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On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:44:20 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 07:29:26 -0800 (PST),
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 6:53:16 AM UTC-8, jmcquown wrote:
> >> > 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.
> >> >
> >>
> >> He could have made them to order on a comal. Or he could have warmed them
> >> up on a well-seasoned griddle.

> >
> > They'd still be floppy and flat.

>
> Not if folded over with some filling inside. Obviously not the lettuce
> though.


That would be a soft taco.

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