Roy wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > >
> > >> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> > >>> ...
> > > > > >
> > >>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> > >>>> ...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > >>>>> "Janet B" > wrote in message
> > >>>>> ...
> > >>>>>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 20:36:17 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > > >>>>>> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > >>>>>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
> > > > > > > > > ...
> > >>>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:08:21 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > >>>>>>>> >
> > >>>>>>>> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > >>>>>>>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
> > > > > > > > > >
> > >>>>>>>> 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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Oh I dunno, I could see them for a guys football party in my back room.

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