It's a sauce, not a salsa. There's no confusing the two. I'm not dipping my fucking tortilla chip in a sauce, it's being used to scoop up a salsa.
Good lord what has Taco Bell and Ortega done to people.
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Girlfriend fucked up taco night, unsure how to proceed
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It's a sauce, not a salsa. There's no confusing the two. I'm not dipping my fucking tortilla chip in a sauce, it's being used to scoop up a salsa.
Good lord what has Taco Bell and Ortega done to people.
I thought they were deep-fried corn tortillas.
Salsa literally means "sauce". They can be thin and runny (like a more traditional salsa), or chunkier like a pico de gallo. They can be made with different kinds of chillies and ingredients. What's the controversy?
If anything, a chunkier salsa seems to be more of an American thing.
What would fried chicken equivalent be? A partner who peels away the skin for you before serving?
i was replying to this guy who is talking about shells and sauce
Anyway long story long my issue is with hard shells and taco sauce. The pic you posted with the tortillas and the jar of tomato sauce is a little better but are those tortillas made of wheat AND corn or are there some corn tortillas and some wheat tortillas?
There are corn tortillas and wheat tortillas.
edit: I think the corn ones do contain wheat flour too though, which is why it says "corn and wheat".
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I'm sure you mean well but you didn't think this thru. We use soft corn tortillas that we warm on a comal or skillet. Taco shells are not "respect for the old ways"
You could've avoided the mistake by spending time with her in the kitchen while she was cooking.
Ha this is funny..... but I am assuming OP is joking about how serious he is taking her actions.
OP's GF is using a great trick I employ when cooking taco meat (well, fake meat in my vegetarian lifestyle, but still):All the people asking what sauce is
it's just pureed salsa basically.
Cook the meat with salsa/taco sauce. It embues a great flavor into the meat.
As others have said, though, not having salsa/sauce in the fridge is entirely on OP. I make sure to carry a healthy selection of condiments in my fridge. Not only for an occasion like this, but they can also be fantastic components to other recipes.
Sounds like it would be delicious if you ask me.
They're fried tortilla shells. Source: I make tortilla chips at work. They're circular tortilla shells cut into quarters and fried in oil for a minute. A hard taco shell is the same thing just not cut up and bent into a U shape.
You played video games. While she cooked. And you've been dating six years. Sounds like the tacos weren't her only screwup.
Well. Since you asked. I'm vegetarian so I have to do everything in my power to make the fake meat taste just a tiny bit better. It's a thankless job but you do get better at it.
You have sauce in the taco meat AND separately in the same taco. Since its hard shell, it is however better that she put it in the meat only because that shit would be sloppy otherwise. If it was soft shell, sure sauce first because the tortilla would absorb the juices. Oh, and one last thing. If you can't communicate how you like your tacos and bitch about it online, you sure as fuck shouldn't be allowed to be in a relationship. Its just food, jesus fucking christ.
I can't imagine how this would taste on a taco, but it's great on empanadas!
The op clearly stated taco shells and taco sauce. What does your pic have to do with the op. How about you don't tell Mexicans about tacos and we won't tell you about mayonnaise sandwiches
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Those are the only types of tacos I'll eat. I hate soft shells, I dislike their taste.
Why such utter disdain for Mexican American and Tex-Mex food culture? (Tacos are already very diverse, and soft-shell tacos don't cease to exist because of hard-shell ones.) And do you feel the same way about American Chinese cuisine? Genuine question.
Because of this thread I'm buying a taco kit that comes with only hard shell tacos. I have my own sauce though. The stuff in the kit is mediocre.
Because taco shells are a blight upon humanity, but in all seriousness I like Chinese food I don't know how authentic the Chinese I've had was (the cooks were Asian) but it's probably more authentic to real Chinese food than taco shells and taco sauce is to Mexican food but if a Chinese told me that's not real Chinese food I'd ask where I could find real Chinese food. Taco shells and taco sauce is not Mexican American food/culture. Lol it's straight up white.
How much of OPs post is actually real?
6 years of dating
Playing vidya games while the lady does the cooking
A fucking taco kit whatever the hell that is
Taco sauce whatever the hell that is
6 years of dating
Playing vidya games while the lady does the cooking
A fucking taco kit whatever the hell that is
Taco sauce whatever the hell that is
A think the chase for authenticity can be a bit misguided since it's usually just immigrants bringing over their traditions (from maybe a particular region), adapting it to their new culture, and having things change with time in a new environment. So it's more "different" than not real. (Though obviously, what can you expect out of a kit you buy from a supermarket? Never the same as homemade. And "taco sauce" just seems like a silly way to make salsa seem less threatening to non-Latino people.)
It seems the original patents for hard-shell tacos belonged to Mexican restaurant owners (who'd make them fresh of course) before it was popularized in its prefabricated version (so there's some cultural appropriation there).
Honestly, I used to feel the same way as you in the past about "inauthentic" food, but the history behind many foods is very complex and interesting. As long as someone finds it enjoyable to eat.
I got a good laugh at the OP. This reminds me of people who make spaghetti by boiling the pasta then, once cooked, putting it into a pot with the unheated sauce and warming/cooking the two together. I've seen it several times in my life and I'm always like "WTF?"
How else are the butter and ketchup going to incorporate into each other?
I like to fry up real flour tortillas and use real salsa on my real tacos. I also like corn tortillas.
No. I meant finding someone who can cook chicken for me, lol
OP, you have to be open to new experiences or you're never going to get anywhere in life.
Also, shame on all of you dragging the good name of taco kits through the mud.
Also, shame on all of you dragging the good name of taco kits through the mud.
