Anyway, she chuckled when I recounted to her another elderly French Canadian nun, of a different order, who occaionally ordered empanadas at the shop and on whom I inflicted my idle and so completely rusted French who one dog day afternoon suggested that it must be intensely uncomfortable to be working there on such a hot day to which I replied “m’aam with all the machines and the oven running full blast, c’est l’enfer lá.” Her accutely perceptive reply gave me pause, “M’sieur perhaps you wanted to say, c’est un avant-goût de l’enfer.” She was right, not quite hell but just a foretaste of it.

I’ll head over to Cook’s Exchange and get some. I’ll stick to your recipe and tell you how it turns out! Have a safe flight back to Manila!…..

Do you know where i can buy torta paper? You mentioned in your earlier post that we could get it in bakery shops. Is there a specific bakery you can suggest? Thanks! Am trying out your Torta recipe today.;)