Thursday, August 02, 2007

Corn Tortillas What they are & What to do with them...

Looking at Aldi's... corn tortillas in a bag are really cheap, low fat, low sodium, no chloresterol...  so what's to lose???

from: http://www.geocities.com/napavalley/7035/tortilla.html:

Corn Tortillas

Unlike four tortillas, corn Tortillas usually do not contain any added oil. They can be made with corn flour, but the traditional recipe uses something called masa harina or masa flour.

Masa harina is made from corn soaked in lime and then dried and ground into a powder. I know it doesn't sound very appetizing, but masa is a traditional ingredient in many dough containing Latin American dishes, such as tortillas and tamales. Masa can be found in any Hispanic neighborhood and some larger supermarkets as well. The brand I usually buy is made by Quaker, an American company. Many hot sauce catalogs also sell masa, though usually at an exorbitant price. If you can not find masa, try the recipe with regular corn flour (not corn meal or corn starch). The results are acceptable, but they are not authentic in taste and usually tougher in texture than tortillas made with masa.


Google Search:

Recipes Using Corn Tortillas:

  http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf28427895.tip.html

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

simple living... Date-Dabitur : Forget Food, Its Coffee I Care About

http://date-dabitur.com/?p=345

Interesting site about simple living.

Maybe a little too religious for me, but I think they're doing a
good thing.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Jim Forbes: ForbesOnTech: Life Post Stroke

http://forbesontech.typepad.com/my_weblog/life_post_stroke/index.html

Great stories from a survivor of a stroke.

Including tales about the critters in his gardens.

Weasels, Kangaroo Rats, Alligator Lizards, horned worms.

Life as therapy.


jeff -- http://nocomputers.blogspot.com

Welcome To The FuMP - The Funny Music Project [in tradition of Weird Al]

The Funny Music Project...

http://www.thefump.com/

to quote from their page:

> "One of the best things to happen
> to funny music since Al got weird."
> -Dr. Demento


I don't know what has happened to me, but I'm on a Roll today.

Another creative use of the internet. A Humanistic endeavor.

Woo Hoo! Happy Monday!

jeff

http://nocomputers.blogspot.com

ring ring ring ring ring ring rin Bananaphone

the totally fun web page:

http://bananaphone.andi-h.de/

the totally fun music:

http://bananaphone.andi-h.de/bananaphone.mp3

I'm not sure why this even exists, but it sure is fun!

And it's for sure we all need fun in our lives.

jeff -

http://nocomputers.blogspot.com

Working out Improves Sleep Patterns

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/articles_print.asp?id=373

> Wake Up to the Importance of Exercise
> Working Out Improves Sleep Patterns

PlayTagger: Pages tagged with "system:filetype:mp3" on del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us/tag/system:filetype:mp3

new way of putting mp3s in a web page.

fun to explore mp3s on del.icio.us

when you have time to "waste"

found this thru a reference to "PlayTagger": http://del.icio.us/help/playtagger