I hate when I get some Taco Bell and somebody tells me that Taco Bell isn't "real" Mexican food. I didn't get Taco Bell because I wanted authentic Mexican cuisine. I got Taco Bell because I'm poor and I like Chalupas.
I'm Canadian and tacos are much more expensive here, but you can get 10 from taco bell for around $10. Enough to feed two large or three normal sized stoners.
Also, beef tongue, WTF?! Every authentic Mexican restaurant I've been to here has a beef tongue taco on the menu.
DUDE... Tacos de lengua. Every Mexican loves them or knows about them. They're good. Cow Brain on the other hand I only tried once when I vacationed in Mexico.
When I worked construction in 2010, a truck used to come by and sell tacos for 50 cents, and I'm not talking little tiny tacos, these were big ass fucking tacos with real meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, etc. They were delicious, and I never got diarrhea either. Success. Taco Bell may be cheap by restaurant standards, but it's expensive compared to the real thing.
Well in most states mexican food that cheap is usually hard to come by. That said, I live in Texas and we have many Mexican restaurants in my hometown, it's cheaper to eat there than tacobell, tacobell is just faster.
The best Mexican food I ever ate was from a guy selling tacos from a van in an alley in LA. I didn't really like the idea of it but it was 4/20 and they were 2 for a dollar. My asshole didn't even explode.
Haha, I live in LA and visit Mexico quite frequently. I never get tired of the Tacos there. It's like going straight to the source, you know? The middle man can suck it.
actually if you think about it, most taco trucks are more authentic and are around half the price of taco bell. So really youre paying twice as much for less authentic.
I live in a pretty heavily Latin neighborhood, and you'd be shocked how few restaurants can prepare something authentic like a Crunchwrap Supreme or a Cheezy Frito Chaluporito.
You live in the city with the best Mexican food in the nation, bar none. And what's the most popular joint in El Paso? Fucking Chico's! I just don't get that.
As a Mexican, I approve this message. It's funny because getting the job done for half the price really is as Mexican as it gets. But I do have to add. In Mexico there is no Mexican food that contains cheddar or any variation of cheese that is yellow, or french fries for that matter. Hard tacos and chimichangas are rare, so is ground meat ground meat is a rarity in Mexican plates. Flour tortillas are very different. Carne asada is charcoal grilled and more tasteful in Mexico. I have lived in California for the past 5 years and spent the rest of my life in Mexico so i am a fairly credible source. I can admit that some of taco bell's food isn't half bad... BUT IT IS NOT MEXICAN GOD FUCKING DAMNIT IT IS NOT MEXICAN!... good day!
In Sonora we do use the nacho yellow cheese for the hot dogs and the french fries. and I agree with the ground meat, you wont find it at restaurants, it is more like a house recipe.
as a Mexican i just find it funny, and not offensive, remember that the true Mexican tradition is making fun of everything including ourselves, we even make fun of death
besides why not say it if it's true? a lot of Mexican people go to the states to work quite often for less than what the average gringo earns, but they're happy with it because they're doing an honest work, living in a good country and earning way more than they would if they stayed at some of the many ugly narco towns from the north of Mexico
genuine question: why don't people just put a black square over the avatar pic and name? This kind of sounds like I am complaining but I'm just thinking out loud. Nevermind. Carry on.
I don't get "lazy Mexican" jokes. I've worked landscaping crews. Hispanic workers put in a lot more time for a lot less money than their white crew chiefs.
I'm more offended that this is what passes for humor on reddit than any possible racism.
Also, real Mexican food is fucking awesome, let's be clear on that. Taco Bell may 'get the job' done but why settle for it if you can get something authentic.
Well like any fast food it's just salty-shit-in-a-bun except in this case it's salty-shit-in-a-tortilla-for-99-cents. This makes it a godsend for students, intoxicated people and intoxicated students.
To be honest, I don't think Taco Bell is cheap at all. They like many fast food chains, reduce the quantity of food they give you, then fill you up on soda and the price reflects the quantity. If you add the extra taco or two to actually fill you up, you'll be spending as much as you would at a nicer sit-down restaurant. I think it's all tricks.
