Comments on: I should be set,

By: amechad

amechad — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:11:00 +0000

Tortillas are also available in the Gush. My wife had someone in her ulpan bring her some.

By: Danya

Danya — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:03:00 +0000

Oooh, that is SO good to know about, thanks, Harry. Another reason to get to TA more often.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:22:00 +0000

Torillas are most certainly available here in Israel! Not sure where you can get them in J-town, but there they can be bought in food specialty stores. There is also a Mexican food supply store on Dizengoff in Tel Aviv where they can be bought fresh.

By: Danya

Danya — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:43:00 +0000

After living in San Francisco, the thought of going mekiel on the tortilla issue–that is, trying to substitue something else–seems impossible. But don’t matter, ’cause I have tortillas now. The cheese is in fact a real potential problem, but if I can’t find a proper Mexican food cheese after scouring the town, I’ll have to figure something out. For some reason, subbing in a different cheese offends my sensibilities less than using a not-really tortilla. No idea what that’s about, really.

By: The RetiKhah

The RetiKhah — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 07:52:00 +0000

Hmm. I’ve found that those Arabic pitot (you know the really thin supersize flat ones) make a reasonably adequate substitute for flour tortillas - yes you can make burritos from them. The thing I could never get right was the cheese. I love Israeli cheeses (and miss them dreadfully here. Oh, I sigh with the memory of my corner market with its amazing selection of wonderful dairy, and the young pleasant Israeli cute-dude who would find me exactly the right kind of cheese every week, whether I knew I was looking for it or not. Also his dad, who puttered amongst the vegetables. Brookville market is nice, but it ain’t Israeli!), but they don’t go well with American (in the broad sense) cuisine.