If all you eat is the rubbery, tasteless, processed tortillas from the end caps at your mainstream grocery store, you've never had a real tortilla. Put a stake in the heart of GRUMA, the evil would-be monopoly that owns the Mission and Guerrero brands; get down to Flor de Mexicali, buy a pound of tortillas for just $1, then understand why the Spaniards conquered such a vibrant, mature culture with tortillas: thick, earthy wonderfully yellow with the vibrancy of life.
