Somebody told me Taco Bell isn't REAL Mexican food

what do you mean not REAL? it's food and people in Mexico eat it.

It isn't real food, period.

🔕 🔔 I don't care what Taco Bell uses, I'm still eating it.

It’s as authentic as Ricky Martin

r2

Yeah it does. You need to get out more. The hamburger you get at McDonalds doesn't look as misshapen as the one you cook at home, but it's still a hamburger.

Stop trying to start an argument where none exist.

It's shortcut Mexican for people who like short, cut Mexicans.

The OP also thinks Panda Express is authentic Chinese food.

[quote]Yeah it does. You need to get out more. The hamburger you get at McDonalds doesn't look as misshapen as the one you cook at home, but it's still a hamburger. Stop trying to start an argument where none exist.

Bitch, I eat real Mexican food made by actual Mexicans almost every day. None of my friends' food looks like that shit at Taco Bell, beyond being the same general shape.

They're far too overpriced now and chintzy with their ingredients.

Does Taco Bell have a SINGLE item on its menu that has cilantro in it?

OP just curious what makes you so desperate for attention?

R8 I wonder why you feel the need to make up stuff? Sweetheart, you don't "...eat real Mexican food made by actual Mexicans almost every day."

You might from time to time, but most certainly not "almost every day." Be blessed, dear.

I wouldn't dwell on this. It all comes out the same.

R12, how are you so certain that he/she doesn’t? WTF

Oh R10 you tried so hard

That is a LIE!!!!

Taco Bell has restaurants in Mexico. Mexicans consider it American food with some Mexican influences.

LIES!!!!!

R10 Greg

You will *not* find enchitacoritos south of the border, OP.

Troll on, OP.

[quote] Oh [R10] you tried so hard

To do what exactly?

R20 You won't find them anywhere, since it's a made up word, moron.

It isn't.

It's a weird mix of Tex-Mex.

If you like it? Then eat it, you fat whore! No one should care what someone else thinks.

OP it's Americanized versions of Mexican food. Just like Chinese restaurants are Americanized versions of Chinese food. Trust me, most Americans would never eat a lot of the traditional foods made in Mexico and China. They waste little to nothing of the animals they cook in those countries.

R25 It knew that already - it's just a bored troll.

Taco Bell is recommended by the American Medical Association as a diuretic for help with bowel movements.

Taco Bell tried opening “restaurants” in Mexico

They failed miserably.

R27 honey, a diuretic pertains to urine, not poop.

Some of you must be so impoverished if you can't even have your Rosario cook you some authentic Mexican food daily!

It's half right. I'm a Texan and I can confirm that Mexicans don't eat tacos, but they do eat bells.

Nah, I am white - but I am from Texas, so I take Mexican food, Mexican friends, and my Mexican dicks very seriously. Taco Bell got so expensive lately (and I am sorry, the food used to be WAY more flavorful back in the 90s), why not just get good quality street tacos instead? Taco Bell literally tastes like PLASTIC. No flavor. Used to be pretty decent for fast food - goddamn, their chicken soft tacos back in the day had lime, cilantro, perfectly moist, dripping...fuck, I'm getting a food boner. At least at a real taco vendor, you can get Mexican Coke or Jarritos instead of that nasty-ass Mountain Dew Baja Blast or what the fuck ever it is. Sheeeyit... (Although those Cinnabun thingies with the vanilla frosting inside are kinda the bomb, ngl, haha)

R32 "and I am sorry,"

Ok, why are you sorry?

Of course it isn't Mexican food OP. It's a heavily westernized version of Mexican food engineered for consumption by the western market.

I haven't set foot in a TB in at least 10 years. Do they still use a caulking gun to squirt the sour cream on stuff? I was always fascinated by that.

Taco Bell gives people the "runs."

Yo Quiero Salmonella

In the Mexican fast food war, Del Taco > Taco Bell

Disgusting slop. It’s terrible they’re even in business.

