Above: My taco salad on the left and my husband's on the right.
Plato is known Greek philosopher known for his theory of the Form. He believed everything was merely a representation of its True Form and nothing could ever become the True Form. We just see the True Form "because we see in them the Form of they ought to be" (Strong). This philosophy can be seen in cooking. There are a myriad of recipes for chocolate chip cookies, chili, chicken noodle soup, etc. I decided to follow my family recipe for taco salad, but my husband wanted to make his how he was used to. In the above pictures one can tell both are taco salads, however, they each have a different form from how they look to how they taste. We both agreed on lettuce, taco meat, fritos, cucumber, bell peppers, tomatoes, and cheese--He likes a lot more cheese than I do though! The dressing is where we differed--he wanted salsa and I wanted Ranch Dressing. There are several recipes out there for taco salad and in the end it really comes down to the person with which way they prefer it, but in most cases anyone would be able to tell it's taco salad, even if it isn't their version of it.
