― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:28 (twenty years ago) link
Heat butter in a skillet, put in a flour tortila, put cheese and whatever else you want on the tortilla, fold it over and grill until cheese melts, flipping to evenly grill the sides.
― That Girl (thatgirl), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron A., Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:34 (twenty years ago) link
― do ya see what i did there? (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:35 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:37 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:37 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:41 (twenty years ago) link
I've often made the observation that Mexican food in the U.S. = Indian food in the U.K. That is, an ethnic cuisine that you'll find anywhere in the country, even in cities without a single ethnic person. But there's also a nice symmetry in that we don't know much about your co-opted cuisine, and you don't know much about ours. When I studied in England, I tried making burritos in the common kitchen of my dorm, and everyone looked at me funny and said, "What's that, then, beans? Looks like something you'd give the dog, it does!" And then meanwhile returned to their take-away vindaloos.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:46 (twenty years ago) link
Hold on - you fry some butter in a pan (skillet, tch), then fry the tortilla and cheese then whack it under the grill?!
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:58 (twenty years ago) link
>All the food is prepared via "add hot water and serve process" (is> this true???).
Read Fast Food Nation - an important element of the fast food industry is to make its preperation as skill-less as possible so you can hire/fire workers easily.
"Shady" Chinese is great as long as the MSG is kept in check or absent. The best deal around here are cafeteria-style Cuban places where you can get an plate for $5 with a big enough portion to make two meals out of it = $2.50 /meal for real food.
― fletrejet, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 14:58 (twenty years ago) link
― That Girl (thatgirl), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 15:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 15:01 (twenty years ago) link
TACOS on the other hand = NUM NUM NUM. Fear my lard, FEAR IT.
God I'm so suggestible.
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 15:03 (twenty years ago) link
1) The sour cream & guacamole dispensers double as awesome squirt guns (the sour cream one less so; depends on whether He Who Fills the Sour Cream Plastic Thingy manages to put the contents under enough pressure when sealing) (the guac, however, managed to shoot for speed, power, and distance without fail every time)
2) To prepare meat: remove bag of meat from freezer, and place in vat of boiling water for 30 minutes
3) Those li'l white globules you see in the packages of frozen ground beef are not mealworms (he says, hoping)
4) To prepare beans: remove bag of dried bean turds from shelf, add water, MIX WELL, and throw in heated cabinet for 30 minutes. You do not want to know of the gloopy beast that emerges if you do not mix.
5) Fajita vegetables have a steam table half life of about 10 minutes. After that, they start to wilt Dorian Grey style. Watch out.
6) If you think the ground beef is terrible, then please stay away from the carne asada steak chewtoys. The best way to go is chicken.
7) Please realize that soda machine spigots are probably as dirty, if not dirtier, than those uncleanable spaces between your fridge and the back wall.
8) If I ever said we were out of meat or lettuce, I was probably telling the truth. However, if you're asking to be served ten minutes before we were to close, then you were probably SOL even if there were tortillas coming out of my ears.
9) If you lived near the UConn campus between 1996 and 1998, I probably sweated into your food. My bad.
10) If you worked with me at the UConn Taco Bell between 1996 and 1998, you could've worked all night on Spring Weekend, invited all your friends over to the Bell, set up a subwoofer the size of a gymnast in the back of the kitchen, drank Firewater & Mad Dog & smoked pot in the back while blasting Originoo Gun Clappaz all night long, and played Slip & Slide on the nice & not-so-shiny linoleum. If you did manage to dent the plaster near the baseboards (twice), or leave roach clips somewhere near the mop bucket, I'd just plead ignorance when the REAL manager came in the next day. You missed out, brah.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 15:58 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
Also, quesadillas must include chorizo to maximize grease quotient.
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
I should probably note that I wasn't as complicit or accepting of 10) as I should've been - there was a bit of the goody goody "Oh my god there are drugs in the restaurant!" urge I had to sublimate in order to make it through 12 hours of Taco Hell. Don't drink, don't smoke - must be something inside. The woofer was nice, though. Did you know it's super hard to make stoned high school kids wash dishes?
