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Default Gluring together corn tortillas?

Sqwertz wrote:
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> I want to make pan fried shredded pork tacos tonight. I need to
> fold over the tortillas to half-moon shaped and seal in the pork
> and cheese while keeping oil from entering the interior.
>
> How would you seal the rounded edge of the tortilla?


More cheese? Perhaps egg, but melted cheese would be
more sticky -- more similar to a pressure-sensitive
adhesive than a setting adhesive.

Failing that, numerous toothpicks might be a more
reliable alternative.

> Jack in the Box has a device that clamps them shut when they put
> them into the deep fryer. But that would be a little overkill
> unless I have a big deep fryer (and the clamp).


I don't suppose you can link to a picture.
That clamp sounds like something I need for
my collection.