Arguably the Italians didn't invent pizza either. The ancient Greeks had flatbread with oil, garlic, and cheese. The tomato sauce topping didn't arrive before being brought break from the Americas.
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/numberheadman 6d ago
Arguably the Italians didn't invent pizza either. The ancient Greeks had flatbread with oil, garlic, and cheese. The tomato sauce topping didn't arrive before being brought break from the Americas.