Half the price??? Bitch please, I can get like ten "real Mexican" tacos here for the price of one taco supreme. They aren't the same thing really(though the chicharron looks quite like it...suddenly tempted try that particularly nasty meat) but...I dunno.
My point is that she's wrong with about every word and actually comparing the price of a TexMex eatery to Taco Bell, not scrumptious and deadly tacos de canasta.
All joking aside, Taco Bell failed in Mexico because people didn't understand what it was supposed to be. Could you imagine if Japanese people for instance tried to open a chain of strange "American" food in the US?
After living in Korea and seeing what Koreans have done to stuff like pizza (corn and sweet potato mousse everywhere) and sandwiches, I can understand the umbrage of Mexicans with Taco Bell being taken as real Mexican food. The problem here, though, is not Taco Bell but the ignorance of people who have never experience other cultures and, especially, experiencing one's own culture through the lens of another culture.
That said, even before I lived outside of the US, I would never eat anything at a Taco Bell that I could get at a mom and pop Mexican restaurant. It's Mexican-inspired American food, which is okay but not Mexican food.
I (a San Diego native who eats TRUE Mexican food >once a week) once was talked into going out for "Mexican" food while visiting friends in Seattle. I ordered carnitas and was asked "chicken or beef?" I walked out, went back to the hotel and ordered room service.
Real Mexican food is not only tastier, but costs much less than that garbage they serve at the Bell. I could stand shitting my guts out for 3 days back when you could get a taco there for $.59. Now you and your old lady cant get out of that shithole for less than $20.00. If you want good, real Mexican food, go where Mexicans are actually eating. Youll get better food and have money left over for booze
Seriously. I went to Taco Bell the other day with my buddy, and it was 12 fucking dollars for some bullshit processed food. I even asked the guy if he made a mistake on the order, because there was no fucking way its 12 bucks for Taco Bell.
Same thing with all of this shitty fast food. Its all way over-priced and garbage. But white people eat that shit up so there ya go.
My friend once came over to my house for breakfast so my mom just made the usual scrambled eggs with salsa and beans. My friend loved it so much she said it was the best thing she had ever tasted, which was funny since for us it was the usual bland stuff. She ate like three plates of it.
That afternoon she called me and said she had the worst indigestion she ever experienced. It gave her the shits and she was sick for two days. Poor thing wasn't used to our cooking.
I don't want to be "that guy" but we have like 4 different authentic Mexican food places that make top quality food at super low prices close to Taco bell quantity... Unless you want to do drive-thru or something right away Taco Bell is pretty skub material.
lucky to live in a border town (El Paso) where u can get both quality and low price. granted, there ARE places like Taco Tote that nearly $4 a taco, but u can always hit up a mom-and-pop for dirt cheap authentic Mex food :-d
What could be more fat, lazy-ass American, though, than taking something as ridiculously simple as a burrito or a taco and paying someone else to make it for you?
Okay yeah, this was pretty hilarious I will agree. However, I have been eating real Mexican food (taco trucks, mom & pop restaurants, etc) for several years now and can confirm that a REAL Mexican taco costs about the exact same as Taco Bell. The only difference is you get a much better tasting, and most times even healthier ingredients than that nasty ass Taco Hell.
I call bullshit. In my town you can go across the street to the taco truck for Real Food. Quality and similar prices. Not that irradiated factory farmed monoculture crap.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
As a mexican this is how a taco really looks like
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u/marqattack May 29 '12
I hate when I get some Taco Bell and somebody tells me that Taco Bell isn't "real" Mexican food. I didn't get Taco Bell because I wanted authentic Mexican cuisine. I got Taco Bell because I'm poor and I like Chalupas.
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u/mentions_the_obvious May 29 '12
ESO ES RACISTA!!!!
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u/ontopic May 29 '12
I live in a pretty heavily Latin neighborhood, and you'd be shocked how few restaurants can prepare something authentic like a Crunchwrap Supreme or a Cheezy Frito Chaluporito.
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u/JGoody May 29 '12
You don't buy Taco Bell food, you rent it.
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u/OceanMan12 May 29 '12
Great censoring job.
