chips........OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

bread/cheese

captkw - 2-27-2012 at 09:05 AM

since I cant change "progress" hopeing Trader joe's open's a store, here today !! Then I woke up !! used to take ALL day to shop for food down here (BCS) now you can do it all in one store....still,I liked the old day's............K&T :cool:

castaway$ - 2-27-2012 at 09:19 AM

To put the shoe on the other foot I love good tortillas and I can't find any NOB (in S. Oregon) that compare to what you get in Baja. I have ran around to all of the tortillarias in the area and you just can't find really good ones, lots of good bread though.

durrelllrobert - 2-27-2012 at 09:31 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Almost all Mexican Panaderias have what they call biscuits. I think they were originally part of a set, or a kit, that included a curved stick and a net. Man....these things are brutal.
I've yet to see the Pillsbury tubes of bakery and pastery items here. Maybe, someday, Bimbo will buy out Pillsbury and our cultures will continue to mingle.

BIMBO is now in the US. Lots of commercials on TV.

bread

captkw - 2-27-2012 at 09:35 AM

ha,ha...I'll never forget seeing my first bimbo truck !! almost drove off a cliff laughing,,then The next day,I saw another one,, and slowly got the picture (1978) but,still get a chuckle over the name :cool:

LOL K&T

DavidE - 2-27-2012 at 10:15 AM

I hope the following won't be looked upon as a joke. The *only* way to enjoy really good tortillas is to get behind the idea, and push and shove it to fruition.

Buy a good mano y metate. They aren't cheap and this may be the reason tortillas from scratch aren't cheap.

Next is to root out a source for maize. Granos de elote para harina. Commercial milled maize sucks. The grinding stone will make far superior tasting meal.

A plastic bucket, a bag of "col" lime.

A comal de barro. A clay cooking platter that fits over a wood fire.

A fire made from hardwood like encino, una de gato or mesquite.

A Mexican lady at least forty years of age preferably even older than that. "Sabes usted tortillas de milpa por mano?" The answer should be a clear, resounding 'Si!'

Provide everything for her, including firewood and ten kilos of elotes from a private milpa. If the lady knows where to buy the maize let her. Drive her or pay bus or taxi fare.

A fair wage to have her strip the elotes, soak the kernals in lime, dry them, grind them, mix with water to make masa, start the fire, pat-pat the masa, and cook it would be 3 pesos, each, minimum 20 tortillas.

With wood smoke mixed into the coarse ground fresh masa you are not going to believe how good tortillas de maize are going to taste. The CD ROMs that a tortilleria spits out are horrid. I can EASILY live on a diet where tortillas, home made frijoles de olla y chili are served three times a week. Home made tortillas are airy, light and fluffy. The corn taste is subtle, actually as one chews different little bursts of flavor come through.

Like comparing fresh squeezed orange juice made with Veracruz Valencia oranges, to Tang. Commercial tortillas will gag a maggot.

Woooosh - 2-27-2012 at 10:44 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Thanks for the Bisquick Dennis

I have to give credit where credit is due...Dennis bought me a huge box of Bisquick at Smart and Final which I am still using...thanks Dennis!!

I'm a nice guy....huh. :yes:

Yea. What's up with that lately? :lol:

DENNIS - 2-27-2012 at 11:04 AM

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Originally posted by Woooosh

I'm a nice guy....huh. :yes:

Yea. What's up with that lately? :lol:

It's the other Dennis. Do you think he's hurting my hard earned reputation?

wessongroup - 2-27-2012 at 01:23 PM

Depends on who ya talk to Woooosh ... :biggrin:

Bajamatic - 2-27-2012 at 02:02 PM

I predict you'll soon be craving tortillas again.

BUT-

a freshly baked biscuit and honey-butter is pretty damn tough to beat.

OK OK....

EnsenadaDr - 2-27-2012 at 04:42 PM

Wow, today this really nice lady patient of mine came in with her homemade tortillas, chicken in salsa with onions, and lettuce and tomato salad with her homemade chipotle dressing. Ok, the Chicken was good, but had an underlying flavor of bacon fat ...my mom used bacon fat for everything way back when ...but it didn´t go especially well with the chicken in salsa...the dressing was excellent, and the tortillas...well the tortillas were fabulous..soft...with a phenomenal flavor!!! I know now where to get my tortillas..better than ANY I have tasted in Mexico...oh yeah..there ARE alot of Bimbos on both sides of the border thank you!!!

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert

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BIMBO is now in the US. Lots of commercials on TV.

vacaenbaja - 2-27-2012 at 05:14 PM

A while back there were a lot of "bread makers" being maketed. I never
bought one so I do not know first hand if they were agod item or just a
fad. I seem to remember that you plugged it in mixed in the flour etc and it
would kind of knead the dough/ let it rise and 40 mins or so later make a loaf of whatever type of bread you had prepared. Seemed like a crock pot
type answer to baking bread. Anybody ever use one? were they any good
at making bread?

