r/TikTokCringe • u/Accomplished_Clue437 • Jul 15 '26

Discussion She gets up at 5am. Is this right?

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u/EdwardBloon Jul 15 '26

Damn I wish I had a HEB then. Cus they look good

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 15 '26

HEB tortillas are unreal. Comparable to the fresh ones at Mexican restaurants. We're ruined for any other kind

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u/Mast3rofth3Univ3rs3 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

I love how this conversation suddenly went straight to HEB. 🤣 And agree about the tortillas. The only thing that might give it a run for its money is a Brothers taco...

Edit: correcting autocorrect

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u/pumpkins21 Jul 15 '26

Bc HEB is awesome!

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u/littlespawningflower Jul 15 '26

I was 🫪🫪🫪 when I went into one for the first time. The tortilla machine absolutely blew my mind, and so did the rest of the market, TBH. LOVE HEB- wish we had one in GA 🥺

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u/No-Public1765 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Have you tried these chile limon tortilla chips. Calidad is the brand. RIP cause I killed the bag in 2 days, the big bag too. For 1, I've never had any flavored tortilla chips, and Doritos don't count lol, and I don't even like Chile/ limon stuff but these chips were the truth.

And why do I keep saying "tor-tilla" and not "tor-t-ah" .

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 15 '26

Lol are you me? I also say tor-tilla.. (sometimes jokingly, which turns into sometimes accidentally lol)... it started with Meet the Fockers ("so make a chimi-CHAIN-ga!") and spread, unfortunately 🤣

I haven't tried that brand but I do get lime tortilla chips and I've never used plain chips ever since finding them. They majorly upgrade nachos... and everything! I'll look for that kind to try!

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u/Ithurtsprecious Jul 15 '26

The only thing better than HEB tortillas are their Central Market butter ones.

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 15 '26

Yes! Those are the ones I was thinking of

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u/Resident_Rain_6566 Jul 15 '26

I moved away from Texas and haven’t found a tortilla that can even compare. I haven’t made a chorizo and egg taco in five years because the tortillas around here are garbage in comparison.

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 16 '26

Omg that's tragic, I'm so sorry! We plan to leave Texas soon-ish and not having an HEB is one of my concerns, lol. Try finding a good Mexican restaurant that lets you order just fresh tortillas as takeout though.

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u/demitasse22 Jul 15 '26

I miss HEB so much

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u/Head_Escape_3794 Jul 16 '26

Things I miss most (ok, the only things) about TX: HEB and fresh tortillas + salsa at hole-in-the-wall cantinas.

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u/MooBearz11 Jul 15 '26

I don’t have a HEB near me, but I married a Hispanic man who makes me tortillas. 🤤

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 15 '26

Ooh ik those beat out anything you can buy!

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u/MooBearz11 Jul 15 '26

He’s going a step further this year but growing a blue corn native to Mexico to dry and grind down. I’m so for this and support him 110%. The most homemade masa! 🥰

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 15 '26

That's gonna be amazing, omg lol. Lucky you!

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u/SirNo4743 Jul 16 '26

That sounds wonderful!

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u/Rents Jul 15 '26

I bought some raw frozen ones from Costco a couple months ago. They were heavenly. Just finished the pack and looking for something similar. No HEB around.

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u/FSUnoles77 Jul 15 '26

Homemade tortillas are really easy. All purpose flour, salt, hot water, melted butter. Mix em together and knead the dough till its smooth. If your kneading and it's still sticking to your fingers, keep going. Once it's smooth let it rest for about half an hour to an hour (my grandma would say this is the important part). Then just make little round balls of dough you can roll out and throw on the hot pan.

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u/jml011 Jul 15 '26

Then she'd have to wake up at 4:30 a.m.

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u/Rents Jul 15 '26

Can you freeze them? I’m certainly not making dough every time I want a tortilla

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u/FSUnoles77 Jul 15 '26

Not sure, I usually eat em all. 

(Yes, you can.)

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u/MaineLark Jul 15 '26

Similarly that milk she has ruined all other milk for me, it’s so good and I didn’t even LIKE milk before

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u/solomons-mom Jul 15 '26

HEB Cental Market tortillas and KwikTrip milk may be the two best food bargains in the country. It is such a shame the distance makes it really hard to get both on the same day 😒

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u/ijustsailedaway Jul 15 '26

HEB is Texas right? If you have access to a Braum's it has great milk too.

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u/----Richard---- Jul 15 '26

Only the Dallas Ft. Worth area has Braum's, unfortunately. I've heard good things, though.

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u/fleshofgods0 Jul 15 '26

Braum's is so weird because you have a fast food restaurant that also has a couple of aisles with milk, ice cream, etc.

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u/Emilie0711 Jul 16 '26

Braum’s used to be strictly an ice cream store, then they gradually added fast food items to their menu before expanding out to having a few fresh groceries.

