On 1/19/2015 6:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/19/2015 5:39 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> The ones here are not mini. They are huge! I can not find a pic of
>> what I am talking about. Nothing looks like what we get here. I just
>> keep finding Taco Bell stuff.
>
> Taco Bell commercials is about the only place I've ever seen a chalupa.
> The local Tex-Mex restaurants don't have them on the menu.
>
> However: take a gander at this:
>
> http://www.macheesmo.com/2010/04/chalupas/
>
> Step by step and pretty much how to quick fry then remove the tortilla
> from the oil and it will still be puffy, soft and probably flexible.
>
> Or these images:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/qcjmaa3
>
> Jill

This is making me hungry. They serve chalupas here, but they are flat
and firm, they do not bend. The tortilla is fried crispy, so it will
hold the filling. A soft corn tortilla that bends, is a soft taco, at
least where I live.

Becca