In the last few months, I’ve done some pretty serious stumbling on my road to eating low on the glycemic index, but I’m doing my best to get back on the wagon.  One of the things I’ve been eating for a long time is “low carb” tortillas.  There are 5–6 brands to choose from in most stores these days, and they vary from pretty dang good, to horrendously awful.  There’s also a pretty wide range of “low carb”.  Many of them are pretty much just whole wheat, and what they really mean is “less carbs than pure cake flour”.  Everything’s relative I guess.  My favorite ones come from “La Tortilla Factory”.  They are largely made from oat bran, and they have a very nice, light texture.  And they really are pretty low carb.  The other ones I tend to eat come from Costco, and I can’t think of the brand right now (Don Pedro, maybe?).  They seem to be composed mostly of chaff as far as I can tell, but they are growing on my.  You definitely get your fiber.  Compared to some other brands that seem to be mostly sawdust, the chaff is pretty good. 

Anyway, not only do they make good sandwiches (or “wraps” in the common parlance) but they are the perfect thing to wrap around a good hot dog.  Having been raised on California Hippy Vegetarian cuisine, I have a special place in my heart for a good hot dog.  However, as I get older I really appreciate a good one from a bad one.  My wife picked up some “bad ones” the other day for the kids, since they don’t care much either way.  Boy, you can really taste the lips and hooves.  Costco actually has some of the better ones, including the fabulous Mt. Sinai kosher dogs.  Well worth the small fortune they want for them, if you like that kinda thing.  They had some even better ones the other day, whose brand I didn’t note unfortunately. 

Ever since High School I’ve been fond of the occasional “burrito dog” for breakfast.  Nothing like a hot dog in a tortilla with some melted cheese and hot sauce.  At least I’ve stopped washing them down with Jolt cola.