On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:40:46 -0600, Sky >
wrote:

> It's a treat for me to dine out, especially at local Mexican
> restaurants, although I don't get that chance very often.
>
> It used to be the local (no chains) Mexican restaurants had flautas
> (either beef, pork, or chicken) listed on their menus. However, it
> seems that flautas have been eliminated and replaced by "toquitos",
> which are basically made the same way as flautas, IME (?). Am I
> mistaken or are they two different 'critters' altogether? I'm just
> curious
>
> If they are one and the same, I just may try - at least once - the
> toquitos available in the frozen cases at the grocery store. Except,
> the plating won't be nearly as nice as at the restaurants :/
>
Beats me Sky. I order burritos and make soft tacos at home.

According to this, terms vary by location or sometimes size
http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/mexi...aortaquito.htm
another source says it's the difference between flour and corn
tortillas.



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