Comments on: How to Make Homemade Corn Tortillas

By: Darel

Darel — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:38:31 +0000

I have the same problem as Debbie. I grew up in New Mexico and now i am living in Finland. They haven’t even heard of masa here ..they don’t know what a corn tortilla is. They use corn very little here in the land of ice and snow. I need to know how to make corn masa so i can make a corn tortilla ..so i can have a dang taco!

By: Debi Hershberger

Debi Hershberger — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:06:23 +0000

So can you make Hajacka’s and where do I get the banana leaves and flour to make them? D

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:56:18 +0000

I grew up in LA eating and cooking Mexican food. I now live out of the country and there is no masa flour or fresh corn tortillas. Is there a way to make authentic tasting corn tortillas without masa flour? Is there a substitution? Help!!!

By: Marthese Busuttil

Marthese Busuttil — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:32 +0000

hi, my tortillas always come crispy whereas these are supposed to be soft, do I cook them for too long?

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:57:06 +0000

I’ve tried making them and their delicious but when I have the tortillas on the comal they tend to look as if the tortilla is cracking, is their something I’m not doing right?

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:51:17 +0000

Again posting late, but thats what I do. lol

I dont have a press and when I have tried to use a rolling pin it did not work well.
Now I put my golf ball size masa between the sheets of cut zip locks and use a large flat bottom skillet and press down with my hands and it works great.

Thanks
Gary

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:51:17 +0000

Again posting late, but thats what I do. lol

Thanks
Gary

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:38:16 +0000

Hi!

I’m from Iowa and I can assure you that Masa Harina is readily available in my grocery store. Iowa actually has lots of hispanic folks these days.

Love your site!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:19:18 +0000

Please excuse me for commenting so late.

Wow, that is the most beautiful tortilla press! The only tortilla presses I’ve seen for sale here are cast aluminum. They probably do the job but they don’t look to be all that sturdy and seem like they’d fall apart after pressing the 10th or 11th tortilla.

Consequently, we are still buying storebought tortillas from the same store… they’re very good corn tortillas but probably not even close to being as good as your homemade tortillas. Many thanks for posting your recipe.

By: mellony

mellony — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:50:00 +0000

wow this is a cool recipe. im a new cheif and im trying to learn about food from diferent backgrounds so thanks alot for the recipe,Adios