Hard shell or soft shell tacos

I just had the pleasure of getting cut by a burnt hard shell taco at dinner tonight which made me think of this thread idea.

Which do you prefer?

Hard shells taste good, but always shatter into a million pieces upon first bite. I just pre-emptively smash it into a million pieces before making it and end up with a crunchy taco salad.

Soft tacos are more stable and versatile.

scottmitchell74 wrote:

Hard shell tastes good, but always shatters into a million pieces upon first bit. I just preemptively smash it into a million pieces before making it and end up with a crunchy taco salad.

Soft tacos are more stable and versatile.

Versatile....thats what I'm talking about! I dont know about the hard shell tasting better though, I dig that doughy texture of the soft shell. I hear you though on the crunching into a million pieces....I hate that.

I like'em both but soft shells are easier to handle and less messy!

scottmitchell74 wrote:

Hard shells taste good, but always shatter into a million pieces upon first bite. I just pre-emptively smash it into a million pieces before making it and end up with a crunchy taco salad.

Soft tacos are more stable and versatile.

Great minds think alike, that is my opinion exaxtly.

You know what I started doing to soft shells (and had to stop due to abuse)? Wrap fried cabbage in them with egg, ham....whatever, and then fry the whole thing. Sort of a crispy soft taco/egg roll hybrid. Ultra yummy!

i like to cover a soft shell in refried beans & wrap it around the hard shell taco. boo yaa!

Now that would be good MC666!

What I've found is that you can pretty much re-fry any leftovers, shove them in a soft shell tortilla, fry the whole thing and voila! It's a mouth-orgy!

Whats also tasty is slapping peanut butter and jam inside a soft shell and making a pbj tortilla thingy!

I always get soft tacos and fold them like a mini burrito. That way nothing falls out when you eat!

I like the hard shell. The crunch translates to "taco" to my ears.

It's all about the soft tacos.

mc666 wrote:

i like to cover a soft shell in refried beans & wrap it around the hard shell taco. boo yaa!

You stole this from Taco Bell, wanker.

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i like to cover a soft shell in refried beans & wrap it around the hard shell taco. boo yaa!

You stole this from Taco Bell, wanker.

the idea sure, but i would never actually eat at Taco bell.

soft shell all the way!!

Depends on my mood - I'll get the hard shell at taco bell, but if I get tacos at Chipotle, it's soft.

Now hard shell tacos that aren't nearly as messy are Taco Bueno's party tacos (because their smaller) and they are very nicely priced. That is when I do the hard shell, soft shell at Taco Bell or when I make them at home.

Taco bell is okay, but whatever you do dont go to Del taco. I almost died from their food one time.

Hardshell for sure.

Stender wrote:

Taco bell is okay, but whatever you do dont go to Del taco. I almost died from their food one time.

I think you got that backwards, Taco Bell is notorious for ecoli tainted food (green oinions,tomatos) and the beans are deadly! Del Taco where i live is generally superior in every way plus they use real cheddar cheese, not that wholesale bag cheese.

Soft

troublezone wrote:

Stender wrote:

Taco bell is okay, but whatever you do dont go to Del taco. I almost died from their food one time.

I think you got that backwards, Taco Bell is notorious for ecoli tainted food (green oinions,tomatos) and the beans are deadly! Del Taco where i live is generally superior in every way plus they use real cheddar cheese, not that wholesale bag cheese.

Well, the taco bell in my town is gross but not as gross as the Del Taco I ran into while going through California to get to mexico. I have never had bad expirience with my taco bell besides the general crap you get from a fast food joint, but Del Taco on the other hand made me have the worst gut rot of all time.

Stender wrote:

troublezone wrote:

Stender wrote:

Taco bell is okay, but whatever you do dont go to Del taco. I almost died from their food one time.

I think you got that backwards, Taco Bell is notorious for ecoli tainted food (green oinions,tomatos) and the beans are deadly! Del Taco where i live is generally superior in every way plus they use real cheddar cheese, not that wholesale bag cheese.

Well, the taco bell in my town is gross but not as gross as the Del Taco I ran into while going through California to get to mexico. I have never had bad expirience with my taco bell besides the general crap you get from a fast food joint, but Del Taco on the other hand made me have the worst gut rot of all time.

The thing about Taco Bell is that each one is different. Some are mediocre, some are pure crap, and others a superior. Where I live there are about 4 or 5 Taco Bells near by (one right by my house but it is a mediocre one) and two of them are superior ones. The one over by my work (Wal-Mart) is the best in the entire DFW area (not just opinion, they're actually one of the highest ranking TB's). All in all it's basically a matter of location.

Your right DB every location varies in quality so i wouldn't condemn all Taco Bells or Del Tacos based on a visit to a strange far away location like Stender experienced.

Stender wrote:

troublezone wrote:

Stender wrote:

Taco bell is okay, but whatever you do dont go to Del taco. I almost died from their food one time.

I think you got that backwards, Taco Bell is notorious for ecoli tainted food (green oinions,tomatos) and the beans are deadly! Del Taco where i live is generally superior in every way plus they use real cheddar cheese, not that wholesale bag cheese.

Well, the taco bell in my town is gross but not as gross as the Del Taco I ran into while going through California to get to mexico. I have never had bad expirience with my taco bell besides the general crap you get from a fast food joint, but Del Taco on the other hand made me have the worst gut rot of all time.

I got ultra sick from a Taco Bell once but i didn't say all Taco Bells are gross, they're all different in cleanliness and overall quality.