Ellen K. wrote:

> Well, that's a new one for me. Do the restaurants call them "egg tacos"
> on the menu?
>
> And this is closing in on another multi-lingual play on words, IIRC in
> Spain a "tortilla" is what Americans call an omelet, not the flat grain
> item it is
> in Mexican Spanish.

Tortilla Español - much like Omelette paysanne, an omelet with a filling of
bits of boiled potatoes. (oh, thread mixup ...)

I was served a delicious home-made one in Madrid, (mumble) years ago.