"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "gtr" > wrote in message
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>> On 2015-08-06 20:26:20 +0000, Ophelia said:
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>>> ... quesadillas, tortillas, tacos, burritos, tostadas, chimichangas, and
>>> taquitos!
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>> You left out enchiladas amon others.
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> Ahhh I wondered if there were any more. Yes I have seen those mentioned
> here but forgot them when I made my list
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> Any others?
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>>> What are they, please? Am I right in thinking they are all tortillas?
>>> What makes them different?
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>> You've got to make it to Southern California some time in life. It will
>> be a great adventure.
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>> There are many other Mexican items that make simplistic use of simple
>> items. They also use corn masa as the base or external structure as with
>> tamales, pombasos, tlacayo, sope, huarache. The last two are more or
>> less a bed of masa--the first is round, the second is elongated (like a
>> sandal; a huarache).
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>> And so forth.

Gorditas and pupusas use the corn maseca.