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[Days like these...]

For the sake of argument I'm referring to the typical hard shell, ground beef, yellow cheese type ypipo eat. I say no apart from the corn in the shell the ingredients are completely different. Ground beef isn't typically used in Mexican tacos neither are tomatoes, lettuce or yellow cheese. So I vote NO at best it's a U shaped tostada with fillings readily available to Americans.

 

[Dacvak]

Sure it is. It’s an American taco.

And it’s delicious.

 

[RoboFu]

Tacos in Mexico taste like they were dunked in a mud puddle. Taco Bell is far superior!

 

[Days like these...]

It'd be great if all you people who wrongly voted yes would give your reasoning behind your wrong answer.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

There's a growing trend in taco threads on GAF.

Is seven tacos too many?

Simple question. Answer the poll, then discuss. Edit: I guess it should ask "are" seven tacos too many, but you caught some of my deep south coming out.

www.neogaf.com

 

[Days like these...]

There's a growing trend in taco threads on GAF.

Is seven tacos too many?

Simple question. Answer the poll, then discuss. Edit: I guess it should ask "are" seven tacos too many, but you caught some of my deep south coming out.

www.neogaf.com

Yes I was inspired by that thread.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

There's a growing trend in taco threads on GAF.

Is seven tacos too many?

Simple question. Answer the poll, then discuss. Edit: I guess it should ask "are" seven tacos too many, but you caught some of my deep south coming out.

www.neogaf.com

Viral marketing from Taco Bell.

 

[Days like these...]

Wait, who wants me thabbed? Lol

 

[jason10mm]

Sure, of course the hard shell corn tortilla chip taco is legit.

Just like ramen is just a version of spaghetti, a hot pocket is just a calzone, and a sludge-like puddle of beans and tofu is a burger!

 

[Punished Miku]

I think tacos are as flexible as pizza. You really just need the shell, or in pizza's case the crust. Literally everything else can be radically customized. There's tons of artisan hipster tacos, vegetarian tacos, BBQ duck, fish, literally anything. Just like pizza, which can basically have anything on it.

 

[Days like these...]

Sure, of course the hard shell corn tortilla chip taco is legit.

Just like ramen is just a version of spaghetti, a hot pocket is just a calzone, and a sludge-like puddle of beans and tofu is a burger!

Not to get into semantics but ramen isn't called spaghetti therein lies the crux of my "taco" problem.

 

[DeafTourette]

I've had both kinds. It's definitely a taco. American version. Tasty as all get out

I like the Mexican versions you can dip too.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Just call it an American taco.

Pretty sure Mexican immigrants invented them anyways.

They are tasty, getting bent out of shape over stuff like this is silly to me.

 

[jason10mm]

Not to get into semantics but ramen isn't called spaghetti therein lies the crux of my "taco" problem.

you mean "ramen" isn't just the japanese word for "spaghetti"? I thought Marco Polo introduced pasta to the uncultured East and thats how it all got started

 

[Punished Miku]

Not to get into semantics but ramen isn't called spaghetti therein lies the crux of my "taco" problem.

Spaghetti isn't served in a bowl of broth.

 

[Days like these...]

you mean "ramen" isn't just the japanese word for "spaghetti"? I thought Marco Polo introduced pasta to the uncultured East and thats how it all got started

What's the American word for taco? Getting to inventing bud.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

Yes.

Glen Bell invented the taco in 1951 - we learn this in school. We don't know what Mexicans eat, but it's probably American food.

 

[Muffdraul]

I've loved Jack In the Box tacos since I was a little kid, but growing up in SoCal and having access to so many taquerias where they have the real deal, I stopped think of JItB tacos as "actual tacos" a very long time ago. I see them as some sort of weird futuristic meta-food, like Soylent Green. Still tasty tho

 

[Days like these...]

Spaghetti isn't served in a bowl of broth.

Tacos don't come in a u shaped tostada with yellow cheese, ground beef and tomatoes

Spaghetti isn't served in a bowl of broth.

So you're telling me ingredients differentiate whether something is ramen or spaghetti? Interesting

 

[Rentahamster]

Technically, it's a sandwich.

 

[winjer]

I heard that Taco Bell won the franchise wars. So it must be good.

 

[Mossybrew]

Sure. Hard shell "American style" tacos are good, traditional Mexican soft tacos are good too. You can enjoy both and they are both tacos. Case closed.

 

[RoboFu]

I bet barely any of you have had a real Mexican taco. They are drab with no salt. It's basically a poor persons meal when they have nothing else.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I bet barely any of you have had a real Mexican taco. They are drab with no salt. It's basically a poor persons meal when they have nothing else.

Sprinkle some cotija, there is your salt.

Or just like… the meat lol

 

[TintoConCasera]

I heard that Taco Bell won the franchise wars. So it must be good.

Their beer tastes like sand and their food makes me shit fire, but at least it's cheap and tasty (the food).

 

[AJUMP23]

Tortilla meat and cheese is all you really need right.

