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"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, April 20, 2013 1:35:53 AM UTC-4, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> > Kalmia wrote:

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>> >> I used to have a tough time keeping my tortillas to stay closed after

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>> >> I filled 'em. Now, I paint enchilada sauce on both sides, fill and

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>> >> close and they seem to stick pretty well. HTH

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>> > I've had that trouble too but I saw something about folding them and I
>> > was

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>> > doing it wrong. But... I just do mine like a soft taco now. I guess I
>> > am

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>> > lazy.

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>> If you have a gas stove,crank up a burner. Drop the tortilla on the
>> flame.
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>> Count to 5. Flip. Count to five.
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>> Voila, perfectly flexible tortillas.

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> It's not that they aren't flexible - they just wouldn't stay FOLDED.


That's cause they aren;t flexible out of the bag.

> I warm them in a dry nonstick skillet before adding the filling.