Tool for frying a tortilla with a semi-pliable center

A frying accessory comprising:

• a. a left and a right opposing hold-down flap each having a respective lowermost rigid structure defining a plane, the lowermost rigid structures of a size and configuration as to hold a tortilla flat against a horizontal surface;
• b. an elongated, generally straight, central lift bar moveably coupled between the left and right hold-down flaps;
• the coupling of the hold-down flaps and the central lift bar providing for at least two configurations of relative positioning:
• a first frying configuration in which the left hold-down flap's lowermost region and right hold-down flap's lowermost region are co-planar and mutually proximate with a gap between them, the gap being generally rectangular and through the accessory;
• further, in the frying configuration, the central lift bar being parallel to and directly above the gap and in a plane parallel to the hold-down flaps' planes;
• and
• a second inserting-removing configuration in which both the left and right hold-down flaps are above the central lift bar.