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Default Tortillas sticking together


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>>>>> On 17 Aug 2015 17:03:09 GMT, KenK wrote:
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>>>>>> My store-bought packages of tortillas are sticking together. Most

> of
>>>>>> them would not separate without tearing and peeling. This brand

> used
>>>>>> to be ok. I'm careful to get them in their own bag at the checkout
>>>>>> and not press on them otherwise. Didn't help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will try another brand next pruchase but it is VERY anoying.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone have and suggestions - beside making my own as I need them?
>>>>>
>>>>> I totally gave up on pre-cooked tortillas a couple years ago. Now I
>>>>> only buy the raw ones that you cook fresh. I have a choice of two
>>>>> store brands - one is sold shelf stable and are somehow par-cooked
>>>>> but still appear to be raw (10 for $1.75). Then another kind in the
>>>>> refrigerated section that are truly raw (20 for $2.25). They never
>>>>> stick together and cook up in 30-40 seconds once the pan is heated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Even before I discovered these I was never too happy with any brand
>>>>> of pre-cooked, packaged tortillas.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most stores (and Costco) should sell a brand called "TortillaLand"

> in
>>>>> the refrigerated section but I don't like them as much - too thick.
>>>>> But they do have the advantage of coming in a larger size (for

> making
>>>>> small burritos), which my store brands don't. They still have too
>>>>> big a bread to filling ratio when assembled.
>>>>>
>>>>> -sw
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>>>> That is the only brand of raw ones I can get here. The Costco
>>>> packages are cheap but I think there are something like 50 in the
>>>> package. Even the smaller packages have too many in there for me.
>>>> Says to use up something like 6-7 days after opening. I can't eat
>>>> them fast enough.
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>>> I freeze them

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>> That will cause them to stick together!
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> You vetoed this before but I give them a squirt of spray oil. I can feel
> it when I use them but I don't taste it.



Okay.