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grantschoep Contributor
grantschoep
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I know Mission makes great corn tortillas, and I trust them too as I have never got sick and they supposidly have separate manufactoring and all..

But I can only find corn torillas here that are a max of 6 inches or so. Does anyone, Mission maybe, sell big tortilla shells made gluten free? I know there have to be some. Because when I used to live in San Francisco, one of my favorite burrito shops, the largest burrito was a corn tortilla, I think that was a 16 inch shell! hehe

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Jnkmnky
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I've found bigger ones in regular shopping stores. I think Mission sells larger ones. When you use them, heat them with a pat of butter on each side. THey soften up to a flour burrito consistency. Much better.

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I've found bigger ones in regular shopping stores. I think Mission sells larger ones. When you use them, heat them with a pat of butter on each side. THey soften up to a flour burrito consistency. Much better.

What? No yummy corn crunch?! I'd never do that to a tortilla. To each his/her own I guess.

hez Enthusiast
hez
Posted

grantschoep,

I live in Colorado as well and I have yet to find a large size corn tortilla. I would be interested to find one myself. I miss burritos.

Hez

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Jnkmnky
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What? No yummy corn crunch?! I'd never do that to a tortilla. To each his/her own I guess.

When "burrito" was mentioned, I believed the original poster was talking about 'wraps'. My corn tortilla wraps don't crunch even when I don't heat them with a pat of butter on each side. Without the butter, the corn wraps are crumbly and tear easily when stuffed with ingredients. I find that the butter softens the burrito to a nice consistency. The wrap tears less easily, it is softer, less grainy and more like a flour wrap.

Dixie Gal Newbie
Dixie Gal
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As we all know, even "corn" tortillas can have gluten flour added for some reason.

WARNING. Jack in the Box taco has gluten - caught me by surprise...

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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Old El Paso has small and large corn tortillas that are gluten free.

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jkmunchkin Rising Star
jkmunchkin
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They're not corn tortillas and I haven't tried them yet, but I noticed today at my local health food store with the rest of the frozen breads, there were brown rice tortillas that were the larger size from Enjoy Life Foods.

jnclelland Contributor
jnclelland
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They're not corn tortillas and I haven't tried them yet, but I noticed today at my local health food store with the rest of the frozen breads, there were brown rice tortillas that were the larger size from Enjoy Life Foods.

I bought those for sandwiches until I discovered Breads From Anna. They're okay, but not great: the flavor is fine, but the texture is really chewy, and you can't roll them at all without breaking them. Slightly better if you heat them in the microwave for a few seconds, but still not great.

Jeanne

RiceGuy Collaborator
RiceGuy
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When "burrito" was mentioned, I believed the original poster was talking about 'wraps'. My corn tortilla wraps don't crunch even when I don't heat them with a pat of butter on each side. Without the butter, the corn wraps are crumbly and tear easily when stuffed with ingredients. I find that the butter softens the burrito to a nice consistency. The wrap tears less easily, it is softer, less grainy and more like a flour wrap.

Ah, ok. I just like tortilla chips, and I get organic ones locally :) Nice and crunchy!

Anytime I've had taco shells, they did always crack apart on the first bite. A few seconds in the microwave before serving might do the trick - not sure.

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nobeer4me
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I think wer'e talking soft corn tortillas here. There is the hard crunchy kind as well.

Most authentic Mexican food uses the soft corn variety.

I used to live in the Bay area also, and get these great tacos from a local Mexican mom & pop type place.

They were just 2 soft warm corn tortillas together with just meat and salsa. Unbelievably great!

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