Let’s talk about tortillas. Not because tortillas are glamorous. They are, objectively, flat circles whose primary professional responsibility is keeping your dinner from falling into your lap. But tortillas have been doing this job for thousands of years, which means they have considerably more experience than most of us do at holding things together. Tacos? Tortilla. Enchiladas? Tortilla. Quesadillas? Tortilla. Tortilla chips? Tortilla. Breakfast burrito containing enough eggs, cheese, potatoes, and bacon to qualify as a structural engineering project? Also tortilla. And yet, most of us wander through the grocery store, toss a package into the cart, and never stop to
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Mexican Chicken Tostadas: A Culinary Journey That Involves No Actual Skill
Let me set the scene for you. I’m standing in my kitchen, holding a recipe from Food to Film that promises Mexican Chicken Tostadas. I’m not entirely sure what I’ve done to deserve this, but as it turns out, I am about to make the best shredded chicken of my life. Despite my lack of competence, despite my questionable use of measuring spoons, and despite the fact that I used store-bought tortillas and coleslaw because I am both lazy and under no illusions about my culinary abilities. So if you, like me, are someone who can’t be trusted to boil water without supervision,