Taco Bell Is Not Mexican Food - Dallas Cowboys Forum

Hostile · 09-25-2010

I have a friend who is from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Earlier tonight we were talking and he asked if I was going to the Wildcats game tonight. I'm going to watch it on TV. My family and I are going out for Mexican food in about 30 minutes.

He said he doesn't like Mexican food. I asked him what he has ever had and his answer was Taco Bell.

I wanted to punch him.

First of all anyone who doesn't like Mexican food is someone you should not trust too much. Their taste is all in their mouths. There is nothing better in the world food wise than good Mexican food.

Which is exactly why Taco Bell doesn't qualify. If you live away from the Mexican border area and have never had anything but chain restaurant Mexican food you have no idea what you are missing. You need to come to Arizona and let me take you to any of the dozen or so family owned places I know of. You buy. You owe it to yourself to taste what the real stuff is like.

Chalupas cannot compare with chili con carne or chili colorado. Nothing on a Taco Bell menu can compare with carne asada.

To give you some perspective, comparing food from Taco Bell with real Mexican food is like comparing Inez Saenz from TV Azteca and Janet Reno in a thong bikini contest. Uh, Janet is the Taco Bell in this example.

My friend told me that Taco Bell upsets his stomach and gives him diarrhea. Duh, it ain't food. Your body is rejecting it.

Eat a good chile relleno one time and you begin to understand why good Mexican restaurants run out of them early in the evening. Because they are awesome.

Burritos, tacos, tostadoes, and enchiladas are Mexican food, but they don't even scratch the surface of what these magicians do with food. Not even close.

If you have never tried the real stuff, you need to find a little dive family restaurant and try something other than one of those 4 menu items for a change. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.

I can already taste the carne asada I am craving. Gotta run. Just had to share.

locked&loaded · 09-25-2010

99 cent beefy five layer burritos.

Yeagermeister · 09-25-2010

I love real Mexican food and Taco Bell also.

Hoofbite · 09-25-2010

Taco Bell barely qualifies as food in general.

Definitely not Mexican food. I'd rather have a fat slab of meat on my plate but won't complain when it comes to mexican food.

A friend of the family used to make home-made tortillas. They were unreal. She brings some over every now and then and they go before anyone has a chance to even put anything on them.

cbfan55 · 09-25-2010

Which is exactly why Taco Bell doesn't qualify. If you live away from the Mexican border area and have never had anything but chain restaurant Mexican food you have no idea what you are missing. You need to come to Arizona and let me take you to any of the dozen or so family owned places I know of. You buy. You owe it to yourself to taste what the real stuff is like.

Thats the same too say about Tx...............There are some unbelieveable places here!

TheDallasDon · 09-25-2010

Ummmm.....................Any 1 here had cow tounge and cheek tocos??? now thats real mexican food!!!!!

67CowboysFan · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by Hoofbite

Taco Bell barely qualifies as food in general.

Definitely not Mexican food. I'd rather have a fat slab of meat on my plate but won't complain when it comes to mexican food.

A friend of the family used to make home-made tortillas. They were unreal. She brings some over every now and then and they go before anyone has a chance to even put anything on them.

There used to be a small chain of restaurants in the Houston area that made em fresh for you. They made a good meal great.

**big dog cowboy** · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by Hostile

Janet Reno in a thong bikini

Oh, Taco Bell isn't real food. Please!

locked&loaded · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by big dog cowboy

Oh, Taco Bell isn't real food. Please!

As a college student i resent that statement.

**big dog cowboy** · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by locked&loaded

As a college student i resent that statement.

Since when do most college students eat real food?

locked&loaded · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by big dog cowboy

Since when do most college students eat real food?

Taco bell is me going "out for dinner." Or coming back at 1. Ha, Its great food if its 1 in the morning, let me tell you.

theogt · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by 67CowboysFan

There used to be a small chain of restaurants in the Houston area that made em fresh for you. They made a good meal great.

There are lots of Mexican food places in Houston that make fresh tortillas.

Chief · 09-25-2010

On the weekends when we have all the kids, there are seven of us. So Taco Bell is an option for us to eat out cheaply. The food isn't great, but I don't think it's too bad.

I live 45 miles from the Mexican border, so there are tons of good Mexican food places around. Some of them are crazily overpriced, so that's why the Taco Bells here do so well.

Most of the best Mexican food we have is the stuff we make at home.

VietCowboy · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by Chief

On the weekends when we have all the kids, there are seven of us. So Taco Bell is an option for us to eat out cheaply. The food isn't great, but I don't think it's too bad.

I live 45 miles from the Mexican border, so there are tons of good Mexican food places around. Some of them are crazily overpriced, so that's why the Taco Bells here do so well.

Most of the best Mexican food we have is the stuff we make at home.

Mexican here in Nashville is decently priced, but my favorite restaurant is called Las Americas, and they have the biggest (almost a foot in diameter) yummiest pupusas (Salvadorean pancake) for $2 a piece. I can generally only eat about 1.5 before completely full...

Hostile · 09-25-2010

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Originally Posted by Chief

On the weekends when we have all the kids, there are seven of us. So Taco Bell is an option for us to eat out cheaply. The food isn't great, but I don't think it's too bad.

I live 45 miles from the Mexican border, so there are tons of good Mexican food places around. Some of them are crazily overpriced, so that's why the Taco Bells here do so well.

Most of the best Mexican food we have is the stuff we make at home.

Drive to Deming and get take out from Amigos. $3.50 per plate and it is so good.

It is worth your time to avoid Taco Bell.