Loving me some Tortilla history

I absolutely love tortillas. Tortillas can be used for countless reasons. Some of these reasons include: burritos, quick snacks, or wraps. My favorite kind of tortillas are uncooked tortillas. The reasons why uncooked tortillas are my favorite are because of two reasons. First, they are quick and convenient. Second, they are the freshest version of tortillas out there. My favorite brand of uncooked tortillas is "Tortilla Land". After looking at the package of uncooked tortillas, it is easy to identify that Tortilla Land uncooked tortillas are manufactured by Circle Foods in San Diego, California.

Circle foods has been on the scene for making quality foods for over 25 years. Circle foods has been praised for their quality food and facilities being "awarded Level 3 SQF certification, the highest standard of food safety and quality."(About). But the first tortilla did not originate just 25 years ago.

Tortillas are said to date back over 10,000 years before Christ. Tortillas were a vital food source for many civilizations. Some of these civilizations included: Aztecs of Meso-America, Spanish conquerors, and many other ancient civilizations. () Anciently Tortillas are made from finely stone ground corn or wheat. The corn meal or wheat was then soaked in water or lime juice creating what was called "masa". Masa would be best described as a cornmeal dough. The masa was then patted down into a flattened shape, and cooked on a griddle creating a tortilla.

This process of grounding, soaking, flattening, and cooking sounds very tasking. Comparative to me, today, cooking tortillas from an all ready flatten tortilla package. The process today is uniquely different compared to the process I described earlier. Many machines have taken the place of ancient women and grinding stones. Machines today can produce anywhere up to 60,000 tortillas an hour! Tortillas still remain a stable food in many parts of the world such as: Mexico, Central America, and have grown in popularity in the United States.

Even after many years, tortillas still are made from the same general ingredients. I will probably buy, make, and eat tortillas for the rest of my life. Tortillas, admittedly, would not be what they are today if it was not for farmers. Like I said before, tortillas main ingredient anciently was corn. Meaning the people that first discovered, or made tortillas were farmers. People anciently had to understand and know how to cultivate crops of corn to produce the food supply that was a staple in their existence.

 I found it very easy to find information about tortillas and to tie the roots back to its origination. The information I found did not surprise me, it honestly made me appreciate the product more. Gaining knowledge on what you eat and where it came from; makes you show a little more appreciation for what you eat everyday.

Sources:

 About us. (2015). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.circlefoods.com/about-us/ 

 History of the Tortilla. (2015). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.latortillaloca.com/History.htm 

 Tortilla. (2015, September 23). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla