"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "gtr" > wrote in message news:201508061806375399-xxx@yyyzzz...
>> On 2015-08-06 22:39:19 +0000, cshenk said:
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>>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>> ... 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?
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>>> It's what they are filled with generally in your list. They can come
>>> on corn or wheat flour versions.
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>> It's primarily what they are filled with and their cooking configuration:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Burritos are rolled and tucked and are usualy quite large, always flour
>> tortillas, eaten out of a paper wrap like a gyro.
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>> Tostadas are corn friend crisp and flag, you pile stuff on top, so again
>> fresh chilled stuff makes better sense.
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>> Chimichangas are more or less a deep-fried burrito; lettuce and tomato
>> avoided.
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>> 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.
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>> Eat hardy.
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> 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.

There are many other Mexican foods that use tortillas. One would be
Enchiladas which are corn tortillas with a filling and sauce over and baked.
Then there are all sorts of meat dishes where tortillas are on the side.
Nachos, where corn tortillas are fried into chips and topped with cheese and
other things. Chilequiles (sp?) where leftover chips are mixed with various
things and served usually for breakfast. Also flautas which are similar to
taquitos.