# Old El Paso extra mild taco kit. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129 "2012-11-26T05:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/21 "2012-11-28T13:48:15Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > It’s self-selecting. People that make tacos from Old El Paso taco kits are probably not going to be very used to spicy foods. I’m the exception to that rule. The regular kits are fine to me. Yeah, I could probably save a little money per meal doing my own spices vs using the packet. But the flavor is about right to start with for me. And I do like their sauce. Again as a starting point. I’ll often spice both up more for my personal consumption. Here’s how hot I like things. I grow my own peppers to make hot sauce. Grew some Carribean Reds. 2-3 times hotter than habaneros. Purreed about 3 pints of them in enough vinegar to make a slurry. A bit bummed because that wasn’t going to be enough to give as Christmas gifts to everyone I wanted to. Then I tasted the slurry :eek::eek::eek::eek: Added a can of canned cherry pie filling :eek::eek::eek: Another can :eek::eek: A bottle of rice wine vinegar. Still at :eek: level A pint of purreed garlic with vinegar. Okay now its just a tolerable level for me and one friend. Put some of that aside for us. Still way too strong for everyone else. Dilute what is left in a 2 to 1 ratio with Tabasco Brand Habanero hot sauce. You know your shit is hot when you are using Habanero hot sauce to bring down the heat level. I ended up with a gallon of hot hot sauce. 🙂 With all my other hot sauce concoctions I probably have 10 gallons of the stuff in the house. Santa is giving away LOTS of hot sauce this year. In fact the Easter Bunny might make some secondary deliveries as well. So, yeah, I like it hot 🙂 Again, to me the kits are okay. Its kinda like a taco bell taco or a fast food burger compared to something more upscale. It aint the same but it can be good for what it is. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/22 "2012-11-28T16:14:22Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Yes, more expensive per ounce. But if a person wants some homemade tacos, and knows that s/he isn’t likely to want homemade tacos for another couple of years, it’s cheaper to buy the packet of seasonings, rather than several jars of spices which will have a quarter teaspoon used from each, and then the rest thrown away. It’s like buying a side of beef when all one wants is a T bone. Sure, the cost per pound is lower when you buy the side…but if you throw away most of it, you’ve spent more money in the long run. Years!? “I want tacos TODAY! And never again during the Obama administration.” ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/23 "2012-11-28T16:23:30Z")
Well, actually, I shouldn’t have the tacos from a kit at all. But every now and then, I have a craving. And I’ll pay for it later on. And now I do want tacos. And chips and salsa. And an enchilada. And a margarita. It’s 10:21 now, if I left in 10 minutes I could be at Fiesta restaurant when it opens. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/24 "2012-11-28T18:59:26Z")
Its really just all about the margarita isn’t it? You can tell us 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/25 "2012-11-28T19:06:02Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Taco kits are one step below an Easy Bake oven anyhow. I can’t believe people buy that shit. My husband’s Mexican and we buy that shit all the time. We do add a lot of shit to it though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/26 "2012-11-28T19:20:46Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > My husband’s Mexican and we buy that shit all the time. > > We do add a lot of shit to it though. And shit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/27 "2012-11-28T19:52:27Z")
I’m going to check Krogers for this. Extra mild is what I need with my GI issues. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/28 "2012-11-28T19:55:16Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > My husband’s Mexican and we buy that shit all the time. > > We do add a lot of shit to it though. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > And shit. That’s a lot of shit And shit. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129/29 "2012-11-28T20:09:56Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Not everyone has a full spice rack. That shit is expensive. And most people who have a full spice rack have grossly expired spices. So if I want to make a one-off fancy recipe for one (me and 4 leftovers) using fresh spices, then I’d probably do well to get one of those packs instead of a $7 jar of sage. I completely agree. The only time I would make “real food” that needs these kinds of spices would be if I were cooking for a potluck or dinner party (aka, rarely) and full bottles of each would be a waste. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-el-paso-extra-mild-taco-kit/642129.md?page=1)