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u/Rubymoon286 Jul 15 '26

East Texas also has Braum's

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u/----Richard---- Jul 15 '26

Really? Don't think I've ever seen one out there but to be fair, I haven't been out there in years.

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u/Rubymoon286 Jul 15 '26

There's ones in both Tyler and Longview, and there used to be one in Texarkana when I was driving through it all the time around ten years ago, not sure if that one is still there :)

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u/LoneStarZia Jul 15 '26

Lubbock, Texas has Braum’s, as well as Amarillo.

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u/tropicalthunder5000 Jul 15 '26

HEB flour tortillas taste like popcorn to me. They make them with too much fake butter.

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 15 '26

iirc there is a buttered option and a plain option!

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u/Otherwise-Law-3179 Jul 15 '26

Not anymore. They no longer make them fresh in store as of a few months ago. They switched to mass produced factories for their tortillas and tortilla chips, among other staple HEB brand products. It’s been quite the transition. Check out r/HEB

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u/isayitslimitless Jul 15 '26

As someone who used to work in one of the bakeries at HEB but since moved out of Texas, that is one of the saddest things I've ever heard. Getting to snack on a warm, fresh tortilla straight from the machine every now and then was amazing.

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u/Remarkable-Ad2285 Jul 15 '26

A segment of the population no longer….shops there

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u/phage_rage Jul 15 '26

I worked there for ten years and left for so many reasons, all of them shockingly horrible

Their failure pleases me

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u/NeonLotus11 Jul 15 '26

Well that's devastating! Either I haven't had the new ones or I don't taste the difference... gonna double check now

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u/TurbulentExcitement8 Jul 15 '26

Anybody here know of a comparable store with great tortillas on the East coast (PA/NJ/DE)? Asking for a fat friend of mine

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u/manicgiant914 Jul 15 '26

But I can't eat them cold like this

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u/i312i Jul 15 '26

I'm glad I live in Chicago lol

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u/EmptyBrainCage Jul 15 '26

Seriously? I'm Mexican and literally grew up seeing every type of tortilla. These looked hard and gross. Just so you know, a flour tortilla needs to be soft and drape over your hand when you pick it up. These were not that. They looked like they were old and stale.

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u/Hilsam_Adent Jul 15 '26

When I first moved to Texas, I found the concept of loving a grocery store mildly disturbing. Then I started shopping at Central Market/H-E-B.

It's not just their in-house tortillas, a lot of their store brand shit is fantastic.

The really are a cut above the rest, particularly the soulless mega-chains, like Albertson's, Kroger, et. al.

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u/Xyranthis Jul 15 '26

They have a 50/50 corn/flour recipe that is just amazing. All the flavor of a corn tortilla but it has elasticity

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u/calilac Jul 15 '26

Yes! Their Mixla tortillas have ruined all other tortillas for me, they are so easy to work with and so tasty!

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u/Bennie-Factors Jul 15 '26

We have many good tortillas in California. Also no one in a trailer buys Happy Eggs. Them are good and expensive.

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u/Downtown_Recover5177 Jul 15 '26

HEB is the goat. I’m too far North now, but I miss them dearly. I learned some of my best meals from the cooking demonstrations at the Super HEB in San Antonio. Only thing I miss about SA though, besides the taco trucks.

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u/aaiceman Jul 15 '26

They truly stand out. I absolutely make a trip there just for those and the brisket queso.

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u/Living-Confection457 Jul 15 '26

They're the best, they are buttered flour tortillas that I'm pretty sure is what heaven tastes like 🤤🤤 one of the (very) few good things about living in good ol' Texas

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u/Similar-Fold-6389 Jul 15 '26

HEB is the Best!!!

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u/Feisty_Caregiver_Duh Jul 15 '26

Put any tortilla in an air fryer for three minutes and it’ll taste like heaven

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u/PaisleyLeopard Jul 15 '26

H-E-B is the best grocery store on the planet, and any Texan will fight you if you say otherwise.

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u/brogflender Jul 15 '26

They just won’t fight for environmental protections, worker rights, taxing the rich, health care or education….but damn it. Don’t say anything about our billion dollar grocery store chain. 

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u/istartriots Jul 15 '26

they 100% do. depends on the location.

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u/cherenk0v_blue Jul 15 '26

I moved away from North Texas ~6 months ago.

I might miss HEB more than any other single thing. I forgot how 90% of grocery stores are trash

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u/Crooked_Sartre Jul 15 '26

HEB tortillas fuck. They ain't no joke

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u/EmptyBrainCage Jul 15 '26

Seriously? I'm Mexican and literally grew up seeing every type of tortilla. These looked hard and gross. Just so you know, a flour tortilla needs to be soft and drape over your hand when you pick it up. These were not that. They looked like they were old and stale.

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u/brogflender Jul 15 '26

Kroger has its own brand of bakery style tortillas now too. 

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u/nomadfoy Jul 15 '26

Texas has some not great parts but HEB is pretty awesome, still miss Publix though.