glad you mix your own spices. the day I figured out was the day I felt free of Old El Paso. We've made our own shells, but for what it's worth, el paso shells are great. my favourite sour cream is a thick kind that we can get around here in quebec, but I forget the name. There's quite a fantastic cream that is authentic to mexican food at the latin grocery on somerset in ottawa. It's not sour, it's 'fresh' but nice and thick. It is actually quite good. They also have that mexican cheese which looks and feels like feta, but it's not as sharp. I'm having taco night tonight too. we made taco spiced ground pork (minced onion, garlic, jalepeno, red pepper, cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper) last night to lay out on some tostadas so tonight, to mix it up, the leftover meat is going on taco shells that are sitting in a ziplock. I'm more of a fan of either ground pork or turkey. I think pork is number 1. Grilled pineapple makes a great topping. what's phorbes doing in the taco thread?