Posted on 10/10/2007 10:25:36 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
It sounds like a fast-food grudge match: Taco Bell is taking on the homeland of its namesake by reopening for the first time in 15 years in Mexico. Defenders of Mexican culture see the chain's re-entry as a crowning insult to a society already overrun by U.S. chains from Starbucks and Subway to KFC. "It's like bringing ice to the Arctic," complained pop-culture historian Carlos Monsiváis. The company's branding strategy — "Taco Bell is something else" — is an attempt to distance itself from any comparison to Mexico's beloved taquerias, which sell traditional corn tortillas stuffed with an endless variety of fillings, from spicy beef to corn fungus and cow eyes. Taco Bell, a unit of Louisville, Ky.,-based Yum Brands, made its name promoting its menu to Americans as something straight out of Mexico. But it's a very different dynamic south of the border. Here, the company projects a more "American" fast-food image by adding French fries — some topped with cheese, cream, ground meat and tomatoes — to the menu at its first store, which opened in late September in the northern city of Monterrey.
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Mexico needs to be further opened to U.S. business and industry along with allowing American retirees, and those seeking vacation homes, and even developers to buy Mexican real estate. Because Mexico is controlled by a sleazy oligarchy people go hungry and are induced to come to the U.S.—illegally.
I don't eat Mexican style food and I've never been to Mexico but I can say from personal experience that the "Chinese" food sold in this country doesn't even remotely resemble the food that you get in China (southern China,at least),Hong Kong and Macau.The food you get there is *far* different than,and *far* better than,what you get here.I wouldn't be surprised if the same were true with "Mexican" food.
I wouldn’t call it “food” at all.
What’s so baffling about telling Mexicans “Make a run for the border!”??
New Mexican food is the only southwestern fare worth eating.
oh cry me a river - macdonald’s serves a lousy American burger yet it succeeds because of efficiency and affordability. Mexico can have crappy tacos from Taco Bell just like we can have crappy American food from MacDonalds.
*sigh* but how I miss those tacos from Jack in the Box.
lol - no pun intended.
Butter, real butter not margarine or the like, is very good! But for frying or baking it’s not quite as good as lard. As with anything, moderation is the key word. Lard is useful for some things but not everything..............
MMMMMMMMMM!.....Corn fungus and cows eyes....
I could never figure out how this tiny stand did any business until someone told me that it was probably just a front for drug deals. But perhaps it had something to do with finding authentic Mexican food.
My Chihuahua talks to me!.................
I got food poisoning at a taco bell once and had to camp out on the toilet for two days.....
Ojo (cow eye) taco. 
(close up)
Just making the Burrito Supremes that Mexicans won't make.
Ya wanna flummox a “liberal”?
Ask them how many have been fed and for how much through the federal government vs through McDonalds.
They know the answer - it makes steam come out their ears.
Do they slide down?....Just ask Richard...
I never got sick there, but that was probably only by dumb luck. The Taco Smell nearest me didn't even bother to wipe off the trays before they reused them. It was normal to find slime and crap from someone else's meal smeared all over the tray. I complained and the manager blamed the lazy help. He offered me a free meal, but I refused to take it.
I’ve heard but can’t substantiate that the ground beef Taco Bell uses is actually graded below Alpo by the USDA.
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