Topic: [POLL] Do you eat tacos on Taco Tuesday? (Read 564 times)

Taco has been one nice meal that friend of my always seek to buy, through him I begin to love it. It eating occasionally not as regular as it could be in my side.

Thanks. My recipe for these tacos was pretty basic. Just ground beef, hard taco shells, cheddar cheese, sour cream, lettuce, carrots, cabbage, hot sauce (which I forgot), and taco seasoning. The taco seasoning was Old El Paso which I added to the beef while cooking and then when I’m done putting it all together I usually add tapatio hot sauce, or if I’m feeling crazy Hot Ones The Last Dab hot sauce.

The plate is southwest themed and part of a hand made set of plates and other dishes. I got them at a second hand shop for a great deal. They didn’t know what they had.

At most I eat tacos on Taco Tuesday about once a month. I love the taste, but also try to eat healthy whenever possible.

It does not look bad at all, Mr Nasty.
Actually, I like how somehow the plate where you served those tacos seem to match some Mexican style I have seen before somewhere.
Anyways, if you don't mind, it would be good if you shared your personal recipe of your tacos together with a list of ingredients. I have considered to buy some Cholula Mexican sauce lately (I have read it is a very good sauce), and it would be good to try it with some tacos.
I am yet to try my first tacos.
What kind of hot sauce do you apply on your tacos generally? Homemade or do you prefer to use some brand like Tabasco? Tabaco is okey , In my opinion, but it lacks of flavor. It is more about hotness than adding more flavors to the meal. Those brand hot sauces are imported here so they are not cheap. Any recommendation from you about hot sauces is welcome. 

Looks like this dish is very tasty and it looks very nice too. This food is not available in our country or in our city because it has very little relation with our diet. But I will try to make it at home. Maybe it will be a new experience. 
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But this food is popular in our city the name is "Nun & Grill"  element grill,salad,souc,Mayonnaise,nun. this is a fast food item. 

I switched it up this week and made my own tacos at home. Sure they might look like a crazy person made them, I forgot the hot sauce, and I won’t win any awards for tossing lettuce everywhere (but it was a nice blend of lettuce carrots and cabbage) or smashing sour cream on top, but all that and the terrible picture aside, these 4 ground beef tacos were really good.

There is no specification when I eat tacos , it can be from Monday to Sunday yet? I love tacos mate.

When I am visiting my favorite place (in which also located my favorite taco serving) surely I will buy tacos no matter if this is one day or everyday as long as I am there.

My wife also loves it.

I stay away from places that celebrate taco Tuesday. So, I'm not even aware of it.

Good tacos today but I think I was a little too excited to eat and didn’t snap a picture. I need to expand my horizons anyway and post some more upscale tacos. While cheap tacos are amazing, they aren’t really a good price reality of the food here and people from other countries shouldn’t get the wrong idea.

I don’t eat tacos on Tuesday mainly because it is not a tradition in my country

I don’t even think tacos are that popular in my country it really is not a staple food so we’ll probably just eat tacos if we really are craving for it but we would not eat it regularly besides even if it was a tradition i don’t think i would go out of my way to buy on fastfood chains or restaurants to eat some tacos

It would be better to make it at home since the expenses would be lower and it can be consider a lot healthier since you can control the ingredients that goes in cooking tacos

I would like to share my own local shawarmas and other food, but unfortunately that is the kind of stuff I only get on special occasion, otherwise I get homemade stuff. However, If I happen to have the chance to share some pictures, I will try to share them here.
I would personally recommend shawarmas to you, if you like tacos you are very likely to enjoy those as well. They are served with chicken, beef or both as filling.

Also, sometimes the fancy people just like to over pay for their food, a good shawarma or a taco from a food post where they know how to catch the flavor is pretty much enjoyable if the price is affordable.

Anyways, If you want to find some shawarma places near you I assume you won't have any problem using some websites or applications like tripadvisor or Gmaps.

I double dipped on tacos last week, felt like comparing the cabeza tacos from two of my favorite places for Mexican food.

