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Finding Masa (or Dent Corn)

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I'd really like to find a reliable source of masa. I'd settle for a source of Dent corn to make my own masa.

 

Makro Pattaya used to carry masa from El Charro (http://elcharromexthai.igetweb.com/) but that has disappeared along with the quacamole and refried beans they used to carry. They still have El Charro tortillas, however.

 

I can order direct from El Charro, but I must get a ten-kilo box*, which is just too much for my freezer. In addition, the El Charro masa was not easy to work with--too granular. I actually prefer powdered masa, though fresh masa (or making my own from dent corn) would be ideal.

 

Any ideas on how to get a regular source would be appreciated.

 

There is a thread already on masa, but it's in the Chiang Mai forum. I've made a new thread here as this is I believe of interest to people throughout Thailand.

 

*on the website it says a five-kilo box, but direct email dealing with them, they say it's sold in ten-kilo batches.

 

 

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Can you tell me what is the price of a 10kg box for El Charro?  Danitas wants 1300 baht for 10kg of flour tortillas, which I find just extortionate given how cheap flour tortillas are to make.  The components are all locally sourced. Nothing needs to be imported.

 

I am looking for a cost effective source of flour tortillas, or at least an explanation of why they are so expensive in Thailand. Maybe there are hidden costs I don't know about? I can make them myself for 30 baht/kg, but I can't get the quality control of an industrial process. I'd be willing to pay more for a good product, but 100 baht more is just ridiculous.

 

 

gotta remember that masa has limestone as an essential ingredient...cornmeal ain't enough...

 

saw some dudes selling limestone once in a market in Guatemala and when I asked what it was for they frowned and just said: para las tortillas...and I thought: hmmm...

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You can get lime quite easily. Someone on Thaivisa mentioned using the red paste that they chew with betel nuts. Ash from wood fires works as well.

very interesting to note that lime (wood ash in this case) is required to release the active ingredient when coca leaves are chewed by indigenous andeans...

 

 

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