"gtr" > wrote in message news:201508061806375399-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2015-08-06 22:39:19 +0000, cshenk said:
>
>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> ... quesadillas, tortillas, tacos, burritos, tostadas, chimichangas,
>>> and taquitos!
>>>
>>> What are they, please? Am I right in thinking they are all
>>> tortillas? What makes them different?
>>
>> It's what they are filled with generally in your list. They can come
>> on corn or wheat flour versions.
>
> It's primarily what they are filled with and their cooking configuration:
>
> Quesadilla are pan-toasted with cheese and other inside. Other can be
> chicken, pork, steak, fish, shrimp, etc. Because of the heat, lettue is
> not so frequent but refried beans (bean paste) are, also salsa, sour cream
> or quacamole. Or all of these.
>
> Tacos are more or less a hand-held item they are most frequently steamed
> corn tortillas, but sometimes are fried into a u-shape. Here you
> frequently see fresh lettuce and tomatoes as well an/all meats above,
> refriend beans, etc.
>
> Burritos are rolled and tucked and are usualy quite large, always flour
> tortillas, eaten out of a paper wrap like a gyro.
>
> Tostadas are corn friend crisp and flag, you pile stuff on top, so again
> fresh chilled stuff makes better sense.
>
> Chimichangas are more or less a deep-fried burrito; lettuce and tomato
> avoided.
>
> Taquitos are a corn tortilla with a *little* somethig in it frequently
> just meat or meat and a little refritos, deep fried until crisp, eaten by
> dunking it into sour cream, quacamole or salsa. Usually provided in an
> order of 3, frequently on top of lettuce with some crumbled mexican cheese
> (which tends not to melt) over the top.
>
> Eat hardy.

Thanks. Have I missed any out? When I have seen these mentioned I have
gone to Google to see what they were and I found they seems all to be
tortillas which provoked my interest.

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