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You were the best thing ever to come to Taco Bell. Let us all have a moment of silence for the cheesy gordita crunch. 'cause I can't find a Taco Bell that sells them anymore. Can you?
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I thought that was a promotion about five years ago, at least around here it was. Never tried it, just saw comercials.
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quote:Originally posted by pH: You were the best thing ever to come to Taco Bell. Let us all have a moment of silence for the cheesy gordita crunch. 'cause I can't find a Taco Bell that sells them anymore. Can you?
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Never had one. I like chalupas but I cannot have one ever because there's not a taco bell near me and I have to stop eating stuff that tastes good and has fat. *Eats cookies*
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quote:Why do people think that is actually authentic Mexican food?
Taco Bell is authentic Taco Bell food.
Myself, I mourn the passing of the cheesy crunchy grilled stuft burrito. Not that I could eat anything that delicious anymore anyway. Perhaps it's for the best.
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quote:Originally posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion: Eww, Taco Bell...
Why do people think that is actually authentic Mexican food?
Why do you think anyone thinks it's authentic Mexican food? Have you ever seen the people in a Taco Bell? Do they look like they're in search of a cultural experience?
It's cheap, greasy and edible. Mystery solved.
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I agree with Baron Samedi, I'm pretty sure that nobody actually believes that there is anything "authentic" about taco bell. That said, in my experience it is pretty much the same price and speed at pretty much any small mexican restaurant you can find, and the food is quite often better. I'm not sure why people don't just do that instead.
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quote:Originally posted by ricree101: I agree with Baron Samedi, I'm pretty sure that nobody actually believes that there is anything "authentic" about taco bell. That said, in my experience it is pretty much the same price and speed at pretty much any small mexican restaurant you can find, and the food is quite often better. I'm not sure why people don't just do that instead.
Very true, taco bell is expensive for the portions they give you. I can spend the same amount at the local Tex/Mex joint and get way better food and is just as quick. When I lived in DC there was even a Tex/Mex place that had a drive through and the best Carne Asada (sp?) in the area! Ummmmm, darn there's no little hungry Graemlin licking his lips to show hunger, but now I want some Tex/Mex! Posts: 871 | Registered: Jul 2006
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Oh man, I loved the Cheesy Gordita Crunch. I would sometimes order two of them when I go there. At least they still have the Zesty Chicken Border Bowl...
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They're still selling them at Taco Bell in Tujunga. Come visit us in Sunland-Tujunga, and I'll buy you one...
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quote:Originally posted by B34N: Very true, taco bell is expensive for the portions they give you. I can spend the same amount at the local Tex/Mex joint and get way better food and is just as quick. When I lived in DC there was even a Tex/Mex place that had a drive through and the best Carne Asada (sp?) in the area! Ummmmm, darn there's no little hungry Graemlin licking his lips to show hunger, but now I want some Tex/Mex!
It depends what you get. If you go for the value menu, you can get an awful lot of food for pretty cheap. Like 1/2 pound burritos for $0.99, at least at our local place. Taco Bell is also the only place open after 1 on weeknights (and the only place open after 2 on weekends), so they get bonus points from this insomniac.
That said, Taco Bell can be really hit or miss. Sometimes the Grade D meat and cheesey goodness are the best thing on this planet - sometimes it's just disgusting.
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I suppose I can get by with the quesidillas again. The CGC was very good though, and filling too. I have also enjoyed the Taco Bell late at night.
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quote:Originally posted by Synesthesia: Never had one. I like chalupas but I cannot have one ever because there's not a taco bell near me and I have to stop eating stuff that tastes good and has fat. *Eats cookies*
I can mail you a Chalupa if you'd like.
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you know, i can go year round and get a cheesy gordita crunch. it may not be on the menu but they will make it if you ask. Always have.
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It's funny. When I was in France, surrounded by delicious, fresh, high-quality cuisine wherever I went, the only American food I really ever CRAVED was Taco Bell. That's specifically Taco Bell, not Mexican (as everyone has pointed out, TB is nowhere near authentic Mexican.) I can't explain it.
