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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Where do you live? You might be able to find it. I’m in small town Canada and I can find it at the grocery store. Check in the international or Mexican aisles if your stores have them. The most common brand near me is maseca or something like that. If you’re across the ocean, maaaybe you have an American aisle that might have it?

    Personally, I prefer eating flour tortillas, but they are a little annoying to roll out with a rolling pin vs just pressing corn ones. I don’t think you can use a press for flour tortillas since gluten makes the dough behave differently than a corn dough would. You can roll out all the dough though and keep it in the fridge, just make sure to separate them with parchment or wax paper. I use wine bottles when my children have lost my rolling pin.

    Flour tortillas are usually just ap flour, salt, lard or oil, and water. I haven’t made them in forever so I don’t have a recipe recommendation, but look around for one with those ingredients.




  • I have a couple cast iron pans and I like them but they’re annoying to clean. I have a small sink and the cast iron pans are just too heavy and bulky to wash easily in it. I just got a cheap non-stick on sale and it’s so nice to just toss it in the dishwasher and not have to care. I haven’t really noticed a difference in food quality either to be honest but I’m mostly cooking what my kids like (which is almost nothing) so I’m not making anything fancy these days.


  • Brine chicken breast. I save brines from things like pickles and feta for this and choose whichever one best matches what I’m making. Feta + chipotle makes awesome burritos.

    I always see recipes say to heat a pan until the oil shimmers but I’ve never been able to see the difference. Instead, I drop a couple pieces of diced onion into the pan and wait to hear a sizzle. This is extra helpful for someone with adhd like me who would absolutely start a fire if I didn’t have a noise to remind me that I’m cooking