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Why are wheat tortillas always larger than corn tortillas?

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bi-curious
 
Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:20 am
I've always wondered why wheat tortillas are larger than their corny counterparts. Does anyone know why?
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pueo
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:29 am
tortilla envy???????
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:33 am
Gluten allows wheat tortillas to be rolled thinner than can corn ones.
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gezzy
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:36 am
Very interesting. I noticed that, but I never wondered why.
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pueo
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:40 am
on guam they call then tortidzas. they're thick and on the sweet side.
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bi-curious
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:43 am
Thanks craven de kere. I couldn't find any reason why on google.
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gezzy
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:44 am
Pueo
They sound good. I'm getting hungry now, lol.
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pueo
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:53 am
they are actually pretty good, although i prefer the mexican/spanish one's more.
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gezzy
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 02:59 am
I love mexican food, but then I also like Taco Bell, LOL.
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pueo
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 03:15 am
spend a lot of money at taco bell. they are one of my best clients.......
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gezzy
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 03:28 am
LOL. As much as I love the stuff, I try to eat much better than that to keep my weight down. Persnally, I could live on Taco Bell.
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pueo
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 03:37 am
so many people tell me that i need to gain weight. i dunno, mickeyd's, kfc, pizza hut et al have not made any impression on me (yet!). just gotta keep trying to find the right combination Very Happy
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gezzy
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 03:57 am
Oh, so you're one of those!!! Geeez!!!! I would love to be like that. My son is the same way, he can eat anything and everything without gaining an ounce. sigh!
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littlek
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 09:31 am
Need to GAIN weight? Hmph.

I am glad someone asked this Q and even gladder that it was answered. Now I can die happy. But, really, it's too bad that corn tortillas are smaller because I like them better....
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JerryR
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 09:33 am
Hi All,

Craven makes an excellent point about the type of grain making a difference,..but I do think that would have more to do with the thickness than the size. I have a sneaking suspicion that the answer lies in the fact that it's just another example of we americans getting our hands on something, and changing it to suit our needs and tastes, and then being able to mass-produce it at a low cost.

Hers's a link to some interesting tortilla info:

TORTILLA FACTS
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littlek
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 09:35 am
Aha! Makes sense that they used corn tortillas rather than wheat flour ones. Corn is/was huge in Mexico.
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gezzy
 
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Reply Mon 30 Dec, 2002 10:58 pm
I personally like the corn ones much better.
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marycat
 
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Reply Sat 4 Jan, 2003 12:48 pm
Completely unrelated to tortillas, I love your new sig files, Jerry!

And related to tortillas, I porefer corn ones too. But Brian likes flour ones, except in soup. He loves my tortilla soup! So we usually have both kinds on hand.
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Sat 4 Jan, 2003 05:15 pm
Wheat tortillas have always been bigger than corn tortillas. Two probable reasons:

1) The tecnique to handmake wheat tortillas is similar to the tecnique to make hotcakes; the tecnique to handmake corn tortillas is to grab the mass, make a ball and slap the hands several times. It's a question of time and effort.

2) Wheat tortillas come from richer parts of the country. More grain per person is available: hence, wheat tortillas can be bigger with no one being left with too few.
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