[Just another Joe]

Taco Bell does not serve "Mexican" food.
At the best it serves Tex-Mex food.
At the worst it serves really bad attempts at food.

I have never seen a "Mexican" crunchy taco.
Every "Mexican" taco I have ever seen is soft shell.

My aunt is a full blooded Mexican and her food is NOTHING like Taco Smell.

[RedQuill]

To my grave I will defend the Enchirito as the crown jewel of Mexican cuisine!

[RockinRight]

I wouldn’t call it “food” at all.

[editor-surveyor]

"Taco Smell"

That's what my daughter calls them too.

[muawiyah]

To be "authentic" a Mexican tortilla must necessarily be made of 100% cornflour or a mix of cornflour and amaranth flour.

The wheat flour mixes are a phony import from Europe.

Now, the meat ~ lots of choices there, ground goat isn't among them when it comes to authenticity.

Distilled adult beverages aren't even authentically Mexican. The process itself was imported from Europe.

[NathanR]

The crunchy taco shell was invented by the two guys who started Taco Bell and Del Taco. The only crunchy tacos that I remember were what are now called ‘taquitos’. Apparently ‘taco’ actually means ‘snack’ in Spanish.

[stayathomemom]

There was a time when my older daughter thought Taco Bell had “the best meat in the world”. She was young.