Shrimp Taco Safari

I should review Ortega Taco Kits, you say? Sure, why not. Last night I made shrimp tacos using Ortega's wonderful hard-shell taco kit, which contains hard taco shells, taco seasoning, and taco sauce. All you need to supply are the veggies and a dead animal of your choosing. I decided to go the fancy route and use shrimp since the person I was dining with doesn’t consume red meat or chicken. Apparently, it’s okay to eat one of God’s children as long as it doesn’t have a spine. Real nice.

My mother used to make old fashioned beef tacos once a week when I was a kid. My record was 9 tacos in one sitting, a feat I have yet to replicate to this day. That was until the day she realized that she could simply throw all the fixin's onto one giant plate and call it taco salad. It all tastes the same anyway, so I had no complaints.

I feel these tacos would have been perfect if only I had some sour cream.

The tacos were really easy to make and using pre-cooked shrimp really helped cut down on the cooking time. The seasoning and the sauce were great and not too spicy. I prefer Ortega to the Taco Bell brand seasoning kits (which taste nothing like taco bell). I washed the whole meal down with Pacifico, which if you’re unfamiliar, is a more upscale Corona. My Mexican beer of choice is usually Negro Modelo, but that’s a story for another day.

Actually… I guess that is the whole story.