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Backpacker Magazine – January 2009

The Tortilla's Many Uses

More than just a hammock for your burrito ingredients, tortillas are very versatile.

by: Steve Shannon

(Photo by Julia Vandenoever)

Multitasking Meal
The tortilla is the perfect camp food–it's already flat, so it can't get smushed. It also works as an edible napkin or potholder, and when filled with any meat cooked over the campfire, it makes a savory hot pad.
Steve Shannon, Fairbanks, AK

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also makes a great replacement for toilet paper if you're in a pinch. just be careful not to mixup with "edible napkin" pile.
Posted: Aug 01, 2009 jefecamp

Leave the WetOnes at home...thanks to the multitasking tortillas you're covered for your backcountry hygiene needs. Makes a GREAT edible bodywipe for post sweaty hike refreshment.
Posted: Aug 01, 2009 avidcamper

How about a dessert tortilla?

Try spreading butter if you have it or any light oil over a flower tortilla and sprinkling it with a generous portion of cinnamon/sugar mix then gently toast over the camp stove or fire. Can be eaten cold but better toasted.

Posted: Jun 30, 2009 Charles Fink, Cedar Crest, NM