Culture Shock #56: Germans don't know how to eat tacos

In honor of July 4th, here's a post about tacos.

I thought yall might enjoy the wall decor at the one and only taco shop in Freiburg. 

"This is how one eats tacos."

My favorite panel in this polyptych is the last one.

"No knife and fork."

And in case the wall hangings aren't enough, the napkin dispensers have additional guidance.

It never occurred to me that one would grow up not knowing how to eat a taco. The fact that the German instinct is to pick up a KNIFE and FORK in the face of a taco makes me shudder. I wish you could've seen my face when I walked into this restaurant for the first time and saw the photos on the wall...I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. 

I applaud restaurant owner's insistence that her customers eat tacos as they are meant to be eaten. Her faith is not misplaced. Every German I saw in that restaurant were trying their damndest to keep their head at the appropriate 45 degree angle. Hey, Germans may not have grown up exposed to the delicacy of tacos, but they sure do know how to follow precise orders. 

(They are decent tacos, for those who are wondering. Pricey, but decent.)