The Mexican asked for your vote on corn vs. flour, and you gave him a steaming fajita plate full of them

Dear Readers:

Gracias, merci, obrigado for the many submissions in my contest asking readers to argue, in 25 words, why corn tortillas are superior to flour, or vice versa. Below is the winner for Kansas City, along with winners from some of the other cities that carry The Mexican. Don’t like the winner? Why didn’t you enter, you lazy Mexican?

Kansas City

Corn tortillas are better because flour tortillas are like the gabachos — plain and boring — yet corn tortillas come in many colors and sizes, like Mexicans.

St. Louis

Corn tortillas are superior. Flour tortillas were invented because stupid gringos were getting sick eating corn tortillas because they forgot the lime-water step.

New York

Corn tortillas come from the domain of the Aztec diosa Chicomecóatl. Has anyone heard of a goddess of flour? Flour tortillas are malnourished arepas. ¡Guácala!

Dallas

Mexicans suffer more from diabetes. Flour spikes glucose like a shot of tequila. Not so with corn. So they are better. Not funny, just true.

Seattle

Any tortilla mi abuelita makes is good.

Salt Lake City

Corn is native to the Americas; wheat is an import. Besides, corn masa wears out your teeth faster so you can replace them with gold.

El Paso, Texas

Corn tortillas, because you can use them for more dishes. And, if you mess up when frying them, you can then use them as Frisbees.

Eugene, Oregon

I am gluten-intolerant. Corn tortillas do not make my ass bleed. Also, they don’t taste like that paste stuff kids use in elementary school.

Monterey, California

I use flour tortillas to wrap the leftover Chinese food from last night and nuke it for about a minute. Moo shoo pork, kung pao shrimp — the best!

Albuquerque

Real Mexicans eat real homemade corn tortillas. Pasty white Mexicans eat processed flour tortillas made. Then they get food poisoning.

Tucson

Flour tortillas are better because La Virgen only appears on the flour tortillas. If it’s good enough for La Virgen, it’s good enough for me.

Houston

You get more corn tortillas per package, so they’re cheaper. So it’s easier to feed the many mouths us Mexicans are known for.

Los Angeles

Is this a trick question? No one who has ever had a genuine, fresh, handmade corn tortilla should ever have to ask such a pregunta!

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Flavor? Corn rules. Versatility? Corn version wins with tostadas, chilaquiles, enchiladas, chips, flautas or tacos. Theflour tortilla improves only after eating the competition’s dust.

Canada!

Corn tortillas are the only homemade kind you can get in Calgary, from Tres Marias. Icky Safeway’s don’t count.

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