Corn tortilla

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title: Corn tortilla
text: In North America, a corn tortilla or just tortilla is a type of thin, unleavened flatbread, made from hominy, that is the whole kernels of maize treated with alkali to improve their nutrition in a process called nixtamalization. A simple dough made of ground hominy, salt and water is then formed into flat discs and cooked on a very hot surface, generally an iron griddle called a comal. A similar flatbread from South America, called an arepa, predates the arrival of Europeans to America, and was
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description: Unleavened flatbread made from nixtamalized maize
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_tortilla
date created: 2002-09-19T19:23:55Z
date modified: 2024-09-10T18:36:08Z
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