A little know fact about me is that I dislike outer space. It’s not because I went into space and had a bad experience or that I watched some weird sci-fi movie and freaked out. I have never been abducted or seen a UFO. I just don’t like the thought of this dark, scary, never ending universe and not really knowing what’s out there. Some people have claustrophobia, well I definitely do not. I like my feet on the ground and the mountains hugging my world like a scarf on a cold day. And what the heck do people eat in space? Well I will tell you…..food that comes in bags, no refrigeration required, much like Que Pasa’s new taco kits.

 

The taco kit has everything you need to have a taco night, including the filling, which is a mixture of beef and bean in a bag that you boil to re-heat. I didn’t realize this when I bought the kit. I normally buy only the taco shells and make the spice seasoning myself but I really like Que Pasa products and I was assuming this kit would be good for nights when I was being lazy. You could imagine my surprise when I pulled this out of the pantry and read that there was a bag of beef in the kit.

 

 

 

When I opened the box, part of me wanted to just have cereal instead for dinner but since I had gone out and purchased sour cream, lettuce and tomato I felt like my commitment was to eat tacos. I also wanted to tell you all about this kit as well, so I took one for the team and proceeded with my dinner. I boiled the bag and voila…..dinner was ready. That was the fastest taco I have ever had, other than driving through taco bell.

The next step is to squeeze the filling out of the bag which immediately made me say “yuck”. Not something J wants to hear right before I say “dinners ready!” The filling resembled some sort of pet food but since its human food I should compare it to the filling in those frozen burritos. Except that the frozen burritos look more like whole beans and actual beef. I can’t really explain the taste, I guess it sort of tasted like beans but I couldn’t taste any of the beef that is supposed to be in there. The texture, consistency and appearance were so unappetizing that j and I just kept looking at each other wondering who was going to cave first and move onto to something else. Mr Noodles were looking like a pretty good alternative at this point. We both finished a taco and decided that the rest was fit for the garbage can.

 

 

I am really disappointed in Que Pasa for creating this kit. Que Pasa is a local company from Vancouver and is best known for their fresh organic products that don’t have preservatives. This bag of beef might be organic but the fact that it can remain in the pantry leads me to believe that there are preservatives in this package. Maybe if it tasted okay I would be more forgiving but there is nothing good about this kit. Sorry Que Pasa but you really dropped the ball on this one. The only people who should be eating meat from a bag (other than jerky) are astronauts and I doubt that they would like this either.