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Old 01-02-2012, 09:21 PM
 
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I like using corn tortillas for tostadas. I put them on a cookie sheet and heat them until they are hard and crisp and then put refried beans, meat - steak, chicken or fish and then layer them up with salsa, avocado, lettuce and cheese.
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Old 01-03-2012, 05:48 AM
 
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Important to distinguish the lime part of that ingredients list: it isn't lime, as in the citrus fruit. It's the calcium lime you put on compost heaps to help them break down.
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Old 01-05-2012, 05:10 AM
 
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Important to distinguish the lime part of that ingredients list: it isn't lime, as in the citrus fruit. It's the calcium lime you put on compost heaps to help them break down.
An ingredient the Italians learned the hard way is necessary to make corn meal healthy:

Pellagra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:27 AM
 
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I didn't know about that...thanks for the link!

I posted about the difference just so potential experimenters wouldn't think they could just squeeze a couple of limes into a bowl of corn meal and end up with tortilla dough
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