What is even better about that Spring Weekend thing was walking 2+ miles home from the Bell @ 5 AM to an apartment w/ 3 friends playing foosball, smoking joints, and blasting _Live Dead_ when I had to go back for a mid-afternoon shift in less than 8 hours. You'd think I'd be more accepting of a mid-morning toke, but not when I'm TRYING TO GET SOME FUCKING SLEEP. Also, UConn kids listen to the worst shit when high - turn OFF the Roger Waters, dood, I'm one with the goddamn universe, stop pissing on my chakras, ass.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:44 (twenty years ago) link
TB ad campaign sucks. Bring back the dog!
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:56 (twenty years ago) link
You never know when those packets might come in handy. A few months ago there was a story in the news about a guy whose car fell into a ravine. He broke his hip and was unable to get out of the car. For a week, he survived on packets of Taco Bell hot sauce from under his seat.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
Their Burrito Supreme was pretty good for about a buck (mid 70s), generally dud if there's any alternative, and in So Cal there always is.
― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 19:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Eve Caroline, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 19:33 (twenty years ago) link
Plus, you can't say Taco Bell is completely inauthentic. Soft tacos are hard to mess up.
― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 19:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 00:44 (twenty years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 00:45 (twenty years ago) link
I'm not so sure about that. First off you have the Taco Bell flour tortilla, which at the moment of contact with your saliva instantly transforms into an intensely adhesive paste that you end up having to scrape off the roof of your mouth. Then you have the "cheese", which wouldn't melt in a blast furnace. I could go on.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 00:59 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 01:04 (twenty years ago) link
― kyle, Wednesday, 7 May 2003 01:08 (twenty years ago) link
this was years ago, do they still have this?
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 01:56 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 01:57 (twenty years ago) link
TACO BELL IS NOT MEXICAN FOOD. PERIOD.
Eating it does not mean you don't know Mex. It's just fast food. Period. Basically I eat beans, tortillas, and hot sauce at every meal. I was raised this way. Therefore this food, to me, is not "mexican" food. Just food.
― That Girl (thatgirl), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 02:47 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 02:49 (twenty years ago) link
1. It ain't Mexican and 2. It ain't food.
― Roman (Roman), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 03:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 03:46 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 04:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 04:31 (twenty years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 06:14 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 06:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 10:47 (twenty years ago) link
You forgot to talk about the quality ingredients in actual Tex-Mex food, i.e., Taco Bell actually does a pretty good job matching the lard and grade-C meat criteria.
― dleone (dleone), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 12:50 (twenty years ago) link
yeah i mean it's made from doritos or whatever but loco? it doesn't look loco at all.
― j., Tuesday, 8 April 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
Both companies were started in the early 60s, so it's silly to imagine nobody thought of that until 30+ years later.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/08/taco_bell_chipotle_fast_casual_opening_day_at_the_u_s_taco_co.html
“It’s actually the One Percenter,” the young clerk politely corrected me. Wait, what? “It’s called that because only 1 percent of the world can supposedly afford lobster,” she said. And so it has come to pass that an outfit that previously employed a talking chihuahua to peddle 99-cent tacos is suddenly embracing the 1 percent. Foodies who might hold themselves above the Taco Bell fray are being put on notice. The next obvious question: Where does one get quality lobster in California?“It’s from Maine,” she said. “All our meat is from where you supposedly get the best of everything. Our pulled pork is actually from Memphis and our brisket’s from Texas. It’s all imported.” So is the chicken, from Kentucky. This elliptical Kentucky chicken connection appeared to be one of the only things linking U.S. Taco Co. to its parent company Yum Brands, which brings Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut to the masses.
And so it has come to pass that an outfit that previously employed a talking chihuahua to peddle 99-cent tacos is suddenly embracing the 1 percent. Foodies who might hold themselves above the Taco Bell fray are being put on notice. The next obvious question: Where does one get quality lobster in California?
