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A street cook in Mexico City showed me a better way to handle masa
I was in Mexico City last week and watched a street cook prepare tortillas. He shaped the masa with wet hands, which kept it from sticking. I tried it in my kitchen and it helped a lot. Do you have travel tips that improved your cooking?
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brianfoster8d ago
Hey, that tip about wet hands for masa is solid, but I heard from a friend in Oaxaca that using cold water works even better. It keeps the masa from getting too sticky without making it soggy. When I traveled through Thailand, I learned to use a metal bowl for mixing meatballs because it stays cooler. Little tricks like that from different places really change how you cook at home.
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abby_martinez8d ago
You mix meatballs in a metal bowl?
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