[french fries]

I enjoy both types but have a harder time making corn tortillas that don't tear up. Maybe one of the reasons is because I like using a single tortilla, and not the double tortillas often seen in taco stands. In any case it's a bit of a challenge finding masa marina here so I make flour tortillas instead.

 

[french fries]

You guys. Now I really need myself some tacos. Even @flipflopgirl 's "palate confusion" makes me hungry.

 

[french fries]

I prefer maíz over harina (venezuelan genes haha)

What's the difference? Is maiz just corn flour?

 

[french fries]

Yes

Thanks. Interesting! I can't get masa marina here in France so I just assumed that I couldn't make corn tortillas... so what's your recipe, just maiz and water or is there more to it? I'll have to try!!

 

[french fries]

Actually, the flour (or harina) used in tortilla and a number of other "corn" based doughs is not just cornflour.

I know. Hence my previous question regarding "maíz".

Here in France corn tortillas are made with a mix of wheat flour and corn flour. No masa harina. They taste very different from corn tortillas found in the U.S. stores.

 

[french fries]

Sorry for not evaluating this. I thought you already know, frenchfries. Maíz is the spanish word for corn, so harina de maíz is nixtamalised corn flour

Ah ok. I thought perhaps there was a difference between masa harina and 'maíz' but apparently it's the same thing. Thank you for the precision!