Tuesday's cabeza tacos were from a locally owned and operated Mexican grocery store that has an on-site butcher, deli, and taqueria.  These were really good, but on the expensive side at $4.99 a piece.




Thursday's cabeza tacos were from a local taqueria, they cost $3.99 a piece.  Also extremely good, maybe a tad bit better.  I think the meat was cooked in better spices, but I like the salsa at the other place just a little bit better.




The tacos from both places are about the same size, 6" (15cm) tortillas.  On Thursday I was ordering food for me and my son, so I ordered a third taco to supplement his burrito.  The kid is 5-11 and 150lbs, but considering the way he eats he must have a family of tapeworms he's supporting.

I got confused with tacos and nachos haha anyway in our country, tacos aren't as widespread as in some other places. Our local cuisine is rich with adobo, sinigang, and other delicious dishes, but tacos are not a typical part of our daily fare. It's interesting to see how food preferences and availability vary across cultures

Tacos are indeed very similar to Shawarma, but the spices, seasonings, and toppings are slightly different.  In Greece they call shawarma "gyros," but they are essentially the same thing.  The way the meat is seasoned can actually be very similar also.  The primary spice is cumin in both, but in varying quantities with other more local seasonings added.  Tacos and Shawarma can be made with chicken, but originally shawarma are made with a mixture of lamb and beef.  The toppings can also be similar; everything from fresh tomatoes to cabbage, fresh or pickled peppers, cilantro, and fresh onions.  I've never seen cucumbers on a taco where they're quite common on shawarma.  The main difference is the sauces; Mexicans use a tomato or tomatillo based salsa, Arabs use tahini (sesame butter) based sauce or a yogurt sauce, and Greeks almost exclusively use a yogurt sauce.  

The best shawarma I've had was in Ramallah, Palestine, where the locals claim it was invented.  I've also had them in Nablus and Al Quds (Jerusalem,) all amazingly good.  In Amaan, Jordan they can be found on almost every street corner, and also among the best I've had.  Once I made the mistake of trying one at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, never again!  The worst was from a street vendor in New York where they put mayonnaise on it.  Fucking mayonnaise!  There are a couple of local mom and pop delis here in northern California that do a decent job.

Shawarma meat is cooked on spit like the photo below.  Mexicans use the same method for cooking adobado, al pastor, and trumpo which are all essentially the same thing (marinated pork,) but come from different regions of Mexico.  There's a sense of regional pride and friendly competition about which is the best.  I don't eat pork, so I can't tell you if they are any different from one another.

Chicken and beef for tacos is usually cooked on grill, but one of the unique things about tacos is the variety of meats one can choose.  Carne asada (beef) and pollo asada (chicken) are grilled or sauteed, lingua (beef tongue,) cabeza (braised beef head,) pollo verde (chicken braised in tomatillo salsa,) buche (braised pork,) carnitas (deep fried pork,) or adobado variants as mentioned above.  

White people tacos are usually made with ground beef, which is an inexcusable tragedy.  My favorite tacos are carne asada and cabeza.

Would love to see each of you share pictures of shawarmas from your country and the price you pay as a fun little experiment.  Maybe I'll branch out a bit one of these Tuesdays and get a little more upscale taco so that people can see a more typical price and taco for my area.  The tacos I get are pretty cheap fast food tacos, so some of the fancier folks in my area probably wouldn't even eat them to be honest.  I personally like the cheap fast food tacos from mom and pop shops, but I could do my part and show some variety on this thread as well. 

I love shawarmas.
Such a big coincidence I had one of them some days ago at a new Restaurant here in my city and they were delicious. As far as I know, traditional shawarmas are supposed to be filled with lamb meat and have some sauces with are prepared in the middle east, though because the cost of thar kind of meat we had to go for normal beef ones missed with chicken.  Those were probably the most juicy and well made shawarmas I have ever had.

Also, I did not know shawarmas were common in Africa as well, I thought they were only a thing here in the Americas and in the middle east, near turkey where I suppose to be the origin of such exquisite culinary gift for the rest of the world. If there is any specific way shawarmas are prepared in your country, then feel free to share with us, I am quite curious about it.

