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Organic Masa
updated: Sep 22, 2012, 10:22 AM
Is there anywhere in SB to get ORGANIC masa (corn masa only) for making homemade CORN tortillas and
tamales? Keywords for readers is "ORGANIC & CORN".
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COMMENT 322991
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2012-09-22 11:27 AM |
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Maybe Trader Joes? I dunno about organic...
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COMMENT 322993
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2012-09-22 11:32 AM |
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it's really easy to make, check online recipes!
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COMMENT 323007P
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2012-09-22 12:10 PM |
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993, I am not sure it is so easy to make, not unless you have a supply of the needed limestone, as well as the corn, but I would agree check online after asking in the various Mexican food stores. I haven't seen it available here but I haven't looked in the last months. How about also asking in some of the many Mexican restaurants if they'd sell you some, if, in fact, they use organic.
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COMMENT 323057
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2012-09-22 03:10 PM |
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Dream on. Restaurants using organic ingredients? Not unless they proudly state it on the menu. And veggies, watch out for the lard in the beans.
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COMMENT 323081
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2012-09-22 04:09 PM |
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"Lard is what makes beans taste good!" On old saying from my 97 year old great grandmother.
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COMMENT 323300
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2012-09-23 10:11 AM |
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I make New Mexican style tamales with blue corn masa and turkey filling. For masa I use organic blue cornmeal from Whole Foods and mix it with vegan margarine. Here's my recipe: 8 cups organic blue cornmeal
2 1/2 cups vegan margarine
4 cups turkey stock saved from boiling a 8-10 lb turkey breast for the filling (the meat requires another recipe)
2 Tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Put the masa in a food processor and blend for 10 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
I triple this recipe for an 8-10 lb turkey breast. This single recipe is all my food processor can take at one time.
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COMMENT 323306
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2012-09-23 10:28 AM |
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I am a tamale fan (had them last night, believe it or not), and an organic fan, but I have never seen organic masa. There are a couple of brands up in the Bay Area that make organic tamales though, Karen's is one of them but not available down here. As you may know, most yellow corn is now genetically-engineered and new studies are implicating it in lots of health and environmental problems, so organic ought to be available!
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COMMENT 323327
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2012-09-23 12:07 PM |
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Wish I knew where you could get non GMO masa - will look at TJ's and Whole Foods, too...definitely getting too much GMO unwittingly, so try to avoid as much as possible.
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COMMENT 323450
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2012-09-23 07:59 PM |
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Arrowhead Mills makes one, sold at Lassens
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COMMENT 323458
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2012-09-23 08:08 PM |
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You can sometimes find it at Whole Foods, but its hit and miss. I don't know if they sell out fast or if they just carry it more infrequently because they had it when they opened and it's harder and harder to find. But theyr'e great about ordering if you want something, so ask them.
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COMMENT 323474P
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2012-09-23 08:37 PM |
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if you can't locate locally, online at Goldmine Natl Foods, organic whole grain, stone ground, white yellow or blue cornmeal and corn flour.
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