• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    Basic pot with corn oil. The tortillas themselves are incredibly cheap when you buy the packages, I cut them into sixths instead of quarters to feel fancy.

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        12 hours ago

        Dunno who downvotes an honest question, but I got you back on the better side of zero.

        Suffice to say most people will call me dirty, but I leave it as is most times. If I’m desperate and/or lazy and didn’t want to go to the store for more and it’s starting to taste funky, I ghetto clarify it with a 1:3 mix of cornstarch and milk respectively.

        Start with one drop off water from your finger in the cold oil and when you hear it start to bubble, kill the heat and add one more drop off water. When you hear it popping once every half second or so add a small amount of the milk cornstarch mix and stir vigorously. Strain through first a course sift then a fine one. The proteins in the milk and cornstarch will bind with all the nastiness and make the particles big enough to be caught by the filters and give you almost brand new oil assuming you don’t deep fry at 400+degrees.