Classic Or Dud: Making Tacos at Home

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from a kit or freestyle?
hard or soft?
meat or veg?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

freestyle
soft
meat

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Hard taco shells are of the devil. Beyond that, anything goes.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

It is great until you have eaten them and then you feel like the most disgusting person EVER.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

classic! especially if not made from a kit. and accompanied by fresh guacamole. i like the soft flour tortillas, and i usually fry them in a bit of butter til slighty browned then fill with meat and tomatoes, lettuce, scallions, ripe olives, cheese, sour cream and guacamole. yum.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

The soft-gourmet-blah-blah is all good, but...

I actually like hard taco shells! with ground beef, shredded iceburg, tomato, cheddar, salsa. It's as American as apple pie!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

freestyle, soft (CORN!), meat

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Spencer: ARGH.

(That said, these were the kind of tacos that I grew up eating as well at home, so I suppose you have a point. RAISE YOUR STANDARDS ANYWAY GODDAMMIT.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

This can't be dud unless you're such a kitchen spazz that you're grabbing random ingredients like lemons and Thin Mints and rolling them up and calling them a taco.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Of course not, Tep. That's a quesadilla.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Spencer likes breaking culinary taboos, I have noticed.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Hard-shell tacos are soccer mom food like potato salad, puppy chow, hot dogs, white bread, baked beans, etc. They have their place, but only once in a great while.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

And my God, you guys have to be Californians to think of soft shells as "more gourmet" than hard shells. You're contributing to the food thinking responsible for Mexican food being so terrible in this country!

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Of course not, Tep. That's a quesadilla.

No no, a taquito. Quesadillas are flat.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

ICEBERG LETTUCE IS SATAN'S SALAD!!!

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

oh man these are good. classickest is frying the little corn tortillas till they're a little stiff, then some beans and green onions and hot sauce and cheese. It's so hard not to overfill them!

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

And my God, you guys have to be Californians to think of soft shells as "more gourmet" than hard shells.

Hey, Spencer's words, not mine! (You are right on the Californians point and incorrect on the impact of OUR GODLY MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOLY FOOD IS ENJOYED AS SUCH.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

No no, a taquito. Quesadillas are flat.

Hm, you are correct! Mind you, are we deep frying these or not?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

hard shells, old el paso seasoning, tomatoes, lettuce, grated cheddar, and boca ground beef. possibly some salsa.

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i like 'em hard too

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

haha

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

What about taco seasoning packets? Classic or Ghetto?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The thing is, everywhere I eat now it's always gourmet tacos in soft shells with grilled chicken and chipotle sauce with this that and the other fresh ingredient. I do not feel that they're are actually better than good old McCormick's mix with ground beef and hard shells (*with* iceberg - a lettuce unfairly maligned by the self-hating bourgeois!). They're just different. I'm a bit sick of this pretentious and absolutist tyranny of the "gourmet".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Also Ned, it has nothing to do with 'raising standards'.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Freestyle
Soft (flour, fresh if you can)
MEAT (chili verde pork or chicken mole is the YUM)
Fuck seasoning packets

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

yay for mccormick's!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll definitely defend iceberg -- its bad rap comes from it becoming a default lettuce, I think, and romaine or radicchio would've suffered the same fate in the same position.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

It's taco day on ILX! I want to go to the store and get corn tortillas, red peppers, cheese, meat, and maybe some guac, and saute/pan-fry that shit. Maybe I can use the mole we have at home too?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I love making tacos at home, but I am equally fine with ones from Taco Bell.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

For nearly nutrition free lettuce things cabbage >>> iceburg lettuce!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

(Seasoning packets are practical -- if you don't use them and don't make tacos all the time or have a very well-stocked kitchen, but still want the classic taco filling, you'll end up compromising, and doesn't that ruin the point of not using the packet? -- low-sodium ones are even better, so you can increase the seasoning ratio without making it salty.)

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually I have become convinced cabbage (red or white) is one of the greatest things ever. It's like a flavor sponge cooked and the yummy crunchenator raw.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Corn tortillas
Orange Roughy or Sole
Cabbage
Sour Cream
Cumin
Chili Powder
Lime

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

good call. Even better -- fried fish tacos.

Me, I go for soft corn tortillas, pork, onions, and cilantro. Maybe some green sauce.

― Kenan (kenan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I should have made that explicit, Kenan. I do fry the fish in olive oil with cumin and lime.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

OH YES. I had tilapia burritos w/cumin over at a friend's house a couple of months ago and have made it a few times since. DELICIOUS.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I just had chicken tacos last night (freestyle with soft corn tortillas). Squeezing lime juice over the meat and garnishing with sliced radishes is a tasty treat.

― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

iceberg lettuce is absolutely lacking in any flavor, which is why i find it useless. i will say that it can have a nice texture, but so can any other lettuce which more than likely will have some flavor at least.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate cabbage, but like iceberg lettuce a lot. It's like the distinctions in flavorless between different kinds of bottled water.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

omg I forgot the avocados! Is everyone having tacos tonight?

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, this thread is making me hungry. Alex in SF OTM re cabbage -- it's very healthy, very yummy, and just about the cheapest veggie you can buy. I use it on tacos, too.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost:
But the crunchy texture of iceberg is totally unique (closest thing is cabbage which is still slightly chewy in comparison). Also, I can certainly taste it.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm kind of with Spencer on this one about the deliciousness of white trash tacos - hard shells, cheddar cheese, jarred salsa, seasoning packet, iceberg lettuce. Mmmm. Of course, nowadays, I'm using soy ground beef, so that makes it a little more bourgouis, but what can you do?

xpost, iceberg lettuce has a flavor, but the texture is the important part.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

all of the cabbage talk is making me wish i had some cole slaw.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

hey has anyone tried the soy chorizo?

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Are you a vegetarian, Nick?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i make them Spencer-style but with Morningstar crumbled soy griller faux meat, they are delicious

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Half red cabbage shredded
Half green cabbage shredded
Grated carrots
Rice wine vinegar
Sesame oil
Salt to taste
Let sit for several hours

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Yep vegertarianianian.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know why I'm surprised by that.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I have celeriac remoulade in the fridge, which is just cole slaw in French, but now I want both tacos and this Korean thing with chicken, cabbage, sweet potato, and chile sauce.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I want that too, from the sound of it!

(And so I went out and for lunch I had...flautas.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

It's really good, the name is on the tip of my tongue but it's not coming to me -- you basically stack the ingredients up on a hot cast-iron pan and then stir em up a bit until the cabbage cooks down and the chicken is cooked through (by which point the sauce has coated everything and the sweet potato is softened). Really simple but tasty. The kind of thing that should be fast food here.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm totally having (soft) tacos tonight now.
This cabbage talk tempts me to put saurkraut on them though. I bought a jar of Polish saurkraut that is The Greatness but is calling out for experimentation. Saurkraut in sandwiches/tacos? I will try it.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

It could work - the vinegary taste could take the place of salsa.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I may go to wahoo's and have tacos y cervezas for lunch.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Here it (the chicken w/ sweet potatoes and cabbage etc) is, dak galbi (food porn ahoy).

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Luna is a woman of thoughtful wisdom.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Plus, I like tacos and beer.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

saurkraut is fantastic on ruebens.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

hey has anyone tried the soy chorizo?
-- teeny (teen...), November 11th, 2004

I have, teeny. I quite like it!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

That food porn dak galbi site made my mouth water, for real. But how do you make the sauce? The sauce is so key - I know how it tastes, but what's in it? Surely more than just hot sauce?

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

That's the problem, I'm not sure -- it looks almost jelly-like in the photo, so I use Vietnamese chile-garlic sauce (the stuff that's like sriracha, but in a jar and chunkier with seeds), a little brown sugar, soy sauce, and sesame oil, and when I have it in the house (I can't find it locally) I add a spoonful of Tabasco pepper jelly. I wish I could find sesame leaves, I'm not even sure what they taste like.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Corn tortillas, lightly fried, with tillapia (sauted in cumin and chili powder and red peppercorns and lemon juice) & fresh guac & pico de gallo & shredded ROMAINE HEARTS (fuck iceberg) & sour cream & Cholula. Fuck you guys, you have ruined my plans to eat at the Chinese buffet again tonight. Taco night is upon us at 3765 F0r3st Gr33n Dr. TONIGHT.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Avocadoes are something I've only just started liking recently, strangely. I think maybe I hadn't been good at picking the good ones, before, or hadn't let them ripen enough (avocadoes are one of the few fruits that don't ripen until they're picked). This Christmas, when I'm alone in the house for two weeks (the time I generally experiment), I'm going to play around with avocado panna cottas (pannas cotta?), ice creams, and shakes.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic things about TACO NIGHTS:

1) easy to prepare
2) easy to serve to guests with variety of tastes

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

It reminds me a bit of the dressing for japanese salad, crossed with hot sauce. So, a bit vinegary, sesame-y, and hot yet slightly sweet? It might be sold at the Korean grocery store, but those pre-packaged sauces are always so full of msg and fillers. Will experiment. Thanks!
xpost!

