50 cent tortillas taught me a lesson about grocery store prep

I started buying the 50 cent pack of corn tortillas from the discount bin at Price Rite in Philly instead of the $3 ones from the fancy section. After about three weeks, I realized they taste exactly the same when you heat them on a dry skillet for 30 seconds each side. The trick is you gotta use them within two days or they get crumbly and fall apart. I usually toast up a batch and freeze what I don't use right away. Has anyone else found a good cheap option for wrapping up leftovers?

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ray6483d ago

Heat them up on a dry skillet is the only way to go, I do the same with the cheap flour tortillas from the Mexican market. Trick is to stack them in a damp paper towel after you toast em and let them steam for a minute, they stay way more flexible for wrapping. I buy a stack of like thirty for a few bucks and just freeze them in ziploc bags with a paper towel between each one so they don't stick together. Grab what I need for the week and they thaw out perfect on the counter in five minutes.

taragrant3d ago

Oh wow, I actually read an article about this exact thing a few months back. Something about how the cheaper tortillas are made with less preservatives so they dry out faster but the taste is literally the same once you heat them. And @ray648 is totally right about the damp paper towel trick, I saw that tip somewhere too and it changed the game for me. I do the same thing with stacking them and freezing, just grab a couple out whenever I need a quick wrap for dinner.

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