DENNIS - 2-27-2012 at 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by vacaenbaja
A while back there were a lot of "bread makers" being maketed. I never
bought one so I do not know first hand if they were agod item or just a
fad. I seem to remember that you plugged it in mixed in the flour etc and it
would kind of knead the dough/ let it rise and 40 mins or so later make a loaf of whatever type of bread you had prepared. Seemed like a crock pot
type answer to baking bread. Anybody ever use one? were they any good
at making bread?

I don't have one, yet, but I've never seen one work that didn't impress me. I think they're more popular than ever.

Fernweh - 2-27-2012 at 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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I don't have one, yet, but I've never seen one work that didn't impress me. I think they're more popular than ever.

You are absolutely right, they do not work to make some real bread......

A nice Vollkornbrot needs a bit different machinery or some strong kneading hands.

Karl

BTW there is a place in Pacoima (LA) called Lenchitas and they have some really good hand made mais tortillas. A cup of coffee and a few of those before breakfast, will keep your cholesterol level up.....

Bread Makers..

EnsenadaDr - 2-27-2012 at 06:45 PM

I had a boss that had one in her home...I stayed with her for a few months and we had the most fantastic bread every couple of days...yeah you know I was actually thinking of getting one when I started this thread...they are wonderful!!!

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DavidE - 2-27-2012 at 09:08 PM

Actually tortillas de maize are on of -the- best staples around for cholesterol and blood sugar. Tortillas de harina de trigo are exactly the opposite.

Speaking of Mexican Tortillas ...........

MrBillM - 2-27-2012 at 10:22 PM

Actually, Tortilla Chips, the BEST I ever had were N.O.B. in Indio.

Ariola's. First tried them around 40 years ago and often would drive (as late as mid-90s) the 100 miles R.T. just to buy a giant bag. Fresh, Hot and Greasy.

AND, I just found from a search that they're still there. Same location.

dougf69 - 2-27-2012 at 11:09 PM

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dougf69 - 2-27-2012 at 11:11 PM

You Yankee gringos make me sick with your b-tching. Stay home in your excited states of amarrica.

DavidE - 2-28-2012 at 02:04 AM

De donde eres dougf69? Estas mexicano o canadienses? Le gusta tortillas de maize o harina? Gracias andele hombre!

Burbs - 2-28-2012 at 10:23 AM

BYOB-Bring your own biscuit!
My wife is always saying she likes the corn tortilla's. That the tortilla's maiz are much healthier. My response is what do you feed a cow or a pig before you butcher.....you fatten em' with corn. Maybe the corn tortilla's are part of the reason that Mexico is overweight.

DavidE - 2-28-2012 at 10:29 AM

Mexicans suck up so much sugar they can't help but "blow up". Watch what a Mexican housewife purchases in a supermercardo. It's a long way from what indigenous genes learned to live with over the millinea. PS: I have as of last Friday lost 71 lbs, since 5 March.

DENNIS - 2-28-2012 at 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by Burbs
Maybe the corn tortilla's are part of the reason that Mexico is overweight.

Could be. Lots of carbs in the diet.
It's also a reason why they exist at all. Beans and corn together make up the nine essential Amino Acids that the body can't manufacture and with out them, our bodies wouldn't grow.
We, our culture, depends more on animal protein to supply these ingredients, but meat has not always been available, or popular to the indigenous people here and other places.

DENNIS - 2-28-2012 at 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE
I have as of last Friday lost 71 lbs, since 5 March.

Very Very Cool. A life without Lard does have it's rewards. Little flavor, but lots of rewards.
Congratulations on your accomplishment.

mcfez - 2-28-2012 at 11:04 AM

Donuts. Where are the donuts in Mexico? Almost as good as a old fashion buttermilk biscuit with Boysenberry preserves.

DENNIS - 2-28-2012 at 11:09 AM

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Originally posted by mcfez
Donuts. Where are the donuts in Mexico?

Here ya go Deno:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tutti-Donas/164626836919184

Barry A. - 2-28-2012 at 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by dougf69
You Yankee gringos make me sick with your b-tching. Stay home in your excited states of amarrica.

"b-tching" is a long American tradition----------get use to it, or stay purpetually "sick"?!?!?!?!?!? :lol:

But you are right in that Amarrica is VERY EXCITING, as is Canada and Mexico. :light:

Barry

mcfez - 2-28-2012 at 01:31 PM

You DENNIS..have no idea what you just did to me :-) ! We will be in that town for a day visit ...in a few weeks. Yum Yum Hum Hum!

Where da hell is Amarrica? I like to visit there too someday...

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Originally posted by DENNIS

Quote:

Originally posted by mcfez
Donuts. Where are the donuts in Mexico?

Here ya go Deno:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tutti-Donas/164626836919184

[Edited on 2-28-2012 by mcfez]

vacaenbaja - 2-28-2012 at 05:41 PM

Ahhh Bread the staff of life!

desertcpl - 2-28-2012 at 06:39 PM

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Originally posted by dougf69
You Yankee gringos make me sick with your b-tching. Stay home in your excited states of amarrica.

another retard has just joined the group

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