The dilemma a single person faces when buying ingredients for a taco-meal only for himself. Buying too many ingredients will result in a better meal overall, but also more leftovers.

Does also apply for other meals like hamburgers, homemade pizza etc.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

If you've ever eaten a taco, or a particularly full sandwich, you have encountered the Taco Dilemma. The problem arises when you realize that your taco has so many toppings, and so much meat, that if you try to take a bite from one end, much of the contents will drop out the other side.

Thus, you are presented with a dilemma: Which end do you take, and which end do you sacrifice?