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Soft. Corn.

 

[LifEndz]

Soft tacos. Truly the delicacy of the gods. You get all the taco goodness in your mouth as opposed to hard tacos, which make me feel like 3 years old with food going everywhere despite my best efforts.

 

[LFG]

soft all day!

 

[Jmille99]

Hard. The crunch is what I prefer. If I get a soft taco, I pack as much shit as possible so its not drowned out by bland tortilla taste. So the problems with food falling out with hard tacos follows me to soft as well.

If it is soft, it better be fucking corn. Flour tortillas suck.

 

[Bolivar687]

I cook corn tortillas in butter (so they brown) and oil (so they don't burn). It's crispy but not the one-dimensional crunch that you get out of the box or taco bell.

 

[Galang]

Soft is perfection. Hard is just awkward and uncomfortable to eat for me

 

[mf.luder]

Mmmmm. I think I'm going to the store to get supplies to make this today!

 

[____]

All this elitism...I don't think I've ever tasted a "bad" taco, hard or soft shelled.

 

[ZOONAMI]

Corn tortilla should be slightly fried so you sort of get a soft taco and a hard taco. It's not either or.

 

[mysocksarepink]

soft shell you animal

 

[Sephzilla]

Either but I prefer hard tacos

 

[this_guy]

Soft taco - corn tortillas

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Grew up with hard tacos (ground beef- lol) and i hated them
finally had an authentic taco that was soft - changed my life forever. Al Pastor, Carne Asada, Barbaquoa, Carnitas.. mmmmm gimmie a few cut limes and salsa and im all set! Even some Fish tacos too. Oh yes oh yes!

 

[A_Dang]

Soft is my go to, though the combo effort with some melted cheddar gluing the shells together is always a good option if available.

 

[G-Bus]

Amateurs.

You combine them, like the megazord of the taco world.

 

[Robot Carnival]

soft of course! how is this even a discussion? the hard stuff shoundn't be recognize as taco at all.

 

[this_guy]

Amateurs.

You combine them, like the megazord of the taco world.

That's what Taco Bell does. I'm not doing what Taco Bell does.

 

[Melon Husk]

Tortillas con nachos durr

 

[AuthenticM]

burrito

 

[darklin0]

Take the contents of your "real" taco and dump them into a hard shell. It immediately becomes ten times better. Nachos and soft tortillas are way messier than a nice, hard shell.

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[beta_fuse]

Used to be soft, now hard all day baby!

 

[Stormhammer]

soft taco unless its a doritos cool ranch taco

 

[Falchion]

Soft are better than the traditional hard taco but Doritos Locos are way better than soft.

 

[Chao]

Are hard tacos even edible?

It's a fucking mess, no matter how hard you try to keep everything in its place, ingredients will fall off the taco, salsa will drip and your hands will end up messy and sticky.

Soft tacos is the only way.

 

[backflip10019]

A hard taco shell wrapped in a soft taco shell. Crunch and stability.

Double the carbs too!

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

I used to be #teamhard, but have revoked my membership of late. Soft is the way to go, hard shells are cumbersome and just plain dumb.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Soft all day, I won't stand for anything else. Hard is only for taco salad which I don't even eat.

 

[RM8]

Hard tacos don't exist. They should be called American Freedom Meat Crackers or something along those lines, because they're most definitely not tacos.

 

[NervousXtian]

tacos dorado are a real thing, so you can't say a hard taco doesn't exist in Mexico.

..though a good street taco is one of the greatest things ever invented.

 

[SnakeXs]

The only discussion to be had is what you're filling your tacos, your soft, small, corn tacos with.

Lengua, al pastor, carnitas, carne enchilada, and so many more. The options are endless.

 

[RM8]

tacos dorado are a real thing, so you can't say a hard taco doesn't exist in Mexico.

..though a good street taco is one of the greatest things ever invented.

Tacos dorados / flautas are literally nothing like "hard tacos" which are U shaped Doritos with ground beef and cheddar cheese.

 

[Tubobutts]

Authenticity is the most important part of food.

 

[sinxtanx]

Are hard tacos even edible?

It's a fucking mess, no matter how hard you try to keep everything in its place, ingredients will fall off the taco, salsa will drip and your hands will end up messy and sticky.

this honestly never happens to me
guess I've got mad taco eating skills
I don't even need to use a napkin

 

[NervousXtian]

Tacos dorados / flautas are literally nothing like "hard tacos" which are U shaped Doritos with ground beef and cheddar cheese.

There's Tacos Dorados that aren't like flautas... they just are more similar to a jack-in-box taco than taco bell taco.

 

[RM8]

There's Tacos Dorados that aren't like flautas... they just are more similar to a jack-in-box taco than taco bell taco.

I googled those and the tortilla indeed looks way closer to that of an actual taco, but then I saw the slice of yellow cheese and my brain went back to not being able to see it as a taco, lol.

 

[Dictator93]

I choose real tacos

Completely

and utterly

erotic

 

[inm8num2]

Soft. Hard tacos get messy, and the damn shell never breaks as you intend it to when you bite into it!

 

[kunonabi]

Hard tacos for ground beef, soft for everything else and taco bell.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Hard tacos for ground beef, soft for everything else and taco bell.

Just ditch the ground beef in your tacos and use steak

 

[False Witness]

this honestly never happens to me
guess I've got mad taco eating skills
I don't even need to use a napkin

You have to remember you're dealing with a forum with a fair number of posters that don't even know how to go to the restroom by themselves without causing some kind of commotion.

People who crunch hard shells and get shit everywhere must have vice grips for hands or something. Probably the same people who seem to break controllers all the time from supposedly "regular" use. Soft shells are the things that seem to just melt away when you put any kind of liquid whatsoever on them.

 

[Lys Skygge]

A hard taco shell wrapped in a soft taco shell. Crunch and stability.

Exactly this.

 

[NealMcCauley]

I like crunchy tacos where the juices and residual heat softens the tortilla slightly.

 

[Maffis]

Soft taco?

You mean a tortilla?

 

[Fenderputty]

I choose real tacos

This. The soft shell taco in the OP looks shitty too. Ground beef lol?

Ground beef should never be a taco meat. Ever. Every time we have a thread like this in GAF I'm reminded how shitty Mexican food is out of California and maybe Arizona and New Mexico

 

[Chao]

this honestly never happens to me
guess I've got mad taco eating skills
I don't even need to use a napkin

You must be a taco wizard, not even a napkin? Damn, my hands are dirty even before I take the first bite

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Soft.

I was a fan of hard tacos shells when I was a kid but we all make mistakes. I apologize

 

[ThisGuy]

Gordita > all

 

[InfiniteBento]

Give it to me hard

 

[CopperPuppy]

Soft corn tortillas are the one true way.

That said, since Taco Bell fucks with flour for their soft tortillas, I do opt for hard shell when I find myself there. It's been a while, though, so maybe they have corn now.

 

[Days like these...]

Corn tortilla should be slightly fried so you sort of get a soft taco and a hard taco. It's not either or.

This is proper Mexican way to make a hard shell taco. You fry the corn tortilla.