"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On 22 Apr 2013 23:22:36 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2013-04-22, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>> Kitchen myth. Urban Legend. Bullshit. It doesn't matter if the
>>> shiny side is in or out. Neither side keeps food warmer or colder or
>>> reflects heat better than the opposite side.
>>
>> This entire thread is nonsense. Burritos are typically made with
>> flour tortilla. If it keeps flopping open, you need a big dia flr
>> tortilla. End of story.
>
> Problem is that many people don't have access to decent burrito
> tortillas - 12-14" wide and thin. Most are too thick. Not warming
> them up doesn't help either.

Or he/she is not rolling them right. I can't remember now if I saw written
directions with diagram or if I saw this on TV but I was doing them wrong!
I was doing them the way I saw someone else do them. Let me see if I can
find it online.

Here is one but it has an open end.

http://www.ehow.com/how_8099957_roll-wrap-burrito.html

This is how I do it:

http://www.wikihow.com/Roll-a-Burrito

As you can see, they said the biggest mistake was in putting too much
filling in. *raises hand* Guilty! If you think about it, those frozen
ones that you can buy do not have a lot of filling in them. If you do want
a really big one, they now make huge tortillas.