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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 9:47:43 AM   
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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 9:54:10 AM   
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But always thought that was Spanish and not Mexican Originated. While both countries speak Spanish. But they are kinda like in different continents!

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 10:03:43 AM   
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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 10:04:42 AM   
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The problem with taco trucks is they don't have a liquor license and you can't get a margarita with them. I only eat where I can get a drink with my meal.

I prefer a Negra Modello.

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 10:10:59 AM   
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Taste-wise, Taco Bell's actually the closest chain-restaurant food to my family's recipes. So it's not all that far off from the real thing, depending on what part of Mexico your cuisine knowledge comes from. A lot of what the US thinks of as stereotypically Mexican originated from the state of Jalisco, which only makes up 1/12 of the country and isn't even all that close to the border.

Edit: I will say you can taste extra sugar in Taco Bell's stuff, though. Aside from sweeteners and chemical additives, it's basically traditional.


Awesome to know! I can only eat chicken. Can't eat beef.

So I only tasted chicken Tacos from Taco Bell and they all taste great! Is the crispy shell thing authentic? Or is that an American Improvisation?


Greta, the crispy she'll thing is how to easily package and ship taco shells. Imagine if you will, a Mexican restaurant run by a family. Usually it's based on mom's or grand mom's recipes. As you walk in the door, Tia someone is sitting off to the side busily making fresh tortillas. They are cooked but generally not crunchy like Taco Bell. But they are fresh and warm when they show up with your meal.

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 10:20:31 AM   
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Greta, the crispy she'll thing is how to easily package and ship taco shells. Imagine if you will, a Mexican restaurant run by a family. Usually it's based on mom's or grand mom's recipes. As you walk in the door, Tia someone is sitting off to the side busily making fresh tortillas. They are cooked but generally not crunchy like Taco Bell. But they are fresh and warm when they show up with your meal.

I can't imagine crispy shell are easy to ship and package though, as they can break so easily and are so fragile.

Tortillas skins are easily packaged. But generally, am not a fan of the regular soft ones. Like the crispy shell of Taco Bell alot! Also love having Tortilla Chips with guacamole, salsa, sour cream, bacon and lots of melted cheddar.

For the normal tortillas skin, I rather have Quesadillas. Which somehow gets done crispy too, searing it on a pan I suppose.

I think I just like crispy things!

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 11:29:54 AM   
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Awesome to know! I can only eat chicken. Can't eat beef.

So I only tasted chicken Tacos from Taco Bell and they all taste great! Is the crispy shell thing authentic? Or is that an American Improvisation?


It's more authentic if it's not folded in half, but yes. A corn tortilla that's been fried stiff is called a tostada. In my fam we top them with refried beans, lettuce, diced tomato, sour cream, and shredded cheddar. And, of course, the kids pile on the sour cream and cheese and complain about the tomatoes. :)

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 11:42:07 AM   
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I would follow Sangria Law... Does it mean we have to wear sombreros too?

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 12:04:58 PM   
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The Trumptooners have announced that if they don't get a Taco Truck should Clinton be elected, they'll whine.
In fact, they're whining about it already, before the election.
Sad!

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 12:18:31 PM   
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Awesome to know! I can only eat chicken. Can't eat beef.

So I only tasted chicken Tacos from Taco Bell and they all taste great! Is the crispy shell thing authentic? Or is that an American Improvisation?


It's more authentic if it's not folded in half, but yes. A corn tortilla that's been fried stiff is called a tostada. In my fam we top them with refried beans, lettuce, diced tomato, sour cream, and shredded cheddar. And, of course, the kids pile on the sour cream and cheese and complain about the tomatoes. :)

I really like fish on a tostada.

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 8:33:54 PM   
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They are still called "Roach Coach" in my neighborhood.

In SoCal we have amazing Gourmet Food Trucks.

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 8:35:06 PM   
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I would follow Sangria Law...

You just won this thread. You should do a mic drop

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 8:37:17 PM   
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Taco Bell is not Mexican food. It's a very sad copy lowered to the level of mid-western Grandma appeal.

The Franchise may originate from the US. But the style of the food is definitely Mexican inspired.

It's like Nandos Chicken. Portugese Chicken, but from South Africa.

It's like all the Chinese Restaurants in the US, serves nothing that taste like food from China or any Chinese dominated countries, strangely, despite being run by Chinese people. Because in Australia, you can get it spot on authentic, and I fuckin' love Chinese restaurants in Australia, seriously, the real thing! Vancouver Canada as well. And at least in UK, you can get really authentic Indian, their Chinese, I frown in horror too. Especially when Gordon Ramsey did the battle of the Cuisines, what the Chinese Chef did, Fresh Lobster Fish and Chip Style, is like so insulting to the way we cook our seafood! Fresh seafood should never be deep fried! EVER! No wonder they lost.

But they are chinese inspired and I still accept them as Chinese Food.

After all, Sweet and Sour Pork did not come from the US for sure.

Yeah, I'm 20 minutes from the border, we frequently go to Mexico for a food orgy. So, you're saying they don't serve authentic Mexican food in Mexico?

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/3/2016 9:40:04 PM   
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Greta, the crispy she'll thing is how to easily package and ship taco shells. Imagine if you will, a Mexican restaurant run by a family. Usually it's based on mom's or grand mom's recipes. As you walk in the door, Tia someone is sitting off to the side busily making fresh tortillas. They are cooked but generally not crunchy like Taco Bell. But they are fresh and warm when they show up with your meal.

I can't imagine crispy shell are easy to ship and package though, as they can break so easily and are so fragile.

Tortillas skins are easily packaged. But generally, am not a fan of the regular soft ones. Like the crispy shell of Taco Bell alot! Also love having Tortilla Chips with guacamole, salsa, sour cream, bacon and lots of melted cheddar.

For the normal tortillas skin, I rather have Quesadillas. Which somehow gets done crispy too, searing it on a pan I suppose.

I think I just like crispy things!


You can get the hard ones around here but they don't really sell much I think. (boxes, not bags) Many people will just eat it soft because the hard shell busts apart when you bite it and the shit goes all over the place. Either that or you have to hold it together with both hands and finish it before you can drink your drink. Hopefully you didn't put too much hot sauce on it.

Nachos bell grande' takes care of that. We improved on that and put everything on the plate but the nachos. The meat and lettuce go first, and then tomatoes and the lettuce around but not on top of the meat. On top of the meat goes a nice big dollop of sour cream and then that gets sprinkled with finely diced green peppers. Then melted cheese is poured over it. When made right you run out of nachos and have to put more on but so what. If you like hard shell tacos, this shit is seriously good. Taco Bell fucked it up putting the meat and all that on top of the nachos which made them soggy, the best thing we did was to change that.

I have made taco pizzas but gave up on it. That hard shell (well it is after you bake it) cracks when you bite it and you are forced to feed like a fourth of the thing in your mouth all at once. Quite similar problem as the hard shell tacos.

I'll eat hard shell tacos at the bar. Used to be they would let you make your own. The difference is they cleaned up the mess. Actually usually when I did they were free. They were also free at those internet (gambling) cafes they shut down in this county. Hard or soft shell tacos are like hot dogs, you can put any combination of a whole bunch of things on them.

But I haven't bought made food for quite some time, though I have had some pizza from a pizza place, but it is a really good pizza place. (for a meat pizza, their deluxe can be beat but they did win the award here for several years in a row, and now I want to know who beat them lol)

Enough digression.

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/4/2016 1:01:42 AM   
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Yeah, I'm 20 minutes from the border, we frequently go to Mexico for a food orgy. So, you're saying they don't serve authentic Mexican food in Mexico?

And you got a Mexican person here saying that Taco Bell is authentic. So she should know better. She said the border Mexican food does not represent all of Mexico food. And that Taco Bell style is Mexican from another area of Mexico. Not near the border.

Makes sense. I mean Beijing Food is completely different from Yunnan food. Like night and day. And if people only been to Beijing, then I think they are the worst representative of Chinese food of the whole of China.

BTW I have been to Mexico too, and have eaten in Mexico. Unfortunately, only inside hotels and no Tacos. When I saw the condition, I was afraid to eaten outside hotel environment incase of food poisoning.

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/4/2016 1:04:30 AM   
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I really like fish on a tostada.

I never tried it with fish. Think nobody does it around here! Can't imagine how that taste like!


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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/4/2016 3:48:18 AM   
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Taco Bell: what you get when a big corporation tries to copy Texican food on the cheap. BTW, if you head into Mexico around Monterrey; the only cooks that even know what a taco is are ones that have visited the U.S.

Restaurant at a truck stop headed for Saltillo. They handed the "English" menu to the obvious gringo. All it has was hot dog, hamburger, fries, and all at ridiculous prices. I look over and the local guys had four page menus. Hmmm, I told the waitress to give me whatever the cook had for lunch. Sometimes you never know what you get when you order like that. In this case it was an overstuffed Reuben with obviously local made saurkraut, a side dish of pickled jalepenos, and two cans of Dos Equis beer.

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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/4/2016 7:13:54 AM   
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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/4/2016 7:37:56 AM   
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RE: So where's my taco truck? - 9/5/2016 12:22:35 AM   
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Sangria: making cheap vinegary red wine a lucrative item since 1298. (it's just chilled red wine with fruit juice)

Taco Bell: what you get when a big corporation tries to copy Texican food on the cheap. BTW, if you head into Mexico around Monterrey; the only cooks that even know what a taco is are ones that have visited the U.S.

Restaurant at a truck stop headed for Saltillo. They handed the "English" menu to the obvious gringo. All it has was hot dog, hamburger, fries, and all at ridiculous prices. I look over and the local guys had four page menus. Hmmm, I told the waitress to give me whatever the cook had for lunch. Sometimes you never know what you get when you order like that. In this case it was an overstuffed Reuben with obviously local made saurkraut, a side dish of pickled jalepenos, and two cans of Dos Equis beer.


We are at a serious disadvantage not knowing multiple languages. Unfortunately for me it is too hard to change and my only option is to apply for a visa to hell. I can be sure they speak English there.

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