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Personally, I don't like tacos. (Original Post) malthaussen Sep 2016 OP
Fish tacos for life. JaneyVee Sep 2016 #1
You are so frigging right. Happyhippychick Sep 2016 #11
My favorite is dark meat turkey Warpy Sep 2016 #27
And available at my street corner as well Zambero Sep 2016 #2
I feel for you madokie Sep 2016 #3
Greatly appreciate it, Mal. Hortensis Sep 2016 #4
I'm partial to burritos myself! TheDebbieDee Sep 2016 #5
tacos are not a single thing Kali Sep 2016 #6
Show me a taco without plant matter... malthaussen Sep 2016 #14
easy! Kali Sep 2016 #21
You don't like them? librarylu Sep 2016 #7
I love tacos, salsa, tostadas, etc. but, montana_hazeleyes Sep 2016 #26
I'm appalled. librarylu Sep 2016 #30
LOL! montana_hazeleyes Sep 2016 #31
I love cilantro - always have some growing in my garden womanofthehills Sep 2016 #34
I'm with ya. Don't like cilantro at all. n/t TDale313 Sep 2016 #35
Is that even humanly possible to not like tacos? AgadorSparticus Sep 2016 #8
Not my favorite either, but I can... TreasonousBastard Sep 2016 #9
With all the ingredient combinations available, maybe you just haven't found the right taco? procon Sep 2016 #10
The recipe on the back of the taco "dinner kit" Freddie Sep 2016 #12
A taco stuffed with scrapple... malthaussen Sep 2016 #16
I don't like them either. Tracer Sep 2016 #13
IMHO tortillas shouldn't be crunchy Retrograde Sep 2016 #25
Soft tacos! MFM008 Sep 2016 #15
Tacos are awesome melman Sep 2016 #17
I bet you like "pink tacos" though. Quantess Sep 2016 #18
Now that I've Googled it... malthaussen Sep 2016 #20
I hear they have trucks now struggle4progress Sep 2016 #32
If all you've ever eaten are Taco Bell tacos, I understand lunatica Sep 2016 #19
Try shrimp Tacos bravenak Sep 2016 #22
I hope all those taco trucks don't crowd out the possibility of middle eastern trucks Revanchist Sep 2016 #23
Why do you hate America? awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #24
If I'm elected president I will deport anyone who doesn't like tacos! Binkie The Clown Sep 2016 #28
Commie. Socal31 Sep 2016 #29
I like cats. IcyPeas Sep 2016 #33
Try them! Try them! And you may! ThoughtCriminal Sep 2016 #36
i prefer fajitas. i DO like flour tortillas a lot. pansypoo53219 Sep 2016 #37
I love tacos. Not as much as enchiladas, but pretty dam close. Rex Sep 2016 #38

Warpy

(110,909 posts)
27. My favorite is dark meat turkey
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 12:00 AM
Sep 2016

slow cooked with green chile and tomatillos, then pulled like pork. Fill the tacos with whatever else you like.

Turkey is traditional. Pork, beef, chicken, and lamb are all colonial imports.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. Greatly appreciate it, Mal.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 10:43 AM
Sep 2016

Salute with a Negra Modelo to you. Can't help thinking you've never had my tacos, though, not that they're the best ever, just kinda wonderful anyway.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
6. tacos are not a single thing
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 10:58 AM
Sep 2016

they are as varied as sandwiches (in fact that is essentially what they are)

do you really not like any tacos?

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
14. Show me a taco without plant matter...
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:43 PM
Sep 2016

... and I'd be okay with it. A taco shell with chili, say. I daresay, one could make a peanut butter and jelly taco if he wanted to...

-- Mal

Kali

(54,990 posts)
21. easy!
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 03:46 PM
Sep 2016

tacos (insert type of meat: asada, carnitas, pollo, al pastor, de cabeza, camarones, etc) sin verduras.

seriously? not even salsa or pico de gallo?

most street places just give you the meat and tortillas on a plate and you add whatever from a condiment tray

librarylu

(503 posts)
7. You don't like them?
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 11:05 AM
Sep 2016

Not even topped with guacamole, sour cream, chopped onion, tomato and cilantro? Not the Taco Bell chopped stuff - the real deal in big chunks.

I'm partial to ranch or nachos flavored shells, myself, but maybe those are too commercial for some. I like them for standing up while I stuff them too.

Best I've ever had were from a Mexican market. Soft warmed corn torillas stuffed with pulled pork and topped with the above chopped items, lettuce and grated cheese, made to order......unbeatable.

But I defend to the death your right to not like tacos.

