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Fritos test (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by [M] to c/cooking@lemmy.world
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I had a craving for Fritos but no money. But I have cornmeal.

I kept finding the same recipe over and over again, but after following it I could definitely tell that there were errors in it.

So I did a second batch with minor variations. The second batch is better. But not perfect. More testing is needed.

Cost per batch: 20¢

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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

This tour of the fritos factory calls the dough masa, which implies they're nixtamalized, not just cornmeal. https://youtu.be/xJDKrMgBhUg?t=824

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago

    Watch the whole video. They are using masa as a general term for ground corn. They take us through the whole corn cleaning process to remove the outer layers and get to what they are calling masa. There is even a whole section in the video on "what is masa" and not once is nixtamalization or lime mentioned. In the video it goes from fully cleaned and soaked in water only to ground to shaped with no lime treatment.

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