I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
ordered some of these things:

http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG

We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
recyclable...

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"Little Malice" > wrote in message
...
>I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
> need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
> ordered some of these things:
>
> http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>
> We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
> recyclable...
>
Pretty neat! Makes for a nice presentation.

One time on Usenet, "cybercat" > said:
> "Little Malice" > wrote in message
> ...

> >I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> > like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> > out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> > tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
> > need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
> > ordered some of these things:
> >
> > http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
> >
> > We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
> > recyclable...
> >
> Pretty neat! Makes for a nice presentation.

And it will make Miguel happy. He's a very sweet guy, so that's
important to me... :-)

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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:24:57 GMT, Little Malice wrote:
>
>> I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
>> like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
>> out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
>> tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
>> need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
>> ordered some of these things:
>>
>> http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>
> Why not just buy flat bottomed taco shells for the
> fragile little whiner? :-)
>
> http://i11.tinypic.com/3yi5fn9.jpg
> (These are "Chipotle Flavored" shells, which is why they're red)
>

Cooler!

(Little Malice) wrote in news:fmgnfp$7s0ia_002
@news.avvanta.com:

> I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
> need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
> ordered some of these things:
>
> http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>
> We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
> recyclable...
>



You don't have the flat bottomed taco shells over there??

http://www.freshpatents.com/Square-bottom-taco-shell-
dt20060706ptan20060147587.php

http://tinyurl.com/36a772


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Wars begin where you will...
but they do not end where you please.

Machiavelli

One time on Usenet, Sqwertz > said:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:24:57 GMT, Little Malice wrote:
>
> > I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> > like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> > out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> > tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
> > need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
> > ordered some of these things:
> >
> > http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>
> Why not just buy flat bottomed taco shells for the
> fragile little whiner? :-)

He's really not, it's just that he grew up using them. My mom never
bothered, so I keep forgetting he wanted them.

> http://i11.tinypic.com/3yi5fn9.jpg
> (These are "Chipotle Flavored" shells, which is why they're red)

Neat, what company makes those? I've seen one brand of flat bottom
ones at my stupidmarkets, usually Old El Paso, IIRC...

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One time on Usenet, PeterLucas > said:
> (Little Malice) wrote in news:fmgnfp$7s0ia_002
> @news.avvanta.com:
>
> > I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> > like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> > out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> > tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
> > need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
> > ordered some of these things:
> >
> > http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
> >
> > We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
> > recyclable...

> You don't have the flat bottomed taco shells over there??
>
> http://www.freshpatents.com/Square-bottom-taco-shell-
> dt20060706ptan20060147587.php
>
> http://tinyurl.com/36a772

We do -- see my reply to Steve... :-)

--
Jani in WA

Little Malice wrote:

> One time on Usenet, Sqwertz > said:
>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:24:57 GMT, Little Malice wrote:
>>
>> > I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I like
>> > just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall out.
>> > Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping tacos.
>> > I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't need
>> > another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
>> > ordered some of these things:
>> >
>> > http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>>
>> Why not just buy flat bottomed taco shells for the fragile little
>> whiner? :-)
>
> He's really not, it's just that he grew up using them. My mom never
> bothered, so I keep forgetting he wanted them.
>
>> http://i11.tinypic.com/3yi5fn9.jpg
>> (These are "Chipotle Flavored" shells, which is why they're red)
>
> Neat, what company makes those? I've seen one brand of flat bottom ones at
> my stupidmarkets, usually Old El Paso, IIRC...

Flat bottomed tacos you make the rockin world go round.


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One time on Usenet, Sqwertz > said:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:56:31 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:45:40 GMT, Little Malice wrote:
> >
> >> One time on Usenet, Sqwertz > said:
> >>
> >>> http://i11.tinypic.com/3yi5fn9.jpg
> >>> (These are "Chipotle Flavored" shells, which is why they're red)
> >>
> >> Neat, what company makes those? I've seen one brand of flat bottom
> >> ones at my stupidmarkets, usually Old El Paso, IIRC...
> >
> > I think these were El Paso. With the flat bottom and the wide
> > bodies, they hold twice as much as the regular taco. I like them
> > because I can spend more time eating them rather than assembling
> > them.
>
> It looks like General Mills also has a patent on these, and
> fairly recent, too (2006). SO if they ever stop making them,
> you'll never see them again unless you make them yourself.

