Taco Bell's fare baffles Mexicans

Seattle Times ^ | 10/10/07 | MARK STEVENSON

[Cyropaedia]

If you haven't tried authentic, *Mexico City* styled Tacos al Pastor, then you don't know what good tacos are...

[latina4dubya]

I’ve always hated “authentic” Mexican food - the lard that they put in everything is simply putrid.

not the way my Mom cooks it... mmmmm--lard and everything!

[Just another Joe]

What the heck is an Enchirito?
I don't suppose that you can post a pic of one, could you?

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Ironically, the only Mexicans I ever see at my Taco Bell work there.

[mnehring]

It is actually called huitlacoche and it is quite good, very similar to truffles, but not as expensive. Remember that mushrooms and truffles are fungus too.

[bigfootbob]

McDonalds used to use lard to fry their fries. They were the best.

[Clemenza]

I only got sick ONCE in my many travels to Mexico. It was my first time in Mexico City, when I ate some churros cooked in rancid oil. Since then, I have been OK, especially if I see them cook the meat/fish in front of me.

[Racehorse]

New Mexican food is the only southwestern fare worth eating.

That's what they might say in El Paso.

We say different in San Antonio.

New Mexican food tastes like it was cooked in an Italian kitchen. :-)

[Clemenza]

And most Italian food in New York is cooked by Mexicans or Ecuadorians!

[ArrogantBustard]

Yeah, I'm talking about real butter. Margarine sucks. Where a solid fat is called for, I use butter. Pie crusts, cakes, whatever.

For frying, I generally prefer a high temperature liquid oil. Peanut is my favourite. Olive oil is great, if high temperatures aren't involved.

But that's just me. De gustibus non disputandum.

[fatnotlazy]

I was raised on “lard”. It’s not bad. Foods made with lard taste much better than Hydrogenated Trans-Esterfied Vegetable Oils......

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My grandmother on my dad’s side cooked and baked with lard. She lived to be 90. In fact, she never ate anything healthy. The only fruit she ever ate were apples and only if they were in, say, an apple pie, apple streudel, etc.

It’s true that using lard in pie crusts make them really flaky. When the food police deemed lard to be a no-no, my mother used Crisco and other substitues — the pie crusts just weren’t the same.

[evets]

Yo quiero Taco Bell...

[Clemenza]

Don’t get me started on how Americans drown their pastas with sauce. How the hell do you taste the semolina that way?

[Red Badger]

But that’s not kosher or halal or friendly to Hindus, so they went PC..............

[Revelation 911]

so, cows eyes ok, ground meat & chesse is not

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! We're pulling together a "Scary Food Buffet" at work for Halloween. I'm making "Lady Fingers."

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Foodie Ping?

[gracesdad]

“Taco Bell’s fare baffles Mexicans”

Taco Bell’s fare always baffled me, and I’m American.

[TankerKC]

Define irony

A bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

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[avacado]

" If you haven't tried authentic, *Mexico City* styled Tacos al Pastor, then you don't know what good tacos are..."

I love Mexican street tacos! I could live off them. Simple a delicious!

Al Pastor & Lengua Tacos: