"i have not tried the volcano taco yet. i have been meaning to
but i am sort of boycotting it here because it is 1.79 and that is too
much for some additional sauce that i would ask for them not to put on
and a red shell. but a red shell!!"

$1.79? Man, New York City has a lot of nerve. I've been intrigued with
eating one of these tacos since seeing a commercial during a recent trip
to Santa Fe. When the smoke comes out of a person's mouth after taking a
bite I knew it was just a short matter of time before smoke would be
coming out of my mouth as well. I was in Santa Fe, thinking about Taco
Bell.

GUESS WHAT? SMOKE DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE MOUTH AFTER EATING THIS TACO.

Today I went directly to Taco Bell after running some errands. I'm on a
rewards system in life, so I figured getting gas and taking some paintings
to a hair salon warranted 3 tacos, AT LEAST. The Volcano Taco at the
Clybourn Taco Bell in Chicago is 99¢, as is the regular crunchy taco. So
I took my chance on one Volcano Taco and two regular tacos.

THE VERDICT: The Volcano Taco is a regular taco with Fire Sauce mixed in
with the meat in a regular shell that is dyed red. If you eat your tacos
with Fire Sauce and you're blind, you wouldn't be able to tell the
difference at all. If you live in NYC you can save .0000000000000000000-
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of your
rent by skipping the $1.79 Volcano Taco and buying a regular one instead.

UPDATE: The venerable Lacey Swain of Seattle, Washington chimes in:
“The volcano taco is actually much more than a red shell and fire sauce, as Derek would have
you believe. In all actuality the Volcano Taco has something called Lava Sauce on it which is
spicy cheese sauce, I’d imagine. Okay, I guess it’s actually not that much more than a red
shell and fire sauce, but what are they supposed to do—give the lava sauce away for free?”

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Taco Bell Corp. is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. Man, Yum! Brands,
Inc.! That's too much!