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> 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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>>>>>>>>> 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)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the salad is a deconstructed taco
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ahh yes. Understood) So, does a taco salad have set ingredients
>>>>>> (which define it as a taco salad)?
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> So, just any regular salad that is served in a taco shell?
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> 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

Sheldon I am interested in most types of cooking which is why I ask the
questions. No one is forced to respond.

Thanks for you opinion on them though.




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