Recipes for every day

Can you fry tortillas in extra virgin olive oil?

Add 1/2 cup light olive oil or corn oil (you may need to add more, depending on how many you fry). Sprinkle a drop of water into the pan and when it pops, the oil is hot enough to start cooking the tortillas. Is it OK to fry with extra virgin olive oil? Bottom line. …

Can you cook baked potatoes too long?

Failures are rare because it’s difficult to overbake a potato and in fact, some people prefer potatoes baked as long as two hours. However, if you forget about the potato and leave it in the oven for many hours, the result is a shriveled, tough, inedible potato. What happens if you bake potatoes too long? …