Black is the color of moldy, gross food (other than olives and licorice). Even besides that, it’s generally not the color of a taco. It’s like the failed purple ketchup. What’s the point? Black is just not a very appetizing food color.
And for all these years I’ve been adding flourescene dye and using a black light to make sure :smack:
Huh? Mold comes in many colors, as does food.
I much prefer black beans to red beans. Gourmands gobble up black caviar and black truffles. Poppy seeds, black sesame seeds, and black pepper can add flavor to many dishes (although usually not all three at once).
I guess you can take some comfort in the fact that you haven’t been using barium pellets and an X-Ray machine.
I went out and bought one of the damn things, just to see. (Damn you, SDMB! 89 cents down the drain!)
The color seems to change depending on what light you view it in, but it definitely has a purple tinge to it. That is definitely more appetizing than black. You can see my photos of it here.
As for taste, it tastes like every other taco on the Taco Bell menu, but definitely a bit more peppery. I still finished it, though. There are starving kids in China, don’t you know? I will now accept any accusations of astro-turfing. 
If it’s just food coloring, can they make it so it’s black some in some parts and light in others? And make the contrast to represent things? Like Jesus?
You just know it’s only a matter of time before someone comes up with something like this.*
For now, though, we’ll have to make do with the donut burger.
*[sub]I DO, however, like the double decker Taco Bell tacos. So sue me – I like the contrast between the soft outer shell and the crunchy one.[/sub]
As I said, parts of the KFC bowl would probably be pretty good together. And your concoction actually sounds pretty good, though you probably need some grilled onions or roasted garlic in it, somewhere. Of course, I think that chicken just isn’t complete without some onion or garlic in it. When I roast a chicken, I put chunks of onion in the vent and neck cavities.
So where can I direct people who want the Pizza Crepe Taco Pancake Chili Bag?
I ate two of them today. I’ll let you know how they come out.
That sounds almost like a chicken pot pie, in a way.
Meh. It should taste like everything else they make.
Try this guy. He duplicated the Taco Town Taco and posted the results on his MySpace page. He forgot about the bag though.
There are many, many less appetizing foods than black tacos. Case in point: Casu marzu.
I had one yesterday. Nothing exceptional to write home (or the SDMB) about. A regular TB taco with a white-ish jack cheese sauce. Was as tasty as any other TB item.
MeanJoe
That link just sends you to the taco town “ad”
You have the link to the guy who made one? I’d like to see/read that.
Thanks.
You have to scroll down past the embedded video link for the Taco Town ad to see the photos of the preparation and consumption of the tacos along with the comments. (Apparently blueberry and pepperoni don’t go together. Who knew?)
thanks
I’m convinced that casu marzu is an elaborate Internet hoax. It’s the only way I can sleep at night.