| I've got a few things to add or correct from my posts about Mexican cooking from this past week.
First, I checked a label from a bag of organic blue corn chips at the store. They aren't dyed. I realized when I fried some of the blue corn tortillas I made that they turn a darker blue when fried.
Second, I took a bag of Maseca brand (a.k.a. Archer Daniels Midland) masa harina to the farmers' market today to give it to Juanita, the woman who makes tamales there. She doesn't claim her tamales are organic, so I figured she'd use it. I bought that bag at first, before I found the organic blue corn masa. When I offered it to Juanita, she told me she grinds her own masa. Then she told me why: The Maseca brand masa is made from half corn kernels and half corn cobs. I don't have confirmation that that is true, but it's certainly something to investigate.
Third, I visited OB People's Co-op today and found that they sell yellow organic masa there for $.99/lb. That's definitely going to be convenient if I can't get it together to buy a 50 lb bag of the white or blue organic masa to split with several friends. |
