On Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 10:11:05 AM UTC-6, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:06:47 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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> >"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> >>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> >>>>> "Janet B" > wrote in message
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> >>>>>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 20:36:17 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> >>>>>> wrote:
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> >>>>>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
> >>>>>>>news:h3v8valkkolv9m9lds1v998bqe6vamm7pg@4ax .com...
> >>>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:08:21 +0100, "Ophelia"
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> >>>>>>>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> >>>>>>>> snip
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>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 ...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> picture of taco
> >>>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/poq8zhr
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>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.
> >>>
> >>> That is just what I was trying to ascertain! Thank you!
> >>
> >> You are making this waaaay too complicated.
> >
> >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

They are great for lazy people who have no ambition to cook real
food and wash real dishes. I sure wouldn't want to eat them every
freakin' day...certainly not a treat by any means.
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