I may not be familiar with the name taco but from little researched i made it seems to be called shawarma to my local understanding because that is exactly how shawarma looks like it is comprises of all details i find in my research. Well Taco or shawarma is mostly fresh at all time and it is very nice to consume it is good for those who are having health issues like our African region were we consumed lot of carbohydrate which mostly cause diabetes however it's mostly recommended for the patient who are facing such difficulties. I could be wrong but i know someone who knows more than can put more light this write up.
I don't have a specific date to consume Taco but it mostly valued over here on Friday's or Sundays in my country within my locality.. few happening places around my environ.

^ I looked up the origin of Taco Tuesday and here’s what Wikipedia says…


Many also believe it started at another restaurant in 1969 as a way to bring in business on the slowest day of the week.

Thanks for sharing this picture of tacos, it sheds more light on the beauty of the food, because your eyes will stimulate your appetite first before you have the hunger to eat it, as a matter of fact this is the first time that I'm seeing what tacos even looks like. Seeing the tantalizing pictures of tacos, I'm now looking forward to having a bite of it, but I've never heard or seen where it's sold in my country, it's really sad that it's not a recognized food in Nigeria. Hopefully I'll visit USA some day and have a taste of tacos, then I'll make a judgement for my self whether it'll live up to it's hype of being very delicious. Another thing is why taco Tuesdays? The only thing related to Tuesday taco, from this thread is that a member said that it's sold cheaper on Tuesdays, probably to keep the tradition going.

Well, you won't find Tequeños in the menu of your Mexican restaurants, because Tequeños are not from Mexico, but rather from Venezuela. So you better find some Venezuelan restaurant within your area where you can try them. I am not sure about the typical price of them though, so check how good valued whatever Restaurant you find before going there.

Also, 25$ for a burger is rather expensive, from the things I have read from my friends in the United States, that is the kinda the price tag you are supposed to find attached to meals other than fast food. Here where I live one can find a full plate for lunch for about 10$ and some snacks which could serve as a breakfast for about 1-3$.

I assume you thought I was Mexican because of the fact I mentioned tequeños and this thread is about Mexican food.

I have never heard of Tequeños but did take a minute to look them up. Seems like almost a cross between a cheese taquito and a croissant. I’m sure I would love them but might have to take a closer look at the menu next time I’m at a Mexican restaurant.

While there are some great deals in the US, there are also really bad deals. A few days ago I had to stop at a fast food restaurant (Culver’s) and spent $25 on a fast food cheeseburger and fries. I would have preferred my $1.79 tacos…

You know, you post makes me think about some ideas I have had for long time about the access of food there in the United States. I have got some friends there who have told me it is pretty much impossible to starve there, because food is very cheap and there are even things like food banks, food stamps and charities which provide the minimum to the needy. Your post about the price and the availability of those tasty tacos you continue to share is an example of it , in my opinion.
Me being from South America, I have got the impression people from your country take from granted the blessing of always having affordable food near them, one must truly be thankful about it.

Have you heard about Tequeños? it is a typical from here which have lately become very popular around the world, even in USA, you may like it if you like cheese.

Everybody getting their tacos today? I’m proud to report that I had some delicious tacos today and for less than $4 for 2 of them it simply is the best deal I know of right now. The idea that this post can pay for me to eat tacos is wild. Anyway, I’m happy to report that after some disappointing tacos last week that were clearly made by someone different, my regular taco man is back at it and outdid himself today.

It is actually very easy to make, specially arepas (empanadas need a little bit of more of skill to flop the dough over the filling). In case you wanted to try to make your own arepas, you only need some corn flour, salt, water and a flat pan for you to cook on it.
Some of your favorite Cheese would be enough to fill the arepa or the empanada. Also, since you have never heard about those kinds of food, I assume you must be from Asia or Africa, since those have become popular enough things to eat in this continent.  

