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Worth Doing From Scratch: Corn Tortillas

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Bread, Food
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...asy and the results are way better than those dry tortillas you buy at the store. Some things I’ve learned: I have a cast iron tortilla press that works great but my Mexicano friends in the know suggested a wooden press. Making masa from scratch is a huge amount of work and I’ve done just fine with supermarket masa harina. As I like to measure dry ingredients by weight I’ve figured out that for enough tortillas for four people you need to mix 250...

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Easter Lessons

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Chickens, Domesticus, Mistakes
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...off them before they go to market. So bloom is never an issue when dyeing store-bought eggs. I’ve never tried dyeing our own eggs before, and I believe the bloom was interfering with the dye’s adhesion. If I try this again, I will give the eggs a thorough washing first. What do you think of this theory? Any similar experiences? Anyway, all was not lost. When I washed all the slime off the eggs, I found that some color did get through, and it came...

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Why are the pockets on women’s clothing so lame?

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Domesticus, How-to, Thoughtstylings
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...plenitude of pockets, only to disappoint? I found this jacket at a thrift store recently. I’d been wanting a light summer jacket, and was so excited to find one that fit that I bought it without checking the pockets for size and…genuineness. Is that a word? (FYI gentlemen readers: fake pockets run rife in women’s clothing.) I was lucky that all the pockets on this jacket are at least real. But I was disappointed to discover that the lower pockets...

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Choosing the Perfect Tortilla Press

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Food
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...s.” One of the many reasons the food at this place was substandard was the store bought tortillas they used. For some reasons, few Mexican restaurants here make their own tortillas. Tired of substandard Mexican fare, I resolved to make my own tortillas. Thus began Root Simple’s “Taco Tuesday.” The first step was to find a tortilla press. I got a great tip from a library cookbook: get a cast iron tortilla press. Unlike the flimsy ones I found at ou...

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