"Frogleg" > wrote in message
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> On 21 Jan 2004 06:01:12 -0800, (Girly) wrote:
>
> >Are tacos tapatios and flautas the same thing? If not, what is the
difference?
>
> I'd never heard of 'tapatios' and Googled a bit. Tapatio appears to be
> the name of several US and Mexican resort hotels and a hot sauce.
>
> Tacos are usually half-moon folded corn or flour tortillas, fried or
> steamed, with various fillings. Flautas (flutes) are corn (or flour)
> tortillas rolled up with various fillings and fried.
In my experience, flautas are made with flour tortillas and taquitos are
made with corn tortillas.
Charlie