“It’s from Maine,” she said. “All our meat is from where you supposedly get the best of everything. Our pulled pork is actually from Memphis and our brisket’s from Texas. It’s all imported.” So is the chicken, from Kentucky. This elliptical Kentucky chicken connection appeared to be one of the only things linking U.S. Taco Co. to its parent company Yum Brands, which brings Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut to the masses.
― j., Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
Taco Bell getting it's what the hell on:
http://www.foodbeast.com/news/tacobell-capn-crunch-donut-holes/
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 28 February 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
YUM Brands is seriously out to destroy food as a usable human energy source.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 February 2015 02:05 (nine years ago) link
http://www.eater.com/2015/10/1/9431775/taco-bell-vegetarian-menu
― j., Friday, 2 October 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
Fucking TB opened near my house, now I can’t stop eating tacos
― calstars, Thursday, 7 June 2018 01:59 (five years ago) link
we live near a coffee shop that was previously a taco bell. it has the classic architecture with a mission bell up top and outdoor patio area. if i ponder the speed and ease with which I could obtain all the junk food combinatorics of a taco bell, had the original survived, it causes me to tremble.
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 7 June 2018 05:13 (five years ago) link
our local taco bell remodeled recently and the new exterior color scheme is grey, white, and purple. it looks ghostly. does not make me crave tacos.
― how's life, Thursday, 7 June 2018 10:12 (five years ago) link
Step inside #TacoBell2032: Demolition Man Experience. pic.twitter.com/iS73eDmZmY— Taco Bell (@tacobell) July 20, 2018
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 20 July 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/16/taco-bell-wants-you-to-spend-the-nightat-its-new-palm-springs-hotel.html
― pplains, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
Is there a system in place to put people on permanent suicide watch after the obvious cry for help that is a Taco Bell-themed wedding?
― Independent Living Ass (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
a complimentary taco at the check in counter would be ace
― calstars, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
as would a complimentary baja blast fountain in the lobby
― husserl gang (rip van wanko), Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
Dud for my first bout of food poisoning.
Classic for that getting me not to eat fast food for 20 years.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
You step into the shower and what's in the soap dish? A taco. You turn on the water and what comes out? Liquefied taco.
― Independent Living Ass (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
Hope you like tacos, mah dude, cuz you sure won't by the time you leave!
― Independent Living Ass (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
Check in any time you like... with a soft taco supreme!
― pplains, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
You can crunchwrap any time you like but you can never leave. xp
― WmC, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
Crunchwrap any time you like... with grande seasoned beef!
Love workshopping with ya, WC.
― pplains, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:43 (four years ago) link
omg I remember this and this makes my morning.
when Carey lived in town we used to watch her Buffy DVDs and during the episode where Angel turns into good Angel right before Buffy impales him and sends him in a portal to hell she yelled "TACO BELL???" in time with Angel's horrified, confused expression.― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 22:20 (fourteen years ago)
― Yerac, Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
they opened a Taco Bell up the road from where I work in central London recently, people will actually queue out of the door to buy their offerings
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
The subtle yet persistent and instinctually undeniable scent of seasoned beef is diverted into the common areas of the residences from the cookhouse out back
― calstars, Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
I'm picturing a tower in the hotel containing a literal bell made of taco with a taco clapper that just like crunches and falls apart as soon as it tolls, and I'm laughing as I picture this.
― Independent Living Ass (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
i really hate to bang on about Mountain Dew Baja Blast, but I have noticed that it gives an odor more suited to a body wash or shampoo than a beverage, i think I might be into a Baja Blast skincare/beauty line
― husserl gang (rip van wanko), Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
I thought this would be in Vegas or something for the tourist who wants to gamble 24 hours a day but only spend $10 on food.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 16 May 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." – Malcolm X https://t.co/POdRyNtfuk— ResultsThruStrategy (@ResultsPDQ) January 20, 2022
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Thursday, 20 January 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link