<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
 
>From time to time, people misplace or lose a recipe or other posting
and want to get another copy of it.  Often times this results in a
post to the CELIAC list such as this recent query:
 
>I missed the flour tortilla recipe - Please could someone re-post it
>or e-mail it to me.....
 
This may get the desired response.  However, it is faster and less of
a burden on the other list subscribers to retrieve the previous
message yourself.  I'll use the above request as an example.  All I
remember is that it was posted sometime in December.  To find that
posting, I'd send the following commands in a message to
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//   JOB
Database search DD=Rules
//Rules DD *
SEARCH tortilla IN CELIAC FROM 95/12/01 to 95/12/31
INDEX
PRINT
/*
 
These seven lines will return every posting containing the word
"tortilla" that was sent to the list on or between December first
and December 31st.  It doesn't matter whether tortilla is in
capital letters, small letters, or mixed.  All these prior posts
are sent back in a single e-mail message.
 
You could replace the word "tortilla" with any word or part of a
word that you might wish to find.  Of course, you should use a word
that does not occur too often; for example "gluten" is probably not
a good choice. ;o)
 
In this case you get back the following information.  (I've snipped
out all the posts except the actual recipe post.)
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> SEARCH tortilla IN CELIAC FROM 95/12/01 to 95/12/31
--> Database CELIAC, 6 hits.
 
> INDEX
Item #   Date   Time  Recs   Subject
------   ----   ----  ----   -------
004578 95/12/01 13:23   24   Follow-up to 'oat fiber in corn tortillas'
004582 95/12/01 13:12   49   oat fiber GF ??
004831 95/12/19 09:11    9   request recipe: flour tortillas
004875 95/12/21 13:36   47   /R flour tortillas
004924 95/12/26 16:33   69   Time to say hello & recipes for God's food
004963 95/12/30 23:22   26   "Tortilla" recipe help needed
 
> PRINT
 
<snip>
 
>>> Item number 4875, dated 95/12/21 13:36:05 -- ALL
Date:         Thu, 21 Dec 1995 13:36:05 -0700
From:         Mark Whitney <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      /R flour tortillas
 
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>Does anybody out there have a recipe for flour tortillas (without corn).
>Thanks!
>Ingrid Gordon
 
Hi Ingrid,
 
I have been trying to perfect a recipe for a flour tortillas for
sometime.  I have a hispanic heritage and my mom made homemade
tortillas my whole life and I want my celiac daughter to have the
same.  So, the following recipe is what I'm using now, but plan to
improve the recipe in the next few months.
 
1.5 cups tapioca flour
1.5 cups potato flour
1 tsp baking powder
1.5 sticks margarine
1/3 cup milk
3 tsp xanthum gum
 
Combine dry ingredients in bowl. Add margarine by hand.
Pour milk into to flour mix a small amount at a time.
Collect flour with milk into half-fisted balls.  Do this
until all flour mix is used.  May have to add small
amount of flour to each ball to make less sticky.  Put balls into
bowl and cover with cloth.  Let stand for 1 to 2 hrs.  Roll
individuals balls with pastry roller and pastry cloth to roll upon.
Heat pan to medium/hot heat.  Lift pastry cloth (this should have
wood frame to support this movement) and heated pan and flip rolled
tortilla into heated pan.  Cook until tortilla bubbles and turn over.
 
This is a difficult process and the tortillas are very good when
first made but do not freeze very well.  I'll let you know if I get
a chance to improve this recipe.  We use these tortillas for cheese
crisps and my children gobble them up.
 
Hope this helps,
 
Mark Whitney, USA
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602-899-3379
 
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The dates in your request should always be in the form YY/MM/DD.
If you want to look through ALL the previous postings, dating back
to Nov. '94, you can leave out the "FROM 95/12/01 TO 95/12/31" part.
But be prepared:  You'll probably get a LOT of postings sent back to
you unless the word you search for is very unique.
 
You may want to save this post or print it, so that the next time
you want to look up a previous posting you'll have an example of how
to do it.  If you try searching the database and run into trouble,
feel free to send me a private e-mail message and I'll be glad to
help you out.
 
Jim Lyles ........ <[log in to unmask]> ........ Holly, Michigan, USA