We have some amazing food in area, but much of the authentic ethnic foods are concentrated is in the south Bay Area.  I've spent some time in places like Fremont, Santa Clara, San Jose...  Each little pocket of those cities has a different ethnic flare, with many authentic restaurants.  Some of the best Thai food I've had was, ironically, not in Thailand but in Freemont California.  In general you're right that people here are can be pretty obtuse about some ethnic foods.


I find it different enough from San Diego, lol.  If you care to make a day trip out of it, check out Las Ahumaderas, Tacos El Frank, and La Cevicheria.


Well... I'm partial to Middle Eastern food, but you know, I'm biased.  Unfortunately though, good Middle Eastern food is nearly impossible to find in NorCal (outside of mom's house of course.)  There are delis here and their that get one or two things right, but across the board most of it is shit.

Other than that, I can't disagree with you about Mexican and Italian foods, they're staples in my diet.  I don't even think of them in terms of ethnic food anymore, not like other types.  I don't have to be in the mood for a fajita plate, or a plate of spaghetti and a meatball.  It helps that I'm surrounded by great restaurants of both types, and I'm not a bad cook myself.

I grew up in Nor Cal as well. It is amazing how people there think they have the best of everything when it comes to food. It’s actually quite laughable when you get older and start traveling. I’ve never been to Tijuana, but I live close enough that I’m sure the food isn’t incredibly different. My tacos are irrefutably “white people” tacos though.

In my opinion, when it comes to food nothing beats Mexican or Italian. They’re in their own class. Everyone else is just fighting for second tier. 

Taco tuesday... I guess just another "San Valentine", "Xtmas", "Birthay", "Black Friday", like if people needed any more reasons to consume in excess and waste their money and their health. But, now that you say it, I think I actually did eat a crappy Chipotle Mexican Grill taco on Tuesday! But I promise I did not enjoy it and that it was a mere coincidence.

If you've never been to Tijuana you have no idea how awesome tacos can be.

I grew up in the northern California Bay Area, were we have many Mexican immigrants (most from the states of Jalisco and Michoacán) so I grew up with above average Mexican food readily available.  However, I just got back from visiting Tijuana for the first time, and I can't believe how awesome the food is there.  Tacos of all types, carne asada, adobada, cabeza, lingua, camarones, and that's just the tacos.  The ceviche was also the most amazing I've ever tasted.

I also tried this rare delicacy which is usually only served with a shot of quality mescal:

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Tacos in Mexico are most commonly served on soft tortillas, I'll take some photos from one of the local vendor in NorCal that serve them the authentic way.

In Tijuana a typical taco is about 30 to 35 Pesos, ($1.75 to @2.00 USD)

Not just German speaking countries, but probably half of Europe - Eastern and Central Europe, Balkans, Nordics maybe.

Never heard about it before, now I googled it and it looks tasty. Would like to try it, but probably I wouldn't find it anywhere near to my location. There is always option to do your own, but I'm not good at kitchen and a bit lazy for it .

By request, here’s a picture of 3 tacos that I have just eaten and enjoyed immensely. It came out to $5.84 after taxes, which is a hell of a deal. They’re also available in 3 types, shredded beef, ground beef, or chicken. I’ve never tried the chicken before but maybe next Tuesday. I’m also curious what tacos look like and how much they cost in your country if you wanted to post a similar picture.

I suppose it depends wherever he buys his tacos or how prepares them, it is possible some specific recipes add some wheat flour so it helps to get a desired consistency, specially for those who are not very into hard tacos.
Feel free so share a picture of them, I am curious how Tuesdays Tacos look like in the United States, but remember to be sure not to include some branding in the pictures, or something similar which would likely be used to try to identify your precise location.

Not tacos for me today, just likely some arepa or an empanada. Have you ever tried those?

I’ll admit I was a bit confused by this as well because I didn’t think wheat and tacos had anything to do with each other, but I’m no nutritionist. I’m a fan of hard tacos which I believe are as you said mostly corn. As we make our way to another Tuesday I can’t help but feel a hunger growing inside me. Perhaps later today I’ll post a taco picture if I don’t devour them before I remember to do so.

