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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

made flautas tonight

I never heard of flautas. From context, they are clearly some form of mexican tortilla wrapped dish.

Makes me wonder, just how many different names are there for stuff wrapped up in a tortilla?

In order of my own personal exposure, I know of:

Enchiladas
Chimichangas
Burritos
Tostadas (Not really wrapped, so doesn't count)
Soft tacos
Wraps
Taquitos
and now Flautas

Take pictures of all of them, and you will see little difference.

I'd love to see a definition for each.

In my own experience, an enchilada has sauce on it, a chimichanga is fried crispy, a burrito is plain and can be eaten with your hands, a tostada is open faced, a soft taco has cold ingredients, a wrap is lunch meat, and I'm not really sure what taquitos and flautas are. Probably a small burrito.

And I forgot tamales. Which are nasty soft corn tortillas or sometime corn husks.