On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:06:47 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 20:36:17 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:08:21 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>>>>>>>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> snip
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>>>>>>>>>>>So, it is nothing to do with the tortilla? Oh my, I get so
>>>>>>>>>>>confuddled)
>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>though 'taco' was another name for a tortilla used in a different
>>>>>>>>>>>way.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Thank you)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Tacos are varying ingredients served in a folded tortilla,
>>>>>>>>>> generally
>>>>>>>>>> eaten in the hand.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>You are going to confuse the heck outta me again ... aren't you???
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>O retires from the subject, gracefully ...
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>>>>>>>> picture of taco
>>>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/poq8zhr
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>>>>>>>Now that is what *I* understand a taco to be)) As I said, the 'taco
>>>>>>>salad' thing was confusing .... well to me anyway)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>thanks)
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>>>>>> the salad is a deconstructed taco
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>>>>> Ahh yes. Understood) So, does a taco salad have set ingredients
>>>>> (which define it as a taco salad)?
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>>>> Tacos don't even have set ingredients. But in general there is a
>>>> protein
>>>> such as meat, fish or beans, lettuce and tomato. Sometimes cheese.
>>>> Sometimes cabbage or coleslaw. Sometimes just pico de gallo. Depends
>>>> on
>>>> where you get it. The taco salad if served in a shell will have a dab
>>>> of
>>>> beans on the plate to stick the shell down to. And often more beans in
>>>> the bottom. It will almost always have lettuce and tomato. Some form
>>>> of
>>>> meat. Usually steak, chicken or seasoned ground beef. Cheese, olives,
>>>> tomatoes, salsa, and often sour cream and guacamole. I put sliced green
>>>> onions and cilantro on mine. Sometimes also topped with tortilla chips
>>>> but usually not served in a shell if it has those. Some places here
>>>> serve
>>>> them with pita bread which seems weird to me.
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>>> So, just any regular salad that is served in a taco shell?
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>> No! It has to be the sorts of things that you would normally put into a
>> typical taco. But what those things are, will vary. Salads are not
>> usually served in taco shells although there is lettuce or cabbage and
>> often tomatoes.
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>>> That is just what I was trying to ascertain! Thank you!
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>> You are making this waaaay too complicated.
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>I am very sorry you think so. You forget these things are unknown to me and
>I am interested. If you find it annoying please ignore my posts.

Don't sweat the small stuff... there's nothing Mexican about crispy
taco shells, it's strictly a relatively recent American invention,
that can be filled with anything one dreams up... I don't like them,
it's like eating from an edible paper plate.
http://www.thekitchn.com/100-america...ispy-ta-154273