Why doesn't Taco Bell offer mole sauce?

I mean they can package them, as they package the hot sauce

Yet they don't offer mole sauce. Why?

Salmonella is a thing at Taco Bell now? Since when?

I got the Enchirito this weekend. It wasn't the same recipe from before and they didn't put olives on it. I tried to get the Mexican Pizza too but they were out,.

I had a Mexican pizza this week! With guac.

I had tacos from Taco Bell two nights ago and it really seemed like the shell was much thinner.

Taco Bell = vile!

[quote]It’s as authentic as Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin isn't Mexican, he's Puerto Rican.

Do you think all Hispanic people are the same?! Stop trolling.

And Serious Eats says BS about Mexican coke, and free range eggs and NY pizza. Same as msg, people are idiots.

I eat real Mexican food, Taco Bell sure isn't it.

Even their late cute mascot, Gidget, couldn't get me to eat that shit.

[quote]Serious Eats says BS about Mexican coke,

I don't drink much soda but you can definitely taste the difference between Mexican Coca-Cola and US Coke. The US Coke is made with corn syrup, the Mexican Coke is made with real can sugar. Corn syrup makes people crave more corn syrup, it's also worse than sugar.

WTF is Serious Eats? Some blog written by food 'experts'. Your own palate should suffice.

Taco Bell is definitely not real Mexican food.

However, it's pretty decent.

Think of it this way: people eat at McDonald's, Burger King, Sonic, Wendy's etc. You can get a better, more authentic, gourmet burger somewhere else, or even at home. But people still like to eat at these fast food places.

Same goes for Taco Bell. You can get better at a Mexican restaurant, or home made. But people still like Taco Bell or Chipotle.

If I wanted Mexican food I'd just go to the market and buy an Old El Paso Taco Kit & make my own.

It's not, but who cares. It's not even Tex Mex... it's some weird CA amalgamation of fast food Tex Mex... and yet i want it a few times a year.

Taco Bell is to Mexican food what Olive Garden is to EYE-talian food. Most Americans have no idea what good food from any country outside the US tastes like, so what difference does it make?

Can I get boneless spare ribs in China?

Oh all ya like to diss me calling me this and that, but who's gonna be there's for you when you need you fix? Me.

I'm good enough to gobble up alone in a car but not in front of your friends.

Ya, that's what I thought.

^ You need to move the potted plant when you scrub the floor, Chalupa... I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt 😠

[quote] Why doesn't Taco Bell offer mole sauce?

I've always been disgusted that Mexicans eat chicken moles. They really do use every part of the animal!

[quote] Taco Bell is to Mexican food what Olive Garden is to EYE-talian food

You’re too kind

Taco Bell is to Mexican food what Domino’s is to Italian food

I can’t believe Nacho Supreme is going away - that doesn’t even make sense!

I occasionally eat a Whopper or a Big Mac - the Whopper still tastes reasonably the same as when I was a teenager in the 80s. The Big Mac is both notably smaller, and blander - but it’s not as taste-free as Taco Bell’s now really awful Burrito Supreme. What was an occasional salty pleasure in the 80s/90s is truly inedible now.

It’s Tex-Mex which I actually prefer.

I went to a "real" Mexican restaurant in Phoenix once and can't say I cared for it much. I like the Tex-Mex version better, too.

[quote]Taco Bell is to Mexican food what Olive Garden is to EYE-talian food. Most Americans have no idea what good food from any country outside the US tastes like, so what difference does it make?

Let me correct that for you, most WASPs have no idea what good food from any country tastes like. Wasps have incredibly bland tastes.

Most Italians, Hispanics, South Asians, the Chinese etc have learned how to cook ethnic foods from their respective countries because most of their older relatives were immigrants. Those receipts were passed down. My elderly aunts are all excellent cooks and bakers, they, in turn, passed those recipes down to their children.

r30, who are you kidding? We all know you socialites are regulars at Taco Time. Just ask Anastasia Beaverhausen.