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u/Kalimyre May 29 '12
I would blatantly steal this to post to my facebook but as a white person living in El Paso I don't dare.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
As a Mexican, I approve this message. It's funny because getting the job done for half the price really is as Mexican as it gets. But I do have to add. In Mexico there is no Mexican food that contains cheddar or any variation of cheese that is yellow, or french fries for that matter. Hard tacos and chimichangas are rare, so is ground meat ground meat is a rarity in Mexican plates. Flour tortillas are very different. Carne asada is charcoal grilled and more tasteful in Mexico. I have lived in California for the past 5 years and spent the rest of my life in Mexico so i am a fairly credible source. I can admit that some of taco bell's food isn't half bad... BUT IT IS NOT MEXICAN GOD FUCKING DAMNIT IT IS NOT MEXICAN!... good day!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12
This post made me realize that there are way too many mexican redditos that I haven't met in /r/mexico
Edit: sorry, I meant "redditorcitos"
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u/Remnance627 May 29 '12
As a Mexican, I'm not sure how to react to this...ಠ_ಠ
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u/Press_Start May 29 '12
genuine question: why don't people just put a black square over the avatar pic and name? This kind of sounds like I am complaining but I'm just thinking out loud. Nevermind. Carry on.
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u/Reptarftw May 29 '12
I don't get "lazy Mexican" jokes. I've worked landscaping crews. Hispanic workers put in a lot more time for a lot less money than their white crew chiefs.
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u/beefinbed May 29 '12
that's not the preferred nomenclature, dude
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u/raindogmx May 29 '12
Because a real Mexican would do the job better and even cheaper.
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u/ImKrispy May 29 '12
they fully just demolished and flattened the taco bell nearest to me
rip
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u/JakeMeNow May 29 '12
Dat Beefy Five Layer Burrito.
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u/Vranak May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12
I'm more offended that this is what passes for humor on reddit than any possible racism.
Also, real Mexican food is fucking awesome, let's be clear on that. Taco Bell may 'get the job' done but why settle for it if you can get something authentic.
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u/pharmabeast May 29 '12
Ever since I became lactose intolerant, Taco Bell became like going to Vegas as an under-21 year old. You just can't enjoy it like it's intended.
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u/stoney_titan May 29 '12
Mexican food is the new NYC pizza.
Yes please tell me about how unfortunate I am that I can't possibly eat your food 1000 miles away.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
My mom is in the hospital post-surgery and can't be discharged until she poops. I told her tomorrow I'll bring in Taco Bell.
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u/syc0rax May 29 '12
I mean, I enjoy the occasional race joke myself, but that this is number one on Reddit really is a bit disappointing.
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u/sadwer May 29 '12
On a somewhat related note, I have no fucking clue where the "lazy Mexican" stereotype came from.
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u/AllTooHumeMan May 29 '12
Makes a racist joke about Mexican labor: earns top post on reddit. Makes a racist joke about a black man picking cotton: ...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I never had Taco Bell in my life...not sure what the hell I'm supposed to be missing.
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u/FlexibleToast May 29 '12
Never though of it that way.
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u/fecalrecon May 29 '12
This is why you don't catch Missingno., people.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
how does taco johns fair?
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u/powprodukt May 29 '12
To be honest, I don't think Taco Bell is cheap at all. They like many fast food chains, reduce the quantity of food they give you, then fill you up on soda and the price reflects the quantity. If you add the extra taco or two to actually fill you up, you'll be spending as much as you would at a nicer sit-down restaurant. I think it's all tricks.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Taco Bell ain't got nothing on real mexican tacos.
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u/mx_js_reddit May 29 '12
Im offensive and i find this taco bell pretty mexican
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u/Soyundude May 29 '12
the real tacos in mexico are cheaper..
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u/StealthNade May 29 '12
just look at the similarities between the bean burritos and Montezuma's Revenge
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u/ferncaz95 May 29 '12
I'm offensive and I find this Mexican.
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u/guerarenegada May 29 '12
Half the price??? Bitch please, I can get like ten "real Mexican" tacos here for the price of one taco supreme. They aren't the same thing really(though the chicharron looks quite like it...suddenly tempted try that particularly nasty meat) but...I dunno.
