I found a way to make sure my tomatoes don't fall off my taco.

[boston bean]

I guess you would have to like sour cream for this little trick, but..

I mix my lettuce and tomatoes with a small amount of sour cream and they stick to the shell.


HMMMMMM..... Delicious! and a lot less messy!

[NJCher]

1. Good idea & another tip for a better taco

I like sour cream or crema Mexicana on mine, too. And it is annoying to have to clean up all the lettuce and tomato bits that drop on the plate, so next taco, we'll try this.

Here's an interesting trick with tacos. It mixes "crunchy" with "smooth." Use two tacos: the soft taco on the outside, and a crunchy taco on the inside. Put the filling inside the crunchy taco.

We learned about it at a restaurant in our town where we went for fish tacos. At the restaurant, the soft taco had grill marks on it. It makes for a more substantial taco, one that is not breaking up and falling all over the place, plus the added dimension of "crunchy" and "soft."


Cher

[Inchworm]

3. Mmmmm, I do this

A big soft taco shell folded over a small tostada shell (if I can find them) filled with taco stuff; 'mater, sour cream, lettuce, refried beans...then

Fried on a preheated heavy skillet till golden and toasty. It also works on grill. I cook mostly outside when a bazillion degrees outside.

It makes like a taco yumminess sandwich :D

:9

[Tesha]

2. great idea, but...

the first thing I thought of was that line from Green Mile...

" I think this boy's cheese has done slid off his cracker"

:rofl:

[NNN0LHI]

4. At home we crunch our taco shells up into a bowl and put the the rest of the ingredients on top

Then eat it all with a spoon.

Figure it all goes the same place anyway.

And a beer on the side. Got to have a beer with tacos.

Don

[Ohio Joe]

5. I cut my tomatoes into slices instead of diced

I put them on last, one on each side, not only don't they fall off but you can use them to hold everything in.