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Default Soft chalupa


"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:57:17 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:49:30 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> Does anyone know how to make a soft chalupa? Yeah, I can ask Alfredo.
>> >> And
>> >> I probably will. But it makes for quick, cheap eats!
>> >
>> > Don't ask me, I haven't eaten a gordita yet. I know they are sold
>> > here now because they finally made it on the menu of the neighborhood
>> > Mexican restaurant we eat at most, but I didn't order it.
>> >
>> > Google Image "chalupa recipe" and I'm sure you'll find a website that
>> > works for you. Swagbucks obviously can't help you with that.

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>> And yet it didn't. Chalupas? Yes. Even things that appear to be nachos
>> and tostadas but are called chalupas. But no soft chalupas.

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> I've only eaten chalupa once and it was a long time ago. Chalupas
> look like a mini version of a taco to me.
> http://www.macheesmo.com/2010/04/chalupas/
> I'm sure I googled "baked soft chalupa" and came up with recipes.
> Here's one
> http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...Chicken-109433
> Around here, tortillas are sold in what my family calls "baby size"
> which is 4 or 5 inches across. I use them for everything, but I
> imagine their main function is as a chalupa shell.
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> Chalupa means boat. If they are crispy shells, they will serve as a
> boat. You need to find a picture to post so I know what the heck
> you're talking about.


The ones here are not mini. They are huge! I can not find a pic of what I
am talking about. Nothing looks like what we get here. I just keep finding
Taco Bell stuff.