It should not be a problem though, as far as I know the authentic tacos made in Mexican Cuisine are made of corn dough. So, even though you would not been able to buy and eat the highly processed versions which are common in the European and North American market, you can still give a try to 100% corn taco crusts, instead those which are made with processed wheat flour.
It may take you some search, but you even try to prepare tacos with won't even have any negative impact on your heath.  
I have been told that authentic tacos like those found in Mexico are better than those you can find in American franchises anyways.

Yep, Taco Tuesday is not a thing here.


Indeed. Turkish food (Döner Kebab) is extremely popular in german speaking countries. I live in a small town, but we have several places selling kebab.

Here in Europe tacos isn't a thing at all, not even talking about thing like Taco Tuesday. Here you can find proper taco only in Mexican food restaurants, but there is no such restaurants at every corner. Or you can make taco yourself, you can find tortillas at most of supermarkets.
I heard about Taco Tuesday's before, but for me it's difficult to understand how it turned into such big thing in America. Regular price $3.99 isn't high, but $1.79 is something extremely cheap, here for such price you only can get something to eat at places like Mcdonalds. But in general, in many European countries kebab is huge thing, it's something similar to Taco, you can find kebab vendors at almost every corner, though, proper kebab costs about $5.00.

I miss them as with diabetes I can't eat wheat products.

Ya, saving money is probably why Taco Tuesday has become insanely popular here recently. The taco place I go to just actually raised their Taco Tuesday prices from $0.99 to $1.79 (Bidenflation) and it’s still a huge deal. I get 3 every Tuesday and it comes out to $5.84 after taxes. That’s about how much I usually tip the DoorDash delivery guy…

We don't have anything like that here in Europe. They don't even eat tacos in Spain. You have to go to a restaurant that specializes in Mexican food. I've eaten them only once in my whole life.
When it comes to fast food options, kebabs are probably the most popular here, but there's a lot of burger and pizza joints as well. I honestly don't know if people here eat more pizza or kebabs, but it has to be close.

I have always assumed it was a custom from.the United States, for reference I am from Venezuela and here we do not have any custom about eating specific sort of food depending on the day of the week, it only happens when we celebrate very known seasons or holidays, like Eastern, Christmas, etc.
I have also read and seen on Television that American Highschool also have their own version of Taco Tuesdays.

By the way, for that price obviously any taco you get would be simple, but getting a couple of tacos as lunch for a little bit over 3 Dollars sounds quite reasonable. It would the the sort of thing people would try to get here, in order to save money.

Interesting to hear that Taco Tuesday is an American thing. I had no idea. It is big here though. For example, the place I go usually sells tacos for $3.99, but they sell them on Tuesdays for $1.79 which usually results in a line around the lot. The tacos are quite basic though. Typically just beef, cheese, and lettuce with a side of hot sauce.

This does not applies to my own country as well, taco is not eating by the common average citizens, but believed to be served at occasions or small gathering and also the educated elites often eat this more, but not really on Tuesdays, it can be eaten at any time or day of the week, just as we have other kinds of food we eat, it's nit also considered cheap here because there are other food items that are more cheaper than taco.

Taco Tuesday is not a thing here in my country, so no. We do not eat tacos on Tuesdays.
Actually, Mexican food is the kind of thing you would need to get out your way to find here, because it would imply to go to a special restaurant focused in it or buy the ingredients needed to prepare tacos at home.
I was aware in the United States people have some inclination on eating Mexican food on Tuesdays but I never fully understood why.
What is your favorite kind of taco by the way? (assuming we are talking about real tacos/traditional tacos and not those which are offered in Taco Bell).

I don’t do it regularly but I have definitely eaten Tacos on a Tuesday more than once. They are a great food, filled with beef mince, onions, tomato, lettuce, chilli, sour creme. I’m getting hungry now thinking about it, might have to be a Taco Wednesday in my household tonight.

I find myself eating tacos on Tuesdays quite frequently for a variety of reasons. Some of the reasons include lower prices, being part of something fun, and I figure that taco places are moving through a lot of product so maybe the food is fresher. What are some reasons why you do or do not eat tacos on Tuesdays?