OK> I HAVE to try them. I've never seen them at my chain grocery store. Whole Foods maybe?

Where did you find fresh flour tortillas on the street? I've only found corn tortillas on the street.

I have some molds that I use to make a taco salad, and I put flour tortillas in them and bake them until crisp. This is a popular dish in Texas, but I have never had it in Mexico.

I've also never had a taco made with a flour tortilla - that must be an American invention. I normally use flour tortillas to make burritos or quesadillas, but the quesadillas I've had in Mexico were made with fresh masa and fried.

Flour tortillas are very easy to make from scratch. I use coconut oil instead of lard or shortening when I make them.

@Lars...Do you use a tortilla press?

I don't like corn tortillas, and over the past year I've been making my own. Easy to make, but I can't roll them thin enough.

I also don't care for corn tortillas.

Some of the local grocery chains here, HEB and Kroger, make fresh tortillas in the store. Probably others too, but those are the ones I know. You can fry flour tortillas to make crispy shells for tacos. My favorite are tortillas made out of masa harina, for puffy tacos.

Nicole, I use a tortilla press for corn tortillas, but I use a rolling pin for flour tortillas. I like to make them myself so that I can make them exactly the size I want. I have several comals and griddles for cooking them, but I still cook only one at a time. While one is cooking, I am rolling out the one I will cook next. They cook in about 2 minutes.

The closest store to me here, Cárdenas, makes both corn and flour tortillas in the store, and you can buy them while they are still hot or warm. They also make tamales in this store, but you have to go in the morning to buy them, or else they may be sold out.

I have always heard that there are parts of northern Mexico where wheat is grown and they do have a history of flour tortillas, some huge ones. Not as long as corn of course because wheat was introduced from Europe. My husband wants corn. I expect that what many people dont like is the taste of the nixtamalized corn-corn that has been alkaline treated to dehull it to make Masa. It gives a distinctive flavor to the corn but also makes it more nutritious.

patriciae

I also buy fresh corn and flour tortillas at a local Mexican market near my office. They sell pork tamales as well but, like Lars mentioned, you have to get there early as they sell out quickly.

Going there more often is one of the few benefits of going back to work in the office in a couple weeks. Thankfully only for 2 days per week.

Thanks Judy, I have seen them but was skeptical that they would be as good as fresh.

I love those tortillas, but lately Kroger rarely has them and the Kroger brand is not as good. Of course they don't compare with REALLY fresh flour tortillas, but still.....

My husband spent a month in Belize last year, and one of the women taught him to make them their way. OMG the purchased ones don't hold a candle! They look just like Jasdip's, and they're so good. He presses them out by hand. He bought a press while there, but never uses it.

OK> I HAVE to try them. I've never seen them at my chain grocery store. Whole Foods maybe?

I've seen them at Walmart and Albertson's.

OK, folks, don't get confused. OP is about uncooked tortillas, which you will find refrigerated at the store.. Standard cooked tortillas will be on the shelf. Uncooked are far less common. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows the difference.

Lars,

Flour tacos are plentiful around the Sonoran desert, so it wouldn't be unheard of. However, even here in Nashville we have fresh flour tortillas, at Uncle Julio's. They're awesome!

I live in a town of 45% Hispanic, I can always get fresh if I want to get out and about. Not worth my time making them fresh myself. But these are very close to the fresh one's and warm right from the pan. No oil needed just a skillet or frying pan. I prefer cast iron but does not have to be. Lars...... There are many women selling fresh tortilla's in San Diago and Mexico on the streets. I have had several when I travelled. SO GOOD.