"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:56:21 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:35:53 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> > wrote:
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>> >> If you have a gas stove,crank up a burner. Drop the tortilla on the
>> >> flame.
>> >> Count to 5. Flip. Count to five.
>> >
>> > I've tried that open flame thing.... and it didn't work as advertised.
>> > I'll use a pan thank you.
>>
>> Hmmm ... no idea what's up there. Never used any other method meself.
>> Same
>> as all the Mehican joints use too.
>>
> Now I know you're making this up. They don't use an open flame. They
> heat tortillas on their flat grill or they use one of those steamer
> thingies.
>


I have seen Mexicans, not in restaurants, heat them over a gas burner. I
don't know if it was their preferred method or they were making do, but they
seemed to have no problem with it.