So that's the deal. I don't really like Old El Paso shells as much as
Lawry's. I might try them though, just to see what DH thinks.

> I wonder if I can patent the round-bottomed taco shell... And a
> triangular one, too. That ought put Taco Bell at my mercy.

Heh, you evil thing, you... ;-)

--
Jani in WA

"Little Malice" > wrote in message
...
>I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> tacos.

That's what refried beans are for, to prop up the taco on your plate. You're
supposed to hold the taco in your hand and eat it until it's gone anyway!

Blinky the Shark > wrote in
news
> Little Malice wrote:

>>> http://i11.tinypic.com/3yi5fn9.jpg
>>> (These are "Chipotle Flavored" shells, which is why they're
>>> red)
>>
>> Neat, what company makes those? I've seen one brand of flat
>> bottom ones at my stupidmarkets, usually Old El Paso, IIRC...
>
> Flat bottomed tacos you make the rockin world go round.

Food for a Queen.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:50:43 GMT, l, not -l wrote:
>
> > On 14-Jan-2008, Sqwertz > wrote:
> >
> >> Why not just buy flat bottomed taco shells for the
> >> fragile little whiner? :-)
> >>
> >> http://i11.tinypic.com/3yi5fn9.jpg
> >> (These are "Chipotle Flavored" shells, which is why they're red)
> >
> > They will still tip over; they are only marginally stable because the base
> > is too narrow for the height.
>
> They never tip over on me (in 20+ tacos). I think you just have
> to be smarter than the taco shell.
>
> I just measured them. They're 1" wide by 2.25" high. That's a
> pretty good form factor considering the heaviest stuff goes on
> the bottom.

It even meets the CalOSHA 1:3 base width to height ratio for free
standing scaffolding (OSHA for the rest of the country is 1:4).

(Little Malice) wrote in news:fmgnfp$7s0ia_002
@news.avvanta.com:

> I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
> need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
> ordered some of these things:
>
> http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>
> We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
> recyclable...

Looks like you could get some beer coasters and with a xacto knife make
them.




--

Charles
The significant problems we face cannot be solved
at the same level of thinking we were at when we
created them. Albert Einstein

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:24:57 GMT, Little Malice wrote:
>
>> I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
>> like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
>> out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
>> tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
>> need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
>> ordered some of these things:
>>
>> http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>
> Why not just buy flat bottomed taco shells for the
> fragile little whiner? :-)
>
> http://i11.tinypic.com/3yi5fn9.jpg
> (These are "Chipotle Flavored" shells, which is why they're red)
>
> -sw

Son of a beeeeatch! hell of a idea
lovely taco

Charles Quinn wrote:
> (Little Malice) wrote in news:fmgnfp$7s0ia_002
> @news.avvanta.com:
>
>> I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
>> like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
>> out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
>> tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
>> need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
>> ordered some of these things:
>>
>> http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
>>
>> We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
>> recyclable...
>
> Looks like you could get some beer coasters and with a xacto knife make
> them.
>


I was thinking the lids from plastic deli-type containers.

gloria p

One time on Usenet, Charles Quinn > said:
> (Little Malice) wrote in news:fmgnfp$7s0ia_002
> @news.avvanta.com:
>
> > I don't mind my tacos falling over on my plate -- maybe because I
> > like just meat, cheese, and lettuce, so there's not much to fall
> > out. Miguel (DH), OTOH has been bugging me for years about flopping
> > tacos. I almost got the typical plastic or metal holders, but I don't
> > need another gadget that we'll only use 2-3x per year. Instead, I just
> > ordered some of these things:
> >
> > http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8c/6a/f27d_1_b.JPG
> >
> > We'll see how they work. And I like that they're paper, which is
> > recyclable...
>
> Looks like you could get some beer coasters and with a xacto knife make
> them.

Heh! I might do that if I ever run out of these...

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Jani in WA