"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:41:50 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> Go back to your mixed up tostada!
>
> You never had a tostada bowl, therefore it never existed.

I ate at Taco Bell a lot when they first opened. And then again when I
moved from the apartment above the dance studio to Edmonds. There was one
right near the new apartment which is now the taqueria that I like. I also
ate at the one at the commissary at Travis AFB and once at the one in
Alameda. And I have eaten at the one in Snohomish a few times. I am
familiar with the menu. I did get the taco salad in the past. It was as you
described.

What you describe is currently called the Fiesta Taco salad. They also have
the Spicy Tostada. I well remember the tostada and it was always on a corn
tortilla. I believe in the overall scheme of things, the salad is a newer
item, perhaps added in the 80's or 90's. It is now $4.99 which is cheap for
a taco salad. But when Taco Bell first opened, they were known for their
super cheap food and they had a somewhat limited menu.

Oh and look here! This person who isn't me, is remembering the menu in
1979. They had a tostada on it!

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=383624

If you scroll down, another person lists the 5 original items and a tostada
is on there. They were 19 cents at the time. I want to say that the items
were 29 cents by the time they opened here but I could be wrong on that. I
wasn't the one paying. I just remember my dad time and again getting
excited at the cheap prices then being sadly disappointed because the food
didn't fill him up so he would have to go back once or twice for more food.
I just learned right off the bat to order three items.