.......hard taco nestled in an oversized soft tortilla that has been slathered with refried beans and cheese.

......can get that beauty up to half a pound.

I love seasoned ground beef/turkey/chicken crunchy tacos. I always use Old El Paso stand and stuff shells with the square bottom (which is really convenient), and they do a pretty good job of not crumbling on me. Also helpful is if you line the bottom of the shell with some shredded cheese, then gently warm them so the cheese melts along the bottom. This gives 'em some added structural integrity because it helps stop grease from the meat soaking into the bottom of the shell and weakening it when you later add the meat and other stuff.

However, any kind of grilled meat I'll make soft tacos with.

And now you've made me hungry

taco.

Even thought they squish the topping out one end as you bite the other end.

When I was in Mexico, I discovered soft tacos, and a light bulb lit up. So THIS is how tacos are supposed to be made. ¡Después de tantos años, porque nadie me lo dijo!

Never met a taco I didn't love. Anyway they come I'm good with it. Variety is the spice of life.

I’m a crunchy comfort food person. Please note, I do not turn down soft tacos or fajitas.

Maybe it was called something else then...

Variety is, after all, one of life’s spices. Yes, the hard shells can crumble but the crunch is special. The soft tacos are less messy but the different texture makes them almost a different dish.

Curiously, when I order fajitas I rarely use more than one of the “pancakes” but enjoy the meat and vegetables with a knife and fork. Please just bring more salsa.

Buenos tardes!

oven no more than five minutes, just enough to make the cheese melty, they don't crumble so bad.
The taco truck in town makes boffo soft tacos!
I'll overeat any of them. Tacos and spaghetti (not together), are my favorite foods!
Although right now I'm jonesing for another fave, catfish.

I don't mind messy eating at home lol

I never used hard shells.
I put a light fry on soft shell to add a little crunch, but the tortilla is still soft and chewy.
If all I had was hard shells, I'd break them up and create a taco salad with crunchy chips in it.
But, I'd never make an actual taco out of them.

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If my dentures are in, I love hard shell tacos with sour cream, because they break into pieces.
It makes for a mini taco salad once I'm done biting lol.
Otherwise, it's softshell all the way lol.

For the same reasons you state.

Put an empty shell under the first two as you eat them.

(fried with the filling inside so they are slightly crunch on the edges and chewy good in the middle)

but sometimes that crunch is hard to resist

quesadillas in salsa or sour cream 😋

You made me hungry thinking about them!