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Avocado + bacon + chicken + optional potato + hot sauce or salsa = excellent taco.

xpost; vinegary! I hadn't thought of maybe adding rice vinegar or something. Now I need to make this again and try that.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Tep-There is a really good Indonesian soy sauce you can get (Kecap Manis? I think) that is more jellied and spicy/sweet than normal soy sauce. It may work. (When I first read the words "Fish Tacos" on ILX I really thought I was missing out on some new euphamism.)

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

(it's not new, but it is a euphemism)

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Indonesian soy sauce! This is something to look for. Next time I can get to the Asian place by campus, I'll see if they have it.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

wait hold on a sec, soft corn tortillas are "gourmet mexican food"?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I was only commenting on the reaction against hard shells.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

ah okay... i was gonna ask if anyone has ever eaten mexican food in mexico.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Hamburger buns with sesame seeds are gourmet too!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Russian salad dressing is gourmet!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Bottled beer is gourmet!

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Alcohol that wasn't brewed in your own bathtub is gourmet!

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

French-style fried potatoes are gourmet!

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

ILX YOU CONTROL ME

http://starstarstar.net/photos/dinner.jpg

not pictured: cheese

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

all that is in my belly now!

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 12 November 2004 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)

ok not all the beer.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 12 November 2004 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Woah, the containers too? HARDCORE

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 November 2004 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I applaud you hot sauce choice, teeny!

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)

A fine hot sauce choice indeed! I am envious of teenymeal but mine tonight will be tasty nonetheless.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 November 2004 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I am really mad that due to a rodent/shelving/clean displaced dishes currently covering every inch of my apartment problem I cannot make tacos tonight. It angers me.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 12 November 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

This is offtopic vaguely, but since it's a thread about cooking..

Tonight I made delicious tofu/ground pork stirfry concotion. loosely based on ma-po tofu, but I didn't have an exact recipe for it. take approximately equal parts mushrooms, tofu & ground pork, marinate in ginger/soy sauce/garlic/cayenne pepper. stirfry. eat deliciously.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

My tacos were great! And saurkraut works so well as an alternative to lettuce! I used the Holy Trinity of Meats - a cello-wrapped package of three smallish rounds of pork, beef and veal. I'm, like, hey, it's all meat, it's all ground. And it's good. I went with Louisiana hot sauce this time, but needed a lot of it. Must get self to hot sauce thread now.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 12 November 2004 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Louisiana makes a habanero sauce, too! I have mixed feelings about the complicated world of habanero sauces, and about the empty gap between "hot" and "very hot" vs the crowded continuum from "very hot" through "the special Dave's Insanity batch not actually designed for human consumption," but Louisiana's habanero sauce is pretty good and not so hot that it can't be used as a condiment.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 12 November 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Tonight didn't turn out to be a cooking night, but we did go to a half-decent Mexican place for dinner to satisfy my taco lust. Hopefully taco night will happen soon.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 12 November 2004 03:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I had macaroni and cheese w/ meatballs and smoked mozzarella, and feel as though I have let some food god down. Not to mention the gods of spice. I will have to make up for this soon.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 12 November 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

ooh I shouldn't be flipping back and forth between this and the fleshlight thread. OUT OF CONTEXT BADNESS.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 12 November 2004 03:58 (twenty-one years ago)

WRONG TACO TEENY

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha! ew. I've been avoiding the fleshlight thread like crazy.

Sometimes, Tep, blandness has to happen. But only sometimes. I don't think I could eat macaroni and cheese now without liberal amounts of hot sauce. I kind of can't wait to one day move away from the Big City (pollution, smoke, etc.) so that my taste buds will return to their glory days, when I didn't have to add massive amounts of spice to everything, y'know, the days of subtlety in flavouring. oh. well.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

This one wouldn't have gone well with hot sauce, it was too ... I don't know, smoky/herbal. Depends on the hot sauce, I guess -- I don't think there's yet a hot sauce that's excellent for Italian food, strangely enough. You'd think with pepperoncini and whatnot ... well, that's a project for another weekend.

I really want tacos and avocados and bacon and spice right now, in that "I'm not hungry but if there were a scratch-and-taste sticker..." sort of way.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

the fleshlight thread

An absolutely bizarre, strange thread, that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, that's a definite craving (no, not the fleshlight! the avocado/bacon/etc) - I still can't believe you weren't swayed by this thread to eat tacos tonight. Amazing resistance.

