On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 6:07:38 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:17:24 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
> > I might also try making the enchiladas with flour tortillas, too.
> DO NOT TRY THAT! The flour tortillas get all soggy during the bake
> and turn back into raw, gloopy dough. You'll see a few recipes out
> there for them (the Internet is FULL of bad advice), but its ****ing
> nasty.
>
> Just think about simmering an unleavened flour tortilla in a wet
> enchilada sauce. Do you see tortilla soups made with flour
> tortillas? (yeah, you could probably find some, but shouldn't).
> Most experienced cooks should be able to guess what it's gonna turn
> out like without a crystal ball. But it was hindsight for me, too.
> And I did it TWICE a year apart having psychologically repressed and
> blocked the memory of my first attempt.
>
> And then after taking them out the oven the second time I made
> them.... it all came flooding back to me in a torrent and I cried
> for almost a week thinking of the two poor chickens who lost their
> lives for that slop at my expense. I had to see a psychologist 2X a
> week for over 5 months.
>
> Just don't do it!
>
More long winded that it needed to be, but 100% correct. Flour
tortillas are for burritos. That's it, and the "wet burrito" thing sucks,
for the reasons you outlined.
>
> -sw
>
--Bryan