The hardest kitchen tool on the planet to find.

[Sephiroth]

Ok.. Here in Albuquerque, they aren't hard to find, but back in my college days on the east side of the side (might as well be Texas), there were none.

So I took a piece of cardboard box, bent it in half and covered it with tin foil. Just remember to pat them with a paper towel for the excess oil.

Worked like a charm every time!

theres a grocery store here not far south of albuquerque with a whole bin full of the things, i coulda gotten you one for $5

 

[Alidar Jarok]

So I go to Bed, Bath & Beyond. Surely the nirvana of kitchen-supplies would have such a device?

Whoa there, buddy. I'm pretty sure Williams-Sonoma is the nirvana of kitchen supplies.

I was desperately trying to think of kitchen-related Nirvana puns, but, sadly, I could only think of Dave Grill

 

[Trekker4747]

So I go to Bed, Bath & Beyond. Surely the nirvana of kitchen-supplies would have such a device?

Whoa there, buddy. I'm pretty sure Williams-Sonoma is the nirvana of kitchen supplies.

Well, no such places exsist where I live, so...

 

[Canadave]

Hard shell tacos are overrated.

Agreed. They taste better, and you can fold 'em so all your stuff stays inside.

 

[Bloodwhiner]

Except for a small strip along the US border no one in Latin America has bent-over hard fried taco shells.. it's a US style.

Throughout Central America tortillas are either rolled with the meat inside and fried (taquitos) or fried flat with toppings added latter (tostadas). Folded over tacos are soft shell with the tortilla either pan heated and quickly passed through hot oil so it is still malleable.

When my family visits from Central America they like to go to Taco Bell for Gringo Tacos. They see it as a foreign ethnic food treat.. they don't see it reflective of their culture at all. From the hard bent shell to the toppings to the yellow cheese - nothing is native to them.

You want a real treat - find a Honduran or El Salvadoran restaurant and have Papusas. They are a thick, hand-made corn masa flat bread that is stuffed with meat and cheese then fried. You then top it with grated, lightly pickled cabbage and some hot sauce.