Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> Oh pshaw, on Sat 23 Sep 2006 05:09:38p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>
> > Recently I've discovered an improved substitute
> > for tortillas. Trader Joe's Middle Eastern Flatbread
> > costs $1.09 for six pieces, and its slight additional
> > thickness and greater body makes for a much better
> > mini-pizza crust.
>
> IOW, pita? I've used these for years when I want to have minimal fat and
> calories from the crust. They do make a delicious thin crust "pizza".

No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
than pita bread.

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> Oh pshaw, on Sat 23 Sep 2006 05:09:38p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>>
>>> Recently I've discovered an improved substitute
>>> for tortillas. Trader Joe's Middle Eastern Flatbread
>>> costs $1.09 for six pieces, and its slight additional
>>> thickness and greater body makes for a much better
>>> mini-pizza crust.
>>
>> IOW, pita? I've used these for years when I want to have minimal
>> fat and calories from the crust. They do make a delicious thin
>> crust "pizza".
>
> No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
> They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
> and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
> than pita bread.

Doesn't pita bread have a pocket for stuffing things in? If someone doesn't
have a Trader Joe's nearby (which I don't), I suppose someone could slice
through a pita to make two slimmer pieces and use it that way to make mini
pizzas.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> Mark Thorson wrote:
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>
> >
> > No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
> > They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
> > and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
> > than pita bread.
>
> Doesn't pita bread have a pocket for stuffing things in? If someone
doesn't
> have a Trader Joe's nearby (which I don't), I suppose someone could slice
> through a pita to make two slimmer pieces and use it that way to make mini
> pizzas.
>
> Jill
>
>

We've made mini pizzas using the whole pita. It's kind of too thin to make
a pizza with the pita sliced.

kili

kilikini wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
>>> They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
>>> and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
>>> than pita bread.
>>
>> Doesn't pita bread have a pocket for stuffing things in? If someone
>> doesn't have a Trader Joe's nearby (which I don't), I suppose
>> someone could slice through a pita to make two slimmer pieces and
>> use it that way to make mini pizzas.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> We've made mini pizzas using the whole pita. It's kind of too thin
> to make a pizza with the pita sliced.
>
> kili

But Mark said he thought pita bread was too thick, as compared to this stuff
he got at Trader Joe's. Just a suggestion anyway. I don't often make
anything like pizza at home. If you consider spiced ground beef cooked with
chopped green chilis or jalapenos topped with cheese and then broiled on top
of a tostada shell a "pizza" that may qualify

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> But Mark said he thought pita bread was too thick,
> as compared to this stuff he got at Trader Joe's.

But splitting a pita wouldn't give me something
like TJ's Middle Eastern Flatbread. A pita has
a much more coarse texture, and most pitas are
hard to split without tearing. TJ's MEF is
ready to go right out of the package.

Unlike TJMEF and pita bread, a tortilla is not
a bread -- it is not risen. TJMEF hits the
sweet spot of being not too thick (unlike pita)
but having a risen texture (unlike tortillas).