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"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:53:05 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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>>On 1/20/2015 9:41 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Because I asked him (the owner) what the soft one was. He said it was
>>> just a flour tortilla. Not fried. Picture this. Big flour tortilla.
>>> Beans inside. Also lettuce and tomato. Normally there would be other
>>> stuff too but I have that left out. I do think the tortillas are key
>>> here. His dad makes them and they are vastly superior to anything I can
>>> buy. But they are heated somehow and I don't think it is in the oven.

>>
>>Ever heard of steaming? That's about the only option left for heating
>>flour tortillas if they are not fried and they aren't heated in an oven.
>>
>>Jill

>
> It's really simple. There are cloth tortilla warmers you put in the
> MC. The tortillas come out hot, soft.
> Janet US


That's not how these come out though. Although soft, not that soft. But
not totally dried out either. Just a very good texture. I do think that it
has to do with the tortillas. The ones I can buy are slightly stretchy.
These are not.