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
26. I love tacos, salsa, tostadas, etc. but,
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 11:58 PM
Sep 2016

the one thing that will ruin it for me is cilantro. All other toppings, ingredients, great! But I detest cilantro. And sometimes it's mixed in beforehand.

Anyone else who hates cilantro? lol

librarylu

(503 posts)
30. I'm appalled.
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 12:12 AM
Sep 2016

Fresh cilantro is my favorite herb. It tastes so......clean. I can hardy eat tacos without it. I have had to lately since I haven't grown any this year and keep forgetting to buy it.

<note to self: buy cilantro next shopping trip>

Now, French's mustard I detest so I can relate to anyone who refuses to put it on a hot dog but cilantro on Mexican food? Perhaps you should be sent to one of secret Muslim Obama's Fema camps for reeducation and surgery on your tastebuds. (I jest, of course.)

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
31. LOL!
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 12:58 AM
Sep 2016

It's funny how some people can absolutely love the taste of something and others hate it. I do know a couple other people who hate cilantro. I think the ones who hate it, really, really hate it. Strange world!

womanofthehills

(8,582 posts)
34. I love cilantro - always have some growing in my garden
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 01:20 AM
Sep 2016

Always put it on my tacos. I'm in NM and just bought some fresh green chilis to roast tomorrow.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
9. Not my favorite either, but I can...
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 11:21 AM
Sep 2016

enjoy a good one. And I would be fine with a taco truck on my corner as long as it's not a Taco Bell truck.

If Trump ate a taco, would he eat it with knife and fork like he eats pizza?

procon

(15,805 posts)
10. With all the ingredient combinations available, maybe you just haven't found the right taco?
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 12:01 PM
Sep 2016

Starting with the tortillas, they come in both sweet and savory varieties. Tortillas come in several different in varieties of flour, corn, and many other ingredients, and in many sizes that can be either steamed, fried or baked, and served crispy, soft, or something in between. Then the choice of all the different tortilla flavors and colors from the traditional white and yellow, to tasty and beautiful colors of tortillas like green from spinach, poblano or cilantro, orange from carrots, pink sriracha, red chile peppers, blue corn, and even an exotic black rice tortilla.

The protein filling mixtures are prepared in so many ways for an endless variety of any meats, fish, seafood, legumes, eggs and cheese, seasoned from mild, to spicy, to OMG call 911! Veggie and bean fillings offer lots of vegan choices as well. Then the toppings... everything! Essentially a taco is still just a sandwich, and from the minimalist plain Juanita taco, to the maxed out, two handed, stuffed and loaded masterpiece, you really can find the perfect taco to match your own preferences.

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
12. The recipe on the back of the taco "dinner kit"
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 12:44 PM
Sep 2016

Makes my favorite taco. (I'm Pennsylvania Dutch). With real summer tomatoes and plenty of cheese and sour cream, nothing better!

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
16. A taco stuffed with scrapple...
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:47 PM
Sep 2016

... that would get in the PA Dutch fix. German chocolate taco? It should be possible.

-- Mal

Tracer

(2,769 posts)
13. I don't like them either.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 12:47 PM
Sep 2016

And I think its from having my kids make that awful Old El Paso mix which stinks to high heavens.

And I'm not fond of even a better quality taco. It isn't the fillings, I just don't like that crunchy experience.

Retrograde

(10,070 posts)
25. IMHO tortillas shouldn't be crunchy
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 11:37 PM
Sep 2016

Small corn tortillas, as fresh as you can get them, heated on a hot grill for a few seconds on each side then filled (but not overfilled) and eaten asap - that's how we do them in these parts! None of those TexMex/Taco Bell stale fried "shells" that break up and get the innards all over the place when you bite into them. And none of those flour excuses either (well, maybe for fish tacos) - save those for burritos and those so-called wraps.

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
17. Tacos are awesome
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:48 PM
Sep 2016

They're pretty much the perfect food.

I think most people that don't like them haven't been to a place that had the real thing.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
18. I bet you like "pink tacos" though.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:49 PM
Sep 2016

For the record, I am a woman and I don't care whether I offended anyone just now.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
19. If all you've ever eaten are Taco Bell tacos, I understand
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:49 PM
Sep 2016

A taco done right is one where you take a tortilla and load it up with your favorite food, wrap the tortilla around it as best you can and eat it. What's not to like?

Revanchist

(1,375 posts)
23. I hope all those taco trucks don't crowd out the possibility of middle eastern trucks
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 06:55 PM
Sep 2016

I'd rather get a shawarma and some falafel or perhaps a nice kabob

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