There is a gang war happening on my street

[tacosforlife]

From my neighborhood listserv:

Here is what is happening:

There is a honey bee colony in the oak tree in front of [address redacted]. A rival group of bees arrived and is attacking the bee colony in an attempt to take over the colony and its honey collection in the oak tree before the onset of winter. Beekeepers refer to this as "robbing." There is nothing that beekeepers can do to help this situation. One group will win and another group will lose. This is a short-term situation, and may be over by tonight, or after a few days.


I cannot stop laughing over the concept of rival bee colonies.

[pixy0stix]

Bees are vicious.

[Velar Fricative]

Are they wearing different colors?

[tacosforlife]

Sept 26, 2014 14:20:32 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Bees are vicious.

This is why I'm terrified of them.

[meshaliuknits]

LOL

I was hoping it would be a taco showdown, crunch vs soft.

[Velar Fricative]

Sept 26, 2014 14:22:39 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

LOL

I was hoping it would be a taco showdown, crunch vs soft.

Soft wins. Always.

[pixy0stix]

Sept 26, 2014 14:22:12 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:20:32 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Bees are vicious.

This is why I'm terrified of them.

TBF, they're only vicious to each other and whatever invades their colony.

[tacosforlife]

Sept 26, 2014 14:23:57 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:22:39 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

LOL

I was hoping it would be a taco showdown, crunch vs soft.

Soft wins. Always.

FALSE.

Crispy wins IF it's a high quality shell. Too many tacos have shitty shells, though.

[pixy0stix]

Sept 26, 2014 14:27:00 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:23:57 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Soft wins. Always.

FALSE.

Crispy wins IF it's a high quality shell. Too many tacos have shitty shells, though.

WRONG. Homemade soft tortillas for tacos always wins.

[meshaliuknits]

I didn't mean to ACTUALLY start a taco war!

[sushi]

I will settle the taco war.

Tacos are best from a taco truck with fresh soft tortillas.

They are also best from a restaurant with fresh crispy shells.

If you use a kraft package you don't get the right to even call it a taco.

[msmerymac]

At least you have bees in your neighborhood.

[moreace01]

Sept 26, 2014 14:28:33 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:27:00 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

FALSE.

Crispy wins IF it's a high quality shell. Too many tacos have shitty shells, though.

WRONG. Homemade soft tortillas for tacos always wins.

Only if they are corn. Corn soft shell trumps all. Then crispy hard shell. Then flour at the bottom. And even then, shell-less is preferable to flour. 

[IIOY]

At least it isn't a bunch of little fuckhead wasps.

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 26, 2014 15:12:11 GMT -5 IIOY said:

At least it isn't a bunch of little fuckhead wasps.

Or asshole yellow jackets.

[pixy0stix]

Sept 26, 2014 15:11:49 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:28:33 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

WRONG. Homemade soft tortillas for tacos always wins.

Only if they are corn. Corn soft shell trumps all. Then crispy hard shell. Then flour at the bottom. And even then, shell-less is preferable to flour. 

Corn tortillas are an abomination.

[sushi]

Sept 26, 2014 15:13:58 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Sept 26, 2014 15:12:11 GMT -5 IIOY said:

At least it isn't a bunch of little fuckhead wasps.

Or asshole yellow jackets.

They all have a chance of killing me, so i hate them equally.

[sushi]

Sept 26, 2014 15:11:49 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:28:33 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

WRONG. Homemade soft tortillas for tacos always wins.

Only if they are corn. Corn soft shell trumps all. Then crispy hard shell. Then flour at the bottom. And even then, shell-less is preferable to flour. 

I take it you've never had a floor tortilla fresh off the press.

When i make them i do about a 3:1 ratio of flour to corn. That's probably anathema to purists, but it works really well.

[meshaliuknits]

There are tortillas people don't like?!

[moreace01]

Sept 26, 2014 15:20:49 GMT -5 sushi said:

Sept 26, 2014 15:11:49 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Only if they are corn. Corn soft shell trumps all. Then crispy hard shell. Then flour at the bottom. And even then, shell-less is preferable to flour. 

I take it you've never had a floor tortilla fresh off the press.

When i make them i do about a 3:1 ratio of flour to corn. That's probably anathema to purists, but it works really well.

Yes I have. And still no. 
But also since your flour have CORN in them... you obviously see value in adding some flavor back in.  

[y4m]

Sept 26, 2014 15:16:25 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Sept 26, 2014 15:11:49 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Only if they are corn. Corn soft shell trumps all. Then crispy hard shell. Then flour at the bottom. And even then, shell-less is preferable to flour. 

Corn tortillas are an abomination.

Pre-packaged ones, sure.  Homemade?  false!

[meshaliuknits]

There are no bad tortillas. Just less good ones.

[pixy0stix]

blergh, I hate corn tortillas.

[tacosforlife]

I just passed the bees. They weren't joking. So many bees!

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 26, 2014 15:38:06 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

I just passed the bees. They weren't joking. So many bees!

Did the queen look like this?

[tacosforlife]

y4m is right re: corn tortillas. I still prefer flour for soft tacos, but a good homemade corn tortilla isn't in the same universe as a shitty dry one.

I actually had good crispy tacos with karinothing and @mrsbecky last night. The beans I ordered were bland, and the lack of queso on the menu was disturbing. But the crispy taco shells were quite good.

Thank god I'm on my way to margaritas and guacamole right now because I'm hungry after all this taco talk!

[FloFTW]

WINNER = SOFT

[tacosforlife]

I don't trust the opinion of anyone who says a fresh-off-the-griddle flour tortilla isn't good. That's like saying bread is not good.

There are few joys in life like a fresh flour tortilla smeared with butter.

[karinothing]

Sept 26, 2014 15:44:42 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

y4m is right re: corn tortillas. I still prefer flour for soft tacos, but a good homemade corn tortilla isn't in the same universe as a shitty dry one.

I actually had good crispy tacos with karinothing and @mrsbecky last night. The beans I ordered were bland, and the lack of queso on the menu was disturbing. But the crispy taco shells were quite good.

Thank god I'm on my way to margaritas and guacamole right now because I'm hungry after all this taco talk!

Yeah that is the only place i can get tacos like back home

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 26, 2014 16:51:13 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:23:57 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Soft wins. Always.

Newp

You eat tacos?!

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