Rolled and fried · Flour, not corn
Flautas Victorenses
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Everywhere else in Mexico a flauta is a fried, rolled corn tortilla; in Ciudad Victoria it is a flour tortilla, warmed on the comal and not fried.
A flour tortilla, sometimes very large, rolled around a guiso such as picadillo, shredded meat, chicharrón in salsa, beans with cheese or chorizo with egg, and served with shredded cabbage, red and green salsas and lime at flauta stands.
Why it's made this way: Rolling a flour tortilla and calling it a flauta is a Ciudad Victoria custom, credited locally to a cook who served truck drivers near the bus station, and the city now holds a flauta festival.
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