Hot Italian food, hm. Well, I've had hot italian pepper sausages, but yeah, Italian hot is more of a black pepper hot. And a specific kind of red pepper, I guess. But that doesn't always go with Italian creamy/herbal, you're right. Oh, and enough garlic is hot. I guess it's sometimes best to let the oregano and basil do what it does without spicy interferance.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I had already pre-cooked the meatballs for macaroni! And made chicken stock for smothered chicken tomorrow, is the thing, so I don't anticipate tacos tomorrow, either.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:44 (twenty-one years ago)

yay for homemade tacos. the last few times i did them, i made spice-crusted tofu for the filling. delicious, but a bit time-consuming.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Italian hot = arrabiata dudes. Which has chillies in as well as bell peppers, I think...? Also it means 'grumpy' or somesuch.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I could eat macaroni and cheese now without liberal amounts of hot sauce

OTM! Esp. baked macaroni & real cheese w/lots of hot sauce, mmmmmmm. Nothing to be shamed of.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, but it's still not quite the same -- you can't add arrabiata or fra diavolo sauce willy-nilly to other things like you can Tabasco, sriracha, and whatnot. It's not the lack of heat in Italian cooking -- vinegar chicken is Italian, buffalo wings come straight from it -- so much as the lack of the hot sauce niche.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

anyone ever stab themselves in the roof of the mouth with a taco shell. mexifuckers.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, btw, the taco I ordered at the Mexican place last night = hard shell.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Finally made tacos tonight!

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 19 November 2004 23:51 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

how were they?

I often get a flank steak, marinade it in Mojo criollo, cook it on the grill, and slice it up onto tacos with onions, sour cream, homemade guac, lettuce, cheese ---either kraft shredded mexican or the crumbly quesa fresca stuff --, some sort of pepper that's been on the grill, and salsa brava. One flank steak is usually good for at least a dozen tacos.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

making KOALA tacos at home -- classic or dud?!?

― Eisbaer, Sunday, 26 August 2007 04:35 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

I love that the Mexican grocery store down the block has "carne por tacos" that is already chopped up and ready for the frying pan, and it doesn't cost any more per pound than regular skirt steak.

fresh corn tortillas
carne por tacos w/ salt, garlic, and adobo seasoning
chopped white onion
chopped cilantro
smear of crema supremo
shot of valentina hot sauce
limes for squeezin
=
best late lunch ever

― ┃♜ฺ│♞ฺ│♝ฺ│♛ฺ│♚ฺ│♝ฺ│♞ฺ│♜ฺ┃ (dan m), Thursday, 18 December 2008 22:51 (seventeen years ago)

I want that for dinner.

― atty at LOL (Jenny), Thursday, 18 December 2008 23:45 (seventeen years ago)

C/D: Making pink tacos at home?

― ＴＥＥＮＡＧＥＤＩＡＬＥＣＴＩＣＳ (libcrypt), Friday, 19 December 2008 00:00 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Jerk chicken, avocado, raw onion, jack cheese, sriracha, a dab of sour cream; corn tortillas, soft.

I don't think it was just because I was so hungry, but that was the best thing I've eaten this year.

― Religious Embolism (WmC), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 18:00 (sixteen years ago)

yeah that sounds pretty tasty

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 18:06 (sixteen years ago)

sounds awesome -- if you have a pic you should put it on WDYTLL

― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 18:08 (sixteen years ago)

I didn't have room in the tortilla for the lime slaw, so I had a little of that on the side.

xpost -- too late, it's in my belly. GOD that was good -- that was the last of the jerk chicken, too, I think I'm going to have to grill some more this week.

― Religious Embolism (WmC), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 18:10 (sixteen years ago)

jerk chicken tacos make me think of this place: http://www.chinobandido.com/

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 18:14 (sixteen years ago)

classique

i wouldn't want to have soft tacos at home cuz they're all i can get when i go out. need me some hard tacos! mm mmmmm!

― big (surm), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 18:15 (sixteen years ago)

six years pass...

where do they sell taco KITS

― j., Monday, 19 September 2016 18:30 (nine years ago)

old el paso

― PappaWheelie V, Monday, 19 September 2016 18:31 (nine years ago)

never been there

― j., Monday, 19 September 2016 18:38 (nine years ago)

made 4 tacos this morning tbh

― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 September 2016 18:39 (nine years ago)

breakfast tacos are my favorite tacos to make

― marcos, Monday, 19 September 2016 18:41 (nine years ago)

just have to heat up some beans, fry some onions and peppers, lightly fry a few tortillas, then add grated cheese/sour cream/salsa/hot sauce/meat if you must. don't worry about portions because you can just stash the extras in the fridge and you're already 90% of the way to your next taco morning

― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 September 2016 18:43 (nine years ago)

i'm not sure about the difference between breakfast tacos and afternoon/evening tacos. i think i just always make a breakfast taco!

― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 September 2016 18:50 (nine years ago)

eggs?

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 19 September 2016 18:52 (nine years ago)

they put those little cucumber slices in afternoon tacos

― j., Monday, 19 September 2016 20:17 (nine years ago)

ok that is not cool this thread is about real tacos not fake dollars

― j., Monday, 19 September 2016 20:24 (nine years ago)

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