Is "peak taco" a thing?

[ajj]

Damn it, I want a taco right now.

I can kind of see his point, but not with tacos. There are certain foods that don't hit peaks. Pizza is another one.

[EnchantedSoul]

No such thing. We have tacos/burritos/enchiladas/quesadillas or something similar every week. We never tire! Even when no one feels like cooking, we hit up the local taco truck. Mmmmmmm tacos.

[tacosforlife]

Sept 9, 2015 17:09:58 GMT -5 ajj said:

Damn it, I want a taco right now.

This is pretty much how I feel every minute of every day!

[redheadbaker]

Sept 9, 2015 16:48:16 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Sept 9, 2015 16:45:35 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

Do enchiladas?

Oh, I looooove enchiladas.

But tacos are much better for weeknight dinners, both from time and health perspectives.

Enchiladas don't take a lot of time. You can even make ahead and chill until the night you want to cook them.

[meshaliuknits]

I picked special tortilla because I liked that category best.

But, no, peak taco does not seem like a thing. I'm pro things eaten with tortillas, though. Or just the warmed up tortilla.

[tacosforlife]

Sept 9, 2015 17:10:50 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Sept 9, 2015 16:48:16 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Oh, I looooove enchiladas.

But tacos are much better for weeknight dinners, both from time and health perspectives.

Enchiladas don't take a lot of time. You can even make ahead and chill until the night you want to cook them.

Frying the tortillas and rolling them all is kinda time consuming. Also, the amount of oil that goes into a single batch of enchiladas is a little horrifying when you start breaking it down.

[zelda25]

Sept 9, 2015 17:08:25 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

 So I cook up my chorizo bacon and add eggs. While that cooks, I heat the burrito-sized tortillas on the cast iron. Add some salsa to the egg mixture. Put cheese in tortillas. Top with chicken chorizo bacon and eggs.






It's the perfect breakfast.

FTFY.

Edited because fucking proboards.

[tacosforlife]

Sept 9, 2015 17:11:38 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

I picked special tortilla because I liked that category best.

But, no, peak taco does not seem like a thing. I'm pro things eaten with tortillas, though. Or just the warmed up tortilla.

A fluffy flour tortilla with butter is truly one of the world's most underappreciated delicacies. I know that kapoentje has my back on that one.

[Alyssa]

Now I want tacos!  I go to this little hole in the wall place called Rico's Tacos.  They make the best super carnitas tacos.  Two corn tortillas, melted cheese, beans, meat, salsa and fresh avocado. 

[heyjude]

I thought so. Lol.

[heyjude]

Sept 9, 2015 17:12:32 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Sept 9, 2015 17:11:38 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

I picked special tortilla because I liked that category best.

But, no, peak taco does not seem like a thing. I'm pro things eaten with tortillas, though. Or just the warmed up tortilla.

A fluffy flour tortilla with butter is truly one of the world's most underappreciated delicacies. I know that kapoentje has my back on that one.

Sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Sooooo gooooood.

[ajj]

Sept 9, 2015 17:12:32 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Sept 9, 2015 17:11:38 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

I picked special tortilla because I liked that category best.

But, no, peak taco does not seem like a thing. I'm pro things eaten with tortillas, though. Or just the warmed up tortilla.

A fluffy flour tortilla with butter is truly one of the world's most underappreciated delicacies. I know that kapoentje has my back on that one.

This reminds me of my childhood. My mom would eat that all the time. So good!

[kapoentje]

Sept 9, 2015 17:12:32 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Sept 9, 2015 17:11:38 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

I picked special tortilla because I liked that category best.

But, no, peak taco does not seem like a thing. I'm pro things eaten with tortillas, though. Or just the warmed up tortilla.

A fluffy flour tortilla with butter is truly one of the world's most underappreciated delicacies. I know that kapoentje has my back on that one.

Stone cold fact: there are few things in the world better than a freshly made, still hot, fluffy flour tortilla. Soft, edible perfection. Most* grocery store flour tortillas are rubbery tragedies.

