[Avodah] Soft Flour Tortilla / Wrap

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 02:08:48PM -0500, Micha Berger wrote:
: On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 08:42:31PM +0200, Tal Moshe Zwecker wrote:
:: For a Soft Flour Tortilla / Wrap
:: What Bracha would you say HaMotzi or Mezenos and why?

: For the theory:
...
: Wraps are baked like the MB s"q 88... hamotzi.
...

RRW noted that I glossed over something that might not have been
obvious. I'm assuming that a "flour totilla" is by definition wheat,
not corn.

Real corn tortillas are made of pure mara harina flour, which is corn
flour treated with calcium hydroxide (try not to think of it as "lime")
which adds niacin, but more importantly, makes the corn more digestable.
The only other standard ingredient is water; some people cheat and use
baking soda. It's arguably shehakol, unless some store-brand alleged
"corn tortilla" uses a corn-wheat mix...


Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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