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Aren’t tacos very different things in different places? You and the person you answer to may be talking past each other if you have a different idea of what a t
by dgellow 4y ago
Aren’t tacos very different things in different places? You and the person you answer to may be talking past each other if you have a different idea of what a tacos is in your mind.
Just for the anecdote, I’m back from France and tacos there are a weird sandwich. But I’ve always seen them made using a hard-shell made of corn, that breaks way too easy. And I believe that’s considered heretic in the US, so I’m not even sure what you would expect an actual tacos to be!
- ghaff 4y ago>But I’ve always seen them made using a hard-shell made of corn, that breaks way too easy. And I believe that’s considered heretic in the US Certainly not heretic. You'll find hard-shell corn tacos in pretty much any US grocery store. They do break easily but they're what I would tend to use for a taco with ground beef. Otherwise, I'd usually use soft corn.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI usually get two, break them up and make a taco salad, much easier to eat and less likely to ruin a shirt. If I can't set up that situation I get the soft tacos.
- dgellow 4y agoOh that's an interesting idea. Never heard of a taco salad.
- robonerd 4y agoIn America, hard-shell tacos are simultaneously heretical and popular. It's polarizing, like pineapples on pizza.
- lordnacho 4y agoMarmite is polarising, you can legitimately like or dislike it. What you're suggesting is inflammatory legitimisation of an abhorrent practice.
- sitkack 4y agoMarmite hard shelled tacos, with shrimp
- mmastrac 4y agoAnd pineapple?
- s0rce 4y agoand nutella
- Ekaros 4y agoand ketchup
- flossmaster 4y agoAnd some dental floss for after!
- sitkack 4y agoThis works, I might add watercress.
- Handytinge 4y agoPrawns*
- emodendroket 4y agoHonestly the disdain for them is a _little_ silly when they're not that different from a tostada (in fact, Taco Bell, in their failed foray into Mexico, called their tacos "Tacostadas" to give Mexican customers the idea).
- gkop 4y agoWhat kind of taco do you picture when you think of a hard-shelled taco? I picture American tacos (which are not good tacos, though I wouldn’t say I “disdain” them per se).
- emodendroket 4y agoOh well ground beef with “taco seasoning” is not necessarily that compelling. But the concept of a hard shell for tacos itself seems not that different from the impulse behind tostadas (or taquitos or flautas).
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- jeegsy 4y ago> in their failed foray into Mexico Really, they actually tried this? What were they thinking??
- emodendroket 4y agoIt's not really "Mexican food" and they weren't trying to get in that lane but to be something different. It's not that crazy. Panda Express has been somewhat successful in Asia.
- prpl 4y agohard shell tacos are easy to find in the southwest and much different to what taco bell might serve. They are just fried corn tortillas folded. That was the original inspiration of to crunchy taco, execution just got iffy as they scaled up.