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Same thing happened with me in London. I craved Taco Bell and Mountain Dew and couldn't find either. : (
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By the way, this thread made me hungry. I went to my local Taco Bell and had 2 steak cheesy gordita crunches. They are still on the menu at my Utah Taco Bell.
Since food is part of our forum title, we should petition for a yummie graemlin.
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Alas, I too never even got a chance to try it. I mourn for all the cheesey gordito crunchiness that I will never know. Posts: 6246 | Registered: Aug 2004
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I'm hooked on the grilled stuffed burrito. And mourning for the fajita variant thereof.
Taco Bell retains a soft spot in my heart because it was the fast food of my youth. When we needed to get food and come back to doing something on those never-quite-dark 4 AM Anchorage nights, Taco Bell was there: cheap, filling, and... While I'm not calling it haute cuisine... Tasty.
I agree that Taco Bell is not particularly authentic mexican food. But many of the cheaper varieties of authentic mexican food are also rich in things like lard, tripe, and tongue. Sometimes there's something to be said for the inauthentic, homogenized version.
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Only place I ever got food poisoning (or something like it) was at a Taco Bell. After a while, I went back. And I loved it.
In college it was about a 15 minute walk from my dorm and if it wasn't open 24 hrs, it was always open at just the right times. It was inside the convenience store... ahhhh, the good old days...
I stopped eating fast food a while ago, for no reason other than I wanted to stop eating fast food. Taco Bell is still a place I'm up for... and enjoy almost every time...
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*was appointed Hater Supreme in the "I Hate Carlos Mencia" facebook group. Wins*
Also, whenever I'm out of the country I lose like a pound a day. And it's not that I don't like the food. I love the food. But for some reason I never eat much of it.
I had a friend who worked at Taco Bell, and provided free nourishment all the time. Since then, I have a hard time actually paying for Taco Bell food (it's not bad, it's no authentic mexican or even tex-mex, but it isn't bad).
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quote: I agree that Taco Bell is not particularly authentic mexican food. But many of the cheaper varieties of authentic mexican food are also rich in things like lard, tripe, and tongue. Sometimes there's something to be said for the inauthentic, homogenized version.
It is reasoning similar to this that makes me infinitely more fond of Americanized Chinese food that only superficially resembles the food they would actually serve you in China.
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For the past three yeras, the only thing I've ordered from Taco Bell was the cheesy gordita crunch. There is no longer any reason for me to eat their ever again.
And I feel that Taco Bell food is to mexican food as Americanized chinese food is to real chinese food. I don't care if it's not authentic, it's just delicious. Posts: 1711 | Registered: Jun 2004
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Mexican food is basically just beans, meat and cheese. I mean, really, how hard is it to make yourself?
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Order it anyway, about half the time they will make it!
I used to work at TB and we did that all the time. They don't remove the old stuff from the computer, so they can charge you correctly and it's not as if they don't have the ingredients to make it!
Just ask, heck, it's just a taco wrapped in a gordita shell with melted cheese.
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quote:Originally posted by Storm Saxon: Mexican food is basically just beans, meat and cheese. I mean, really, how hard is it to make yourself?
Carnitas, Tamales, Chile Relleno, and other foods of the Mexican / Latin type would like to disagree with this statement...
Now if you want to amend the statement to cover primarily Taco Bell (read: not Mexican) food, I'll happily agree.
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quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: It is reasoning similar to this that makes me infinitely more fond of Americanized Chinese food that only superficially resembles the food they would actually serve you in China.
Thanks to more authentic Chinese food, I can say that I have consumed jellyfish.
And, thank the powers, now I never have to do that again.
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I had one last night, actually. Taco Bell in Wilmington, Delaware apparently still has them ;-). If you want, I can buy one and ship it to your place.
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I don't know if the places around here are still selling them (I take Taco Bueno over Taco Bell any day), but I do know I still see the commercials every few days for the cheesy gordita crunch. That makes me assume that it's still being sold around here. Not sure though.
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Not necessarily. It means, "Little fat one." But it's using the female form of it, so it could refer to a cow, a girl, or anything that is also a feminine. As it is, it's just "little fat one".
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No, actually, I'd say a direct translation is "little fat girl." Spanish is very gender specific.
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