On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 11:39:56 -0700 (PDT), 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" >
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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.
>> >
>> >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
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>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.

I don't like corn chips either, they are analogious to Pringles...
when I want chips I want real potato chips, not fakes formed from
ground paste. Corn chips are no different from cheese doodles, in
fact nachos made with cheese doodles are far better than those made
with corn chips. Nachos is not Mexican food either, it's TEX-mex...
no self respecting Mexican would eat nachos.