blue olives

White olives aka Shelley Duvall

Can’t have tacos without olives at a white people taco Tuesday, though

It’s like a tortilla made of a giant cornchip. Breakage can be an issue but they don’t explode like glass or anything.

Have you ever had a tostada?

Soft tacos are easier to eat but you can’t get Doritos crunchy taco shells as a soft taco

I like hard shell tacos, though I will say it’s often an exercise in creatively holding broken pieces of taco as I eat it. The secret is to spread a tortilla with refried beans (or any other food that can serve as glue; guac, sour cream, melted cheese, etc) then wrap that around the hardshell taco for a best of both worlds experience. It’s also very much a white people taco night thing; I’d never want a hard shell for a good Mexican or texmex style taco, but if you’re talking about ground beef in a Mccormick spice blend with peripherals from the “mexican” aisle of an American supermarket, hard shells are dope.

No, they’re not. Unless you like making messes. Then they’re right up your alley.

I am so gratified to learn that others use this term, too. Ain’t nothing wrong with some hamburger meat in a large tortilla chip with cheddar cheese, but it is most definitely not the same food item as you get from a taco joint. This is one of those home cooking exclusives.