i'm not easily shocked but OMG...........

vixtress

i have just opened a pack of plain, bog standard tortilla wraps and glanced at the back to find they had 7 different e-numbers in them:eek:

i am stunned! i thought they were just thin bread

sorry but i just had to tell you, think i wil be stickin to OS piadines in the future

lil_me

Could make them yourself without the e's in. They are very quick to make it's just getting them flat enough I have 'issues' with. Only thing is they don't last as long (the ones pre packed usually have a long shelf life thanks to the e's in them) but you can usually freeze them fine.

vixtress

do you have a recipe?

could i do dough in the bread maker?

thanks

Gingernutmeg

Not every e-number is bad ... Vitamin C, which is commonly added to bread products as a preservative and improver, is an e number, as are the other vitamins and minerals that are added to food

Pink.

vixtress wrote: »

do you have a recipe?

could i do dough in the bread maker?

thanks

Hi vixtress,

There are recipes on these threads:

Tortilla wraps

Wraps - can you make them?

Pink

thriftlady_2

These things have an exraordinary amount of ingredients in them. The Old El Paso ones have hydrogenated vegetable oil in too.

Here's a recipe from THe More With Less Cookbook with 4 ingredients one of which is water

Makes 8-11

mix in a bowl
2 cups (about 9oz) of plain flour
1 tsp of salt
rub in until like fine breadcrumbs
2oz lard/marge/butter
add, gradually
4 fl oz luke warm water
Mix with a fork to form a stiff dough.
Knead really well until smooth and the surface has little air bubbles.
Put in the fridge 4-24 hours to make it easier to roll (grease the ball of dough first with a bit of oil). Let it get to room temp before rolling.

Divide into 8 or 11 balls depending whether you want small or large tortillas.
Roll as thin as you can on a floured surface.
Cook on a very hot, ungreased griddle or non-stick frying pan. Cook until spotted with brown marks -should only take 20 secs. Turn and cook other side.

You can freeze them or use immediately.

Haven't tried this yet, but the recipes in this book are reliable.

vikingaero

You could buy some flour and make your own torts. That way you'll know what's in them.

E numbers and calories are a measure of how good food tastes!

vixtress

Gingernutmeg wrote: »

Not every e-number is bad ... Vitamin C, which is commonly added to bread products as a preservative and improver, is an e number, as are the other vitamins and minerals that are added to food

i never knew that, thanks