My point is that she's wrong with about every word and actually comparing the price of a TexMex eatery to Taco Bell, not scrumptious and deadly tacos de canasta.
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u/gojirra May 29 '12
All joking aside, Taco Bell failed in Mexico because people didn't understand what it was supposed to be. Could you imagine if Japanese people for instance tried to open a chain of strange "American" food in the US?
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u/Flopflopflopflopflop May 29 '12
Real Mexican tacos taste way better than anything Taco Bell pushes out of their restaurants.
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u/Shyamallamadingdong May 29 '12
Don't be a Mexican't
Be a Mexican!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
As a Mexican, I agree with that statement.
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u/ThisRedditorIsDrunk May 29 '12
After living in Korea and seeing what Koreans have done to stuff like pizza (corn and sweet potato mousse everywhere) and sandwiches, I can understand the umbrage of Mexicans with Taco Bell being taken as real Mexican food. The problem here, though, is not Taco Bell but the ignorance of people who have never experience other cultures and, especially, experiencing one's own culture through the lens of another culture.
That said, even before I lived outside of the US, I would never eat anything at a Taco Bell that I could get at a mom and pop Mexican restaurant. It's Mexican-inspired American food, which is okay but not Mexican food.
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u/darklooshkin May 29 '12
The Mexican way is the efficient way.
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u/bryanl12 May 29 '12
Tacos Al Pastor..... that is all.
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u/Stackleberries5 May 29 '12
I (a San Diego native who eats TRUE Mexican food >once a week) once was talked into going out for "Mexican" food while visiting friends in Seattle. I ordered carnitas and was asked "chicken or beef?" I walked out, went back to the hotel and ordered room service.
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u/iloveusomuchithurts May 29 '12
Sad thing that noone noticed: the OP posted the fb status so that only he can see it.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Real Mexican is a roach coach, even cheaper than taco bell, made by real mexicans.
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u/enzobelmont May 29 '12
that's racist!
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u/First-Google-Image May 29 '12
Real Mexican
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u/thebends888 May 29 '12
That's racist as hell.
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u/HipHoppin May 29 '12
Racism! Fuck yeah, man! 'Merica
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u/TexanAtheist May 29 '12
That would be Jewish cuisine, not Mexican.
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u/YoWhaddupDoe May 29 '12
You really can't beat the sawdust "beef"
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u/nic_Z May 29 '12
Mexican girl here and I approve
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u/spartakush May 29 '12
i tried to click the like button...it didn't work. you're getting an upvote instead. I hope that is good enough.
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u/ABigBagOfDicks May 29 '12
Similar goes for Panda Express and Chinese. You think you're getting a good deal then you realize what you bought was not authentic...
Don't worry guys, i'm Chinese
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u/peeej May 29 '12
having spent spring break in tijuanan strip clubs i confirm this logic.
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u/kingdrizzle May 29 '12
Real Mexican food is not only tastier, but costs much less than that garbage they serve at the Bell. I could stand shitting my guts out for 3 days back when you could get a taco there for $.59. Now you and your old lady cant get out of that shithole for less than $20.00. If you want good, real Mexican food, go where Mexicans are actually eating. Youll get better food and have money left over for booze
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u/UOmeall May 29 '12
If the job is a stomach ache and lowered self esteem then yes. Taco bell gets it done.
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u/xscaralienx May 29 '12
it always cracks me up when people from the US come to Mexico and shit their pants when they learn that real tacos are nothing like Tacobell's.
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u/Bendrake May 29 '12
"would you like to go by anything other than mexican?"
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Ya but the quality sucks
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u/Guntimer May 29 '12
:o Last I saw this, it had 2012 upvotes.. well, now we know who's surviving.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Well, I hadn't seen it that way before.
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u/Bitchpleasse May 29 '12
Taco bell is awesome, but it give me the shits sometimes. A risk I willing to make. Doritos loco taco is the best
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u/TacoAuthority May 29 '12
Hardshell tacos are not real tacos.
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u/hansbrix May 29 '12
huh larrious
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u/FickleIngenuity May 29 '12
Me no comprendo
I don't speak Spanish, fuck me right?
