I Love Tacos but...
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maddierisley wrote: »Try substituting the shell with Lettuce for lettuce wraps. Surprisingly delicious, and way less calories (will keep the carbs down). I felt so much better after tacos with lettuce instead of the hard or soft shells.
This is lettuce with meat - not a taco. Maybe call it a spring roll or something.
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MommyL2015 wrote: »Fun fact: Taco Bell invented the hard taco shell, not Mexicans. I was seriously disappointed to learn that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWSOiZrs3oA 0 -
Yo quiero Taco Bell.0
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MommyL2015 wrote: »Fun fact: Taco Bell invented the hard taco shell, not Mexicans. I was seriously disappointed to learn that.
umm, don't think that's right. "Beginning from the early part of the twentieth century, various styles of tacos have become popular in the United States and Canada.[13] An early appearance of a description of the taco in the United States in English was in a 1914 cookbook, California Mexican-Spanish Cookbook, by Bertha Haffner Ginger.[14] The style that has become most common is the hard-shell, U-shaped version described in a cookbook, The good life: New Mexican food, authored by Fabiola Cabeza de Vaca Gilbert and published in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1949"
Freedman, Robert L. (1981). Human food uses: a cross-cultural, comprehensive annotated bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-313-22901-5. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
Taco Bell popularized it, but did not invent it.0 -
MommyL2015 wrote: »Fun fact: Taco Bell invented the hard taco shell, not Mexicans. I was seriously disappointed to learn that.
umm, don't think that's right. "Beginning from the early part of the twentieth century, various styles of tacos have become popular in the United States and Canada.[13] An early appearance of a description of the taco in the United States in English was in a 1914 cookbook, California Mexican-Spanish Cookbook, by Bertha Haffner Ginger.[14] The style that has become most common is the hard-shell, U-shaped version described in a cookbook, The good life: New Mexican food, authored by Fabiola Cabeza de Vaca Gilbert and published in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1949"
Freedman, Robert L. (1981). Human food uses: a cross-cultural, comprehensive annotated bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-313-22901-5. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
Taco Bell popularized it, but did not invent it.
Well, whatever it is that she called a taco was something else ... maybe a 'flauta' but not the a taco and not a U shaped Taco Bell thingamabob.
It looks oddly like a ... on a shell.
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Flautas are round and closed. And smaller.
Hard shell tacos are, indeed, tacos, even if inferior.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »Flats are round and closed.
Hard shell tacos are, indeed, tacos, even if inferior.
We are going to have a difference of opinion, Tex. My Mexican soul says this is a taco:
Notice the corn tortilla (not flour), no american cheese, no guacamole, no cream, no iceberg lettuce.
(yes, flautas are round and closed - usually chicken, I was referring to the idea of fried. Tacos are not fried.)0 -
I make tacos starting with 95% lean beef - with the sauce and seasoning, the beef doesn't get dry or flavorless as can be a risk with such lean beef.
I make the meat the star of the show - I go easy on everything else, and eat a whole lot of meat for not a whole lot of calories. Even half a pound (pre-cooking weight) of 95% lean beef is only about 300 calories, and it's a lot of meat.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »We are going to have a difference of opinion, Tex. My Mexican soul says this is a taco:
Notice the corn tortilla (not flour), no american cheese, no guacamole, no cream, no iceberg lettuce.
(yes, flautas are round and closed - usually chicken, I was referring to the idea of fried. Tacos are not fried.)
that's how tacos tend to look in my neck of the woods...i tend to see more white corn than yellow though.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Flats are round and closed.
Hard shell tacos are, indeed, tacos, even if inferior.
We are going to have a difference of opinion, Tex. My Mexican soul says this is a taco:
Notice the corn tortilla (not flour), no american cheese, no guacamole, no cream, no iceberg lettuce.
(yes, flautas are round and closed - usually chicken, I was referring to the idea of fried. Tacos are not fried.)
Drooling, here.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
This looks so yummy!0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Flats are round and closed.
Hard shell tacos are, indeed, tacos, even if inferior.
We are going to have a difference of opinion, Tex. My Mexican soul says this is a taco:
Notice the corn tortilla (not flour), no american cheese, no guacamole, no cream, no iceberg lettuce.
(yes, flautas are round and closed - usually chicken, I was referring to the idea of fried. Tacos are not fried.)
I live in Chicago and this is how tacos look like when you go to an authentic (not tex-mex) Mexican restaurant around here! You have to specifically ask for the "american version" with cheese, sour cream, and veggies.0 -
Yes, that's a taco. I like the yellow corn and cilantro, but it's otherwise sadly lacking.EvgeniZyntx wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Flats are round and closed.
Hard shell tacos are, indeed, tacos, even if inferior.
We are going to have a difference of opinion, Tex. My Mexican soul says this is a taco:
Notice the corn tortilla (not flour), no american cheese, no guacamole, no cream, no iceberg lettuce.
(yes, flautas are round and closed - usually chicken, I was referring to the idea of fried. Tacos are not fried.)
ETA: It needs some queso fresco and pico de gallo, imo. I wouldn't turn it down, though.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
Yes, that's a taco. I like the yellow corn and cilantro, but it's otherwise sadly lacking.EvgeniZyntx wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Flats are round and closed.
Hard shell tacos are, indeed, tacos, even if inferior.
We are going to have a difference of opinion, Tex. My Mexican soul says this is a taco:
Notice the corn tortilla (not flour), no american cheese, no guacamole, no cream, no iceberg lettuce.
(yes, flautas are round and closed - usually chicken, I was referring to the idea of fried. Tacos are not fried.)
ETA: It needs some queso fresco and pico de gallo, imo. I wouldn't turn it down, though.
ok, queso fresco would be fine. And the pico de gallo o salsa verde is something you would add yourself before eating. But I agree with you.
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Cranquistador wrote: »That's it! I'm having tacos tonight! I might even have 2 or 3!
I started my day by not logging ... I'm getting alllllll the taco fixings fo' sho'.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
Yes, that's a taco. I like the yellow corn and cilantro, but it's otherwise sadly lacking.EvgeniZyntx wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Flats are round and closed.
Hard shell tacos are, indeed, tacos, even if inferior.
We are going to have a difference of opinion, Tex. My Mexican soul says this is a taco:
Notice the corn tortilla (not flour), no american cheese, no guacamole, no cream, no iceberg lettuce.
(yes, flautas are round and closed - usually chicken, I was referring to the idea of fried. Tacos are not fried.)
ETA: It needs some queso fresco and pico de gallo, imo. I wouldn't turn it down, though.
ok, quest fresco would be fine. And the pico de gallo o salsa verde is something you would add yourself before eating. But I agree with you.
I love a good pico (salsa fresca)...most places i get tacos do put some queso fresca on there, but it's usually just a pinch...i hate when my taco is drowning in cheese...i'm all about the barbacoa.0 -
*wanders off to put chicken and chipotles into the crockpot*
Barbacoa is AMAZING. I did find a decent copycat recipe awhile back, but compared to the price of chicken I typically cannot justify getting beef often.
This may be totally unacceptable, but I think I'm going to shred cabbage to put in my taco tonight. Nom!0 -
I will never live in a world without tacos. That would be unacceptable.
I usually make mine at home, but when buying them out...I just do a nice calorie estimate.
As a vegetarian, it took me a wee bit to make a version that was similar to the tacos I had growing up, but I made one that is basically the same, but no meat and healthier.
We have a vegan taco truck here and I go there often. Yum!!
What do you use for the filling, Shell? The Beyond Meat crumbles?
I will be making tacos this week, methinks.
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