 

[Punished Miku]

Tacos don't come in a u shaped tostada with yellow cheese, ground beef and tomatoes

So you're telling me ingredients differentiate whether something is ramen or spaghetti? Interesting

Of course ingredients differentiate, but you have to draw the line somewhere or you'd need a new word for literally any variation in ingredients. To me, it's a totally different category when you're getting a bowl of liquid. Ramen is basically a soup with noodles in it. It's not served on a plate even.

You're too fixated on just the plain hardshell taco. As I said it's turned into one of the most experimental and fluid types of food there is, only matched by pizza and it's crazy array of toppings and sauce options. Of all the types of food to be a stickler on the ingredients, tacos make less sense than almost anything since you can make it with virtually any ingredients. I guess we could call it a chip with stuffing if you want.

 

[Mossybrew]

You're too fixated on just the plain hardshell taco.

Also to be fair the hardshell taco has been incorporated by a lot of Mexican food places, from experience there are several Mexican run shops around town that offer a hard shell chicken taco. The ground beef more than anything else is very American/Taco Bell style, I've never seen an actual taco shop offer ground beef as a meat option.

 

[Muffdraul]

I bet barely any of you have had a real Mexican taco. They are drab with no salt. It's basically a poor persons meal when they have nothing else.

Believe it or not there are some actual Mexicans who actually live in Mexico who aren't poor and can afford to make them a little more fancy than that.

 

[Rran]

Wait, who wants me thabbed? Lol

You thilly gooth

 

[Rockondevil]

Kind of like saying American (or anywhere outside Italy) pizza isn't really pizza.

It's just an American style of taco.

 

[RoboFu]

Believe it or not there are some actual Mexicans who actually live in Mexico who aren't poor and can afford to make them a little more fancy than that.

I mean yeah you can fancy up a peanut butter sandwich to if you want. I just hate the whole " it's not authentic!" Bs people spout when they are trying to be better than everyone else. " oh AMERICAN tacos.. nenernerner.. ".

I basically live in a Mexico for 5 years going back and forth for work. If you have money you don't eat tacos. They don't even give tacos to factory workers and they must get 2 meals a day.

 

[Days like these...]

I mean yeah you can fancy up a peanut butter sandwich to if you want. I just hate the whole " it's not authentic!" Bs people spout when they are trying to be better than everyone else. " oh AMERICAN tacos.. nenernerner.. ".

I basically live in a Mexico for 5 years going back and forth for work. If you have money you don't eat tacos. They don't even give tacos to factory workers and they must get 2 meals a day.

I don't even know what you're arguing but most Mexicans loves tacos as much as Americans love mayonnaise sandwiches.

 

[Rentahamster]

The worst turd is a pizza.

 

[NuncaBob]

It's obviously a hot dog.

 

[Kabelly]

the thing is, a hot, fresh flour torilla will beat out a hard shell for me. at that point i might as well eat nachos. shit is gonna fall apart into pieces anyways

 

[deriks]

I guess it's like Brazil's sushi. It's not the same, but also not that different

 

[HoodWinked]

does emoji look like....

OR

American taco is the default.

 

[Days like these...]

does emoji look like....

OR

American taco is the default.

I'm seeing red onions and or salsa, a soft folded corn tortilla and no cheese in that emoji so it's debatable.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

My Guatemalan friend made us chicken tacos with soft tortillas that she filled and then fried in a pan causing them to become crispy. Is that not auténtico?

 

[Unknown?]

That's like asking if Chicago style pizza is still pizza.

 

[Days like these...]

My Guatemalan friend made us chicken tacos with soft tortillas that she filled and then fried in a pan causing them to become crispy. Is that not auténtico?

Yes those are authentic they are called "tacos dorados" translates to golden tacos my mom makes those sometimes. You're right those are crispy instead of crunchy and don't fall apart as easily.

 

[Zathalus]

It’s a Taco, different type of Taco sure, but it’s a version of it. Arguing otherwise is the same sort of insanity that some Italians have to Pizza or Cabonara outside of authentic Italian styles.

 

[Days like these...]

It’s a Taco, different type of Taco sure, but it’s a version of it. Arguing otherwise is the same sort of insanity that some Italians have to Pizza or Cabonara outside of authentic Italian styles.

It's a U shaped tostada with completely different ingredients. I will die on that hill.

 

[ReBurn]

All that matters is if 7 is too many

 

[The Lunch Legend]

I like both styles, but Taco Bell has become an abomination. Stay far away.

 

[JohnnyPhats]

I live in an area with a billion options for real tacos. And I think American tacos are tacos too.

 

[Dacvak]

bitch you made me hungry for tacos tonight

 

[ssringo]

All I know is the lack of Chili Cheese burritos in my area annoys me and I hate Taco Bell for not mandating they be at every location.

 

[digital_ghost]

I had a hot ass mexican girlfriend in high school.

One night after phone sex i tell her i want to put my sour cream on her taco. She had an orgasm every time.

Instead of talking dirty to her I just talked about food.