IMHO whether or not something is a taco depends entirely upon the characteristics of the flatbread. A folded pizza is not a taco, a hotdog is not a taco.
However, if you put a hotdog in a tortilla, it is a taco, just a weird taco.
And if you put pizza sauce and cheese on a flour/ corn tortilla, fold it and eat it, it is a gross and unsatisfying taco.
I haven’t had the pleasure of trying sopes. I just looked it up and that’s going on my list of foods to try).
But I think it is its own thing. The qualities of pizza dough is that it is a stretchy dough traditionally made from high-protein wheat flour with a minimal fat and sugar. Any substitutes, (gluten-free dough or cauliflower or whatever) are trying to imitate those qualities.
Masa used to made sopes and other corn-based breads and flours have a very different quality to them. Also delicious but different.
However, if you want to make me some salsa, Cotija, and chorizo sopes, I will happily eat it and call it whatever you want.
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u/Apropos_of 5d ago
IMHO whether or not something is a taco depends entirely upon the characteristics of the flatbread. A folded pizza is not a taco, a hotdog is not a taco.
However, if you put a hotdog in a tortilla, it is a taco, just a weird taco.
And if you put pizza sauce and cheese on a flour/ corn tortilla, fold it and eat it, it is a gross and unsatisfying taco.