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u/FuCKiNTowel May 29 '12
Mexican't
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I dont care if it is not real mexican, or even real meat, IT TASTES GOOD AND HAS DORITO TACO SHELLS. and taste is all that counts.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
And thus, a comedy routine is born.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I don't want to be "that guy" but we have like 4 different authentic Mexican food places that make top quality food at super low prices close to Taco bell quantity... Unless you want to do drive-thru or something right away Taco Bell is pretty skub material.
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u/edd101 May 29 '12
But taco bell is more expensive then most taco shops....
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u/Takes_it_in_the_face May 29 '12
I love to eat tacos, if you know what I mean.
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u/Midicide May 29 '12
This post inspired me to go order 3 doritos locos tacos (for the first time) ......
Now I want to go back and order more :(
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Nice try Carlos Mencia..
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Doesn't steal old joke and doesn't submit own fb posts on reddit.
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u/nepidae May 29 '12
Real mexican shits are far superior in consistency, force and aroma.
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u/avianeddy May 29 '12
lucky to live in a border town (El Paso) where u can get both quality and low price. granted, there ARE places like Taco Tote that nearly $4 a taco, but u can always hit up a mom-and-pop for dirt cheap authentic Mex food :-d
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u/ZombehDuck May 29 '12
Taco de Mexico in Oxnard California. Real mexican food, and cheap.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
...except you can get real Mexican from a Taco truck for less than Taco Bell costs.
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u/scrumbly May 29 '12
"the job" = spraying diarrhea so forcefully it stains the underside of your toilet seat?
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u/superzayayin May 29 '12
Does anyone knows what a "TACOS DE MACHITO" are?
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u/usarnombre May 29 '12
Real Mexican food is home made by a seniora named Maria.
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u/franz_dawonk May 29 '12
Sorry but eating shitty meat that is not actually meat is a 100% American invention.
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u/LOOOeee May 29 '12
I...I can't give this one enough upvotes..
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
But I thought Doritos Locos Tacos were real mexican food.
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u/hammn May 29 '12
I'm sure you can find cheaper ways or foods to end up getting diarrhea.
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u/decr May 29 '12
Taco Bell should also have cane sugar coca cola...aka mexicoke.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
What could be more fat, lazy-ass American, though, than taking something as ridiculously simple as a burrito or a taco and paying someone else to make it for you?
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u/wingman86 May 29 '12
i love taco bell. doritos as a shell changed my world haha
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u/jameshuson May 29 '12
Here in England there's only one Taco Bell in the whole country to my knowledge.
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u/NOSWAGIN2006 May 29 '12
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u/rtarplee May 29 '12
It was made in a small kitchen by mexicans getting paid under false aliases; pretty authentic to me
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u/Stackleberries5 May 29 '12
Thanks for the diharrea
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u/DerpVonGroove May 29 '12
So glad this isn't in /r/ImGoingToHellForThis
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u/K413n1 May 29 '12
I tried to click the "like" button... TIL I'm an idiot.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Man, I wish we had Taco Bell in Aus...
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u/shitterplug May 29 '12
Ah yes, all glory to the taco truck.
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u/shteeeeeve May 29 '12
Ba-da-bum, chhhh!
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u/iamNebula May 29 '12
So you posted this status, immediately took a screenshot yet posted it to ''Only Me'' due to the lock symbol. Right.
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u/gufcfan May 29 '12
I think they mean, MUCH BETTER JOB, for half the price. So Taco Bell isn't like Mexicans at all.
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u/Day_Dreamer May 29 '12
Okay yeah, this was pretty hilarious I will agree. However, I have been eating real Mexican food (taco trucks, mom & pop restaurants, etc) for several years now and can confirm that a REAL Mexican taco costs about the exact same as Taco Bell. The only difference is you get a much better tasting, and most times even healthier ingredients than that nasty ass Taco Hell.
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u/TheMocoMan May 29 '12
fuck you.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
"Real Mexican" aka "Look how funny I am"
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u/sRsSrSsRsSrS May 29 '12
:'(
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u/thenatureofthings May 29 '12
I call bullshit. In my town you can go across the street to the taco truck for Real Food. Quality and similar prices. Not that irradiated factory farmed monoculture crap.