On 9/13/2015 12:39 PM, Roy wrote:
> 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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>>>>>>>> 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 ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
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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
>
> 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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>

No one specified "every day" did they?

Meanwhile you'll be missing a real treat:

http://img2.findthebest.com/sites/de..._545077_i0.jpg

Which is YOUR loss.