I know this is not the time to pick internet fights, but I think even in these difficult times, someone needs to stand up for the truth: Flour tortillas are *significantly* better than corn tortillas. Any other view is denying facts and logic.
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Replying to @sergioten @lastpositivist
@sergioten I'm surprised at this elementary conceptual confusion. It's like saying coloured shirts are better than red shirts. "Flour" is a determinable of which corn flour is a determinate (or which there are still further determinates, e.g., blue corn flour).3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes -
Critical notice of a factual mistake: Corn tortillas are not made from corn flour (milled corn). Rather, they are made from masa harina--nixtamalized corn ground into a dough. Masa harina can, in turn, be dried and ground into a flour to make tortillas.
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My understanding is that masa harina ("dough flour"), used to make corn tortillas, is a flour made from dried masa, which is the dough from corn soaked in limewater. So corn tortillas are indeed from corn flour, though the process of turning the corn into flour is unique
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