# Tacos: sour cream or no? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156 "2011-09-13T13:53:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/21 "2011-09-13T19:16:43Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > \ Mmmm, sour cream… \ > > In my book, there aren’t a lot of foods that can’t be improved with a nice scoop o’ that white creamy goodness. I tell you what! Sometimes I just eat it with a spoon. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/22 "2011-09-13T19:26:18Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I tell you what! Sometimes I just eat it with a spoon. Username/post combo FAIL. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/23 "2011-09-13T19:38:58Z")
I order my Fiesta Dinner with a side of sour cream, which I put on the taco and the enchilada and the beans. I CAN eat tacos without sour cream, but I vastly prefer to have the sour cream. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/24 "2011-09-13T19:42:43Z")
Oh hell no. Onions, cilantro and meat. Corn tortilla. A little salt. Maybe a squeeze of lime. Wrap two up in some wax paper and then some foil and gimme. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/25 "2011-09-13T19:43:15Z")
This really is all news to me, because I don’t think I’ve ever had a taco with sour cream. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/26 "2011-09-13T19:54:54Z")
Sour cream is nice, but not necessary. And you have to be sparing with it, so it doesn’t overwhelm everything else. For something so bland, it seems to overpower other stuff rather well. ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/27 "2011-09-13T20:10:21Z")
No sour cream for me please. Just meat, cheese, tomatoes and lots of taco sauce! Lettuce if I want to be classy. My girlfriend however, loves sour cream. We’re polar opposites when it comes to tacos. Bri2k ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_1111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@Dante\_1111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_1111)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/28 "2011-09-13T20:11:09Z")
I’m a vegetarian, so I use a crumbled meat substitute. Quorn makes a very good one. I sauté it in olive oil with minced onions and taco spices and heat the shells. I always use hard shells. First, I spoon in a little salsa, then a layer of shredded cheese (usually cheddar-jack) and then some of the meat (which melts the cheese). Another sprinkle of cheese (which also melts). Next comes more salsa and a dollop of sour cream, which will act as cement for shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes. A dash more salsa and it’s good to go! I think I’m gonna have to go make one now… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/29 "2011-09-13T20:34:47Z")
Depends on the taco. If we’re talking Taco Bell-style with meat, cheese, and lettuce, then yes to sour cream. However, sour cream on an authentic taco would be disgusting. Onion, cilantro, and lime only. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/30 "2011-09-13T21:11:09Z")
All of these folks putting cilantro on their tacos makes me realize that tacos clearly are one of those foods that I don’t think I’d enjoy eating an “authentic” version of. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/31 "2011-09-13T21:35:21Z")
No sour cream. I don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/32 "2011-09-13T21:37:28Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > Depends on the taco. If we’re talking Taco Bell-style with meat, cheese, and lettuce, then yes to sour cream. This. Fast Fud tacos need the sour cream. If I’m making tacos at home, then no. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/33 "2011-09-13T22:40:35Z")
I can take it or leave it but I don’t see why anyone would leave it. I recently had full-fat sour cream, I had forgotten how thick and fan_freaking_tastic it is. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/34 "2011-09-13T23:20:30Z")
I really liked Tito’s Tacos. They were shredded beef, lettuce, and cheese in a fried shell. (Not sure if they fried it with the meat in or out.) That’s the way I like them. Roomie pretty much insists on sour cream. Since it’s out, I’ll use it when I’m making tacos at home. (Full disclosure: I don’t make the shredded beef. With seasoned ground beef, the sour cream tastes good.) Fish tacos are two soft corn tortillas, fried or grilled white fish, shredded cabbage, white sauce, and a squeeze of lime. White sauce should be crema, but I cheat at home by seasoning sour cream. I’m just about to make a taco. I’ll use one or two soft corn tortillas, leftover shredded ‘Cuban’ roast pork, some black beans, and maybe some rice. Actually, it’s more like a burrito. But I haven’t any flour tortillas. I’ll decide what’s actually going in when I get to the kitchen; but I’m not planning on sour cream. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/35 "2011-09-14T00:05:40Z")
The only things getting on my tacos are meat and cheese. That’s it. If I want a salad I’ll have a salad on the side, not on my taco XD ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/36 "2011-09-14T00:27:26Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > The only things getting on my tacos are meat and cheese. That’s it. That’s what I ended up having. I shredded the pork and fried it in some olive oil until it was crispy-ish. Corn tortillas in the hot oil, meat on the tortillas, fold it over, fry on both sides, add shredded cheese when it’s on the plate. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/37 "2011-09-14T00:36:44Z")
Interesting thread, tacos viewed through America-centric eyes! As a Mexican, I’ll just add that there truly is an infinite amount of tacos. Many are served with cream (not sour cream but a very thick heavy cream), some are not. It depends on what the taco is made with. There is even a saying here about someone who tends to exaggerate or is boastful: _le echa mucha crema a sus tacos_ or they put a lot of cream on their tacos. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/38 "2011-09-14T00:37:08Z")
I’m not remotely interested in an “authentic” taco. I like crispy corn shells that I fry up myself, with (in this order) beans, meat, onion, salsa, cheese, lettuce, tomato. I don’t like sour cream topping on any kind of Mexican food, or any kind of food, really. I like some foods with sour cream as an ingredient, but not with it as a topping. (OK, baked potato.) ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/39 "2011-09-14T00:43:07Z")
God dammit yes, must have that. Fuck “authentic” – SC is some good-ass shit and it needs to go onto a taco. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156/40 "2011-09-14T01:27:18Z")
> [@CBEscapee](#): > > There is even a saying here about someone who tends to exaggerate or is boastful: > > _le echa mucha crema a sus tacos_ or they put a lot of cream on their tacos. That sounds dirty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacos-sour-cream-or-no/596156.md?page=3)