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Capt. Mike: How's the service at Heart Attack Grill? Would you mind doing some research for us and reporting back? Pictures would really help.
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Okay so nobody answered tripledigitken's question so I'll ask it again cause I want to know also- Is lard what makes the tortillas so good? You can't
find them anywhere in the states like they are in Baja.
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There are many tortillerias that use lard to make tortillas. You just have to ask the right people. If you feel like making a trip to East Los
Angeles, I'll tell you.
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BTW
I forgot to mention: you can buy the fat from around the kidneys if you ask a butcher at a professional meat market, not your grocer's meat market or
the local carniceria. One place that carries it regularly are the German delis that have a meat market (such as Alpine Village in Los Angeles).
There is a HUGE difference in flavor between kidney fat and regular lard. AND, Mexican lard has more flavor than lard in the US, i'm guessing that in
the US they add "stuff" to their lard.
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Udo - that's funny man....adding filler to lard.
who'd a thunk it??
anyway, i am going to get some lard today and experiment with it frying all sorts of stuff.
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Ey, Mike!
You'll be amazed at the difference in frying with lard.
1- The frying temperature stays more constant than with oil
2- It doesn't burn at higher temperatures
3- Stays clear through the entire frying process
4- Does not have those huge frying bubbles when food is introduced for frying
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I never gave up on lard years ago. I also never stopped using raw sugar for the same reason. The powers that be will always come up with a new wonder
alternative to all our vices and then tell us how bad the new alternative is. Its a tailchasing endeaver at best.
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Maybe I just don't know where to look, but here in Central Orange County, every tortilleria I've visited only makes corn tortillas. If they carry
flour tortillas, they are packaged, and use vegetable oil.
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Bajaho,
you are close enough to East LA. Make a run to where the 60 & 710 come together and get off (of the 710) on Cesar Chavez Blvd. There is a
tortilleria called La Fortaleza. Next to Baja, they have the best flour tortillas in the Southland.
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Does this thread means its time to start eating carnitas again?
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Add a couple pats of butter to the lard. Gives anything fried in it a buttery taste.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Does this thread means its time to start eating carnitas again? |
Jesse - was it ever time to stop? Flor de Michoacan en Rosarito Beach, with Mary on the half-shell at the end of the dining room, and a big fridge
full of beer and sodas.
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Thanks Udo. I'll check it out, although some may find me crazy for driving that far for a fix. And yes, Jesse, some of us never, ever, gave up the
carnitas high.
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Fat sucks.
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OOPS, I mean..... fat sucks
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rogerj1
Capt. Mike: How's the service at Heart Attack Grill? Would you mind doing some research for us and reporting back? Pictures would really help. |
i haven't actually been there. it was profiled on TDC or TLc a few months back and repeats. Pig out places or sumthin.
check out the video segment, it is on u tube too i think. the website might have the video. i will get there eventually. i am a sucker for burgers.
well today's the day. got my El Lardo. and starting with wings.
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El Lardo? Manteca de cerdo.
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So Udo I'm not going to make it from so. Oregon to E. LA but we do have a few tortilla places here that probably will make whatever I want so the
question still remains- Is lard the differance between the tortilla's you get in Baja and the pasty,dry white ones you typically get in the states?
[Edited on 6-17-2009 by castaway$]
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