I can’t believe how tired I feel today after the fun and busy weekend we just had. Cooking for thirty people and partying afterwards is no laughing matter anymore for me. I am not 23 anymore and I am starting to feel it, LOL. Anyway, today is a busy day in What’s Cooking because I have a lot of things to post about.
First we have a winner for the SCANPAN 10″ eco-friendly fry-pan. We had seven participants and random.org picked number 5. Congratulations Anniepooh! A brand new pan will be on its way to your house soon! A true foodie like yourself deserves the best and not that pan you are still using, hehe. You will be able to throw it away soon 
Second, Homemade #4 – Tortillas was a big success. We didn’t have a ton of entries, but the ones we did have were so amazing that I feel so proud of each and every single participant. Great job everybody! Now you can proudly say that you are a true tortilla maker Here are the entries:
icedteaforme made corn tortillas for cinco de mayo:
Cory has been making his own flour tortillas for a long time and he shared his recipe with us:
And Ben, your host, made spinach tortillas and beet chalupas, look at those beautiful colors:
Thank you everyone for participating. This has been my favorite Homemade challenge so far. I will be posting this month’s challenge sometime this week. I need to make it and get some pictures of it. So stay tuned!
And speaking of tortillas, for my Foodbuzz taco party on Saturday I didn’t make my own tortillas. Originally I was thinking about it, but when I saw that the list of guests kept growing I decided to buy them from a tortilleria close to my house. In Mexico most people don’t make their own tortillas anymore. They buy them fresh from tortillerias, shops with big machines that have one single purpose: making toritllas. I bought too many of them and now I have 9 dozens in my fridge and freezer. At least I won’t have to worry about making tortillas for a while.
Tortilleria by Rene Venturoso
Two of the tacos I made for my event on Saturday were cochinita pibil (a traditional dish from the Yucatan peninsula) and al pastor tacos. I was going to write about these tacos, but I will let youtube do that for me today (I am still tired and can’t think straight, LOL)
And here’s a very talented, but shy, taquero (taco chef):
I didn’t get any pictures of my al pastor tacos served with my pineapple pico de gallo salsa, but I leave you with the picture of cochinita pibil. You can get the recipe for these delicious tacos here.
¡Buen provecho!
I am sending this post to June’s Go Ahead Honey is Gluten-Free hosted by Carol, because corn tortillas are gluten-free and can be more manly (this month’s theme) than pork spicy tacos, right?
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Everybody did a great job with the tortillas. Isn’t blogging amazing, how many things we learn everyday. The picture with the taquero, is that gyros he is making?
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Everyone did an excellent job Ben and congratulations to the winner of the pan:D
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Great effort by everyone! The taquero looks like he is using gyros!
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Lots of lovely tortillas. I couldn’t join in as I was a bit busy last month. Maybe the next one, eh?
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 7:18 am
All the entries look great! I will definitely have to try some time as it looks a bit more manageable than I thought and I am sure the results are absolutely delicious.
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
Some great looking tortillas
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 am
Inspiring! i didn’t get to participate this time, but i’ll make the tortillas at home:-)
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
MMMMM…Ben: it all looks fabulous!
Everyone did a great job making the tortilla’s! Yummie!
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 2:09 am
I’m going to admit that making homemade tortillas does look daunting, but I’m impressed with the results. Sun dried tomatoes? That sounds perfect with some cheese
I hear ya bout not being 23 anymore. Sometimes a guy has to sit the roller coaster out
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 6:48 am
I would sit at that little taco buffet bar (in the photo above) and eat all of that. Oh my gosh, so good.
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 am
Ben, this round-up does make me hungry! A wonderful gift from the Mexicans…for fast food and for something little more fancy.
Posted on June 9th, 2009 at 8:37 am
This is a post right after my husband’s heart…he loves all things mexican. I have to pick & choose because of my food allergies. Honestly, though, I so enjoy that he loves it so much.
Thanks for the post and for the Manly Meal!
Posted on June 29th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Wow those look awesome! I dont know why I haven’t tried to make my own tortillas yet…I love all the varieties you made!
Posted on June 30th, 2009 at 12:30 am
[...] great post from Ben over at What’s Cooking has all sorts of tortillas and some amazing looking cochinita pibil. Sure he included some wheat tortillas in his post but we are going to totally overlook that [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
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