*God bless you, Central Market

[tacosforlife]

Sept 9, 2015 17:25:57 GMT -5 kapoentje said:

Sept 9, 2015 17:12:32 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

A fluffy flour tortilla with butter is truly one of the world's most underappreciated delicacies. I know that kapoentje has my back on that one.

Stone cold fact: there are few things in the world better than a freshly made, still hot, fluffy flour tortilla. Soft, edible perfection. Most* grocery store flour tortillas are rubbery tragedies.

*God bless you, Central Market

I have found acceptable ones, but they are just that - acceptable. They are vehicles for filling rather than the true glory they should be.

The tortillas I ate on my Austin trip last year were just amazeballs.

[josieposy]

I want fish tacos now.

[meshaliuknits]

heyjude this is what I think of. With hot pickled carrots.

[tacosforlife]

Sept 9, 2015 17:31:10 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

Until I have a soft tortilla that doesn't feel like uncooked dough in my mouth I cannot be on this tacoallthetime train with you.

I regret to inform you that good flour tortillas cannot be found on the East Coast, so far as I can tell.

You need to make a trip to Austin.

HTH. YWIA.

[heyjude]

YWIA Gringos:

roguepriest.net/2014/05/21/how-are-authentic-mexican-tacos-different-from-american-tacos/

[heyjude]

Sept 9, 2015 17:32:01 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

heyjude this is what I think of. With hot pickled carrots.

You win.

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 9, 2015 17:33:45 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Sept 9, 2015 17:32:01 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

heyjude this is what I think of. With hot pickled carrots.

You win.

YAY!!! I hope the prize is tacos!


The taco truck guy who comes to our office is in Mexico until October. The wailing that went up from the crowd could be heard for a block, I'm told. I miss taco Tuesdays. *sniff*

[tacosforlife]

Sept 9, 2015 17:32:59 GMT -5 heyjude said:

YWIA Gringos:

roguepriest.net/2014/05/21/how-are-authentic-mexican-tacos-different-from-american-tacos/

I am aware. And sometimes we eat those. But sometimes we eat other tacos, too.

[moreace01]

Sept 9, 2015 16:59:51 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I'm really curious what non Hispanics consider tacos.

Tacos:


OMG. Now I'm starving. I'm supposed to go for a run but getting tacos sounds like a way better idea. 

ETA: I also still stand by always corn tortillas. 

[pixy0stix]

I hate you all. Now I want tacos.

But not the good tacos. I want the junk food of tacos - hamburger, cheese and sour cream.

[AJL]

Sept 9, 2015 16:59:51 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I'm really curious what non Hispanics consider tacos.

I'm Hispanic so this doesn't count, but if I can put it in a corn tortilla and fold it in half, it's a taco.

[meshaliuknits]

WAIT. How is peak taco a thing for him but peak burrito has not been hit with near daily burritos?

[orangello]

All you corn tortilla haters need to make them yourself!

lol yes, I know this is ridiculous - BUT: my H is gluten free, and grocery store corn tortillas are little discs of sadness and remorse. We used to live in Texas and had a local place that made the best tortillas, but then we moved. Out of desperation we bought a tortilla press and make those bad boys in our cast iron skillet, and OMG. It isn't nearly as hard as I thought, and they are SO. GOOD.

That's as far as I go towards authenticity however, because I am a noted cheese whore and cheese makes everything better.

[heyjude]

I don't even like tacos.

But I've been schooled over the years on what is and isn't a taco by my H.

Eta: deprogrammed. I've been deprogrammed!

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 9, 2015 17:41:23 GMT -5 AJL said:

Sept 9, 2015 16:59:51 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I'm really curious what non Hispanics consider tacos.

I'm Hispanic so this doesn't count, but if I can put it in a corn tortilla and fold it in half, it's a taco.

BabyLiu folds over her quesadillas and calls them tacos.

[rootbeerfloat]

The taco gods read GBCN! H just called to tell me the taco truck is outside his office. I know what I'm having for lunch today lol.

[pixy0stix]

I don't like corn tortillas. blech. blech blech blech. And save me from the "you've never had authentic..." I have. Still blech.