It's the Great Pumpkin Tortilla!

We are anxiously waiting to try Paqui's pumpkin tortilla. Greenling announced they were coming soon. It's a once a year deal. I have never had a pumpkin tortilla but thought maybe it would taste good with some asadero cheese. I'll let you know. For now I am only imagining what a pumpkin tortilla tastes like. I wonder if it has spices or if it is just pumpkin.

My Grandmother does not approve of the flavored tortillas. I remember showing her a whole wheat tortilla years ago and her response was, "Que feo. Those are *chucherias, Mija. Don't eat those things." Still makes me laugh when I think about it. My Grandmother cooks the best Tex-Mex food, ask my husband, and is very conservative and traditional with what she prepares. Flavored tortillas are not something she goes for and thinks are rather ridiculous. I have to admit, most flavored tortillas I have tried in the past proved her right. Every time, actually. I'll try them but have never finished the bag. So, while pumpkin is way out there, I sort of have a good feeling about it. If I like their pumpkin, I'll try their cilantro and whatever else they have.

I may even have to show them to my Grandmother. She isn't entirely close minded. She seemed okay with the spinach and mushroom empanadas I introduced her too a couple years back. They were from some local restaurant. She ate one and seemed to like it. But as I walked out of the room I heard low voices and giggling. Her and my Grandfather were chuckling when I came back into the room and said,"It's nothing, Mija, we are just talking about you." I could see my Grandfather was holding back a huge laugh. Then my Grandmother asked, "Mija, why don't you learn to make pumpkin empanadas, like Grandma?"

*Chucherias- whimsical and /or junky food