Taco Night!

Food was one way my cheap mother could really save some money. One of our better childhood meals was taco night, but mom could still save some money on that. It should go without saying that she purchased the cheapest taco dinner kit available. But so do lots of people. She did buy salsa (cheap brand) at the store most weeks, but most of the time it would not last until taco night, because she liked to eat it with a spoon (see hot dog buns). This was a real bummer, because she would not buy tomatoes as tomatoes were generally pricey, and she could really save some money in that way. But who needs tomatoes, right? Even Taco Bell offers tacos without tomatoes, it really isn't that strange. Another way she would save money was to not buy shredded Mexican cheese. Cheese? Yeah, she wouldn't buy cheese for tacos, leaving us with taco shells, meat, lettuce, and occasionally salsa if we hid it at the back of the refrigerator and she didn't find it. In such cases, we would sometimes tear American cheese singles into pieces to use on our tacos.