Plan B
By Some Witch
@somewitch (1986)
February 10, 2025 5:34pm CST
I was so excited to make burritos today, once I was done preparing the filling I went to the cabinet to grab the tortilla wraps and... they didn't look good. I didn't check to see if they were expired but they had something nasty growing on them, so I threw them away.
I thought of making wraps from scratch hoping they wouldn't take too much time, and apparently they're very easy to make.
Except I didn't have the right flour. In order to stretch the tortillas very thin without breaking them, it's best to have a flour that is high in gluten, otherwise known as "strong flour". That's the flour you'd use to make bread or pizza, while I had a weak all-purpose. So what I ended up making was flatbread.
I even took baking classes years ago, so I should have known that, but I was too concerned with making up for the lack of tortilla wraps I forgot.
Not that I would have used another flour, we don't have any at home and I didn't feel like going to the store for a bunch of flour.
Not a big deal. I had a nice meal even if it wasn't exactly what I planned.
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@somewitch (1986)
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23h
@ekta54 Thanks, I've been considering food photography as a hobby. 
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@somewitch (1986)
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23h
@id_peace I don't think flour strength makes much of a difference in terms of taste, but I guess it affects the texture as gluten can make the dough more chewy. I don't mind that, it's just that I couldn't get to stretch the dough as thin as I wanted. 
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@somewitch (1986)
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11 Feb
@wolfgirl569 Thanks! That flatbread was the most burned of them all and the cheese slice is covering the ground beef thing where I also added onion and bell pepper.
I mean, it could have looked even better. 
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@somewitch (1986)
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23h
@rakski Thank you, it did taste good! But I'll have to add more salt, not for taste but for the cramps. Whatever helps with that.
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@somewitch (1986)
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18h
@grenery8 Thank you! I'll make my own tortillas in the future, I just need the strong flour.
@somewitch (1986)
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23h
@lilacskies I'm not familiar with Mexican food but I like spices, beans, peppers, cheese etc. So I guess I like Mexican, but I love trying any exotic food. 
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@lilacskies (1279)
• United States
22h
@somewitch That's awesome! I highly recommend you try spicy dishes from around the world!
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@luisadannointed (7210)
• Philippines
2h
I feel you. but what matter is you still had a nice meal.
I usually buy ingredients that I needed it is that because we are very fortunate that we have lots of store open nearby our house. Just like earlier, we run out of eggs at 5 Am I run to the store nearby our house and buy them for our ramen, I don't like eating ramen without eggs.
