Taco Bell's false advertising of what you're really eating.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

Lol, VG..I have to admit, I lol'd.

[Memento Mori]

Does anyone here ever go to a fast-food joint with the expectation of 100% beef, when the item you're paying for is less then a dollar? This isn't a shock to anyone. Unless they were really using actual bad meat, then I'd complain.

Also, to settle this 'authentic' debate. While my mom, who comes from an entirely Mexican family and was raised in the Jalisco area, never goes to Taco Bell with the expectation of having a top-notch taco, she also doesn't believe they're necessarily doing anything wrong other than providing a lower-grade, cheaper-quality taco. If you go to any other Mexican restaurant, even in Guadalajara, they provided almost the exact same food items (Except of course the Frito Taco, but they're just experimenting) just with higher grade materials.

I'm with Wio on this one. You're just paying for a cheaper quality taco. And a taco is a Mexican thing, or commonly referred to as such.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

[/I]If you go to any other Mexican restaurant, even in Guadalajara, they provided almost the exact same food items (Except of course the Frito Taco, but they're just experimenting) just with higher grade materials.

I agree with your statement when it comes to other dishes, because all dishes are best made in their originated place due to it's resources, I've been a witness of that.

Also, I'm pretty darn sure that it's just not the quality of the ingredients but also the special touches that makes a taco a real taco. And small example would be the spice.

[Ranshiin]

Lol, VG..I have to admit, I lol'd.

I actually have to admit I agree. xD.

[Memento Mori]

I agree with your statement when it comes to other dishes, because all dishes are best made in their originated place due to it's resources, I've been a witness of that.

Also, I'm pretty darn sure that it's just not the quality of the ingredients but also the special touches that makes a taco a real taco. And small example would be the spice.

There are no 'special touches' to any food item of any ethnicity. My Mexican grandmother uses a lot brown sugar in her tacos, but my mom never liked that, so she never uses as much as my grandma. So who's making a real taco? Obviously only one of them can be, because they have two varying recipies for the same basic food item.

Every nationality says that they make their food best because it's from their country of origin, but that doesn't mean that we can't allow other people to make them and add their own twists. No two things will ever taste the same.

In fact, Taco Bell even uses spices, genuine spices, that I've seen almost every restaurant in Mexico use.

[Xeyuzio]

Finally something worth posting from VG555.

[Sanosuke23]

There are no 'special touches' to any food item of any ethnicity. My Mexican grandmother uses a lot brown sugar in her tacos, but my mom never liked that, so she never uses as much as my grandma. So who's making a real taco? Obviously only one of them can be, because they have two varying recipies for the same basic food item.

Every nationality says that they make their food best because it's from their country of origin, but that doesn't mean that we can't allow other people to make them and add their own twists. No two things will ever taste the same.

In fact, Taco Bell even uses spices, genuine spices, that I've seen almost every restaurant in Mexico use.

It's no use Memento. He's going to culinary school. You're dealing with a master here.

But seriously, "authenticity" is a lie, and fusion and experimentation in food doesn't make the dish less of a whatever it is. California rolls are still makizushi, chicken club tacos are still tacos, and hamburgers where the meat is in fact a portobello mushroom is still a burger. Anyone who thinks otherwise is what we in the sane world call a "Food Snob."

[.Tatty.]

Wow, A fast food company using something that isn't entirely meat, Watch as I am taken a back by this shocking turn of events.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

It's no use Memento. He's going to culinary school. You're dealing with a master here.

But seriously, "authenticity" is a lie, and fusion and experimentation in food doesn't make the dish less of a whatever it is. California rolls are still makizushi, chicken club tacos are still tacos, and hamburgers where the meat is in fact a portobello mushroom is still a burger. Anyone who thinks otherwise is what we in the sane world call a "Food Snob."

eye c wut u did thar.

You're totally missing the point. v_v
What you're saying is like saying Pepperoni Pizza is the real thing, while Hawaiian is not. I'm pretty sure that was never the argument here..yet it was brought a lot.

[Memento Mori]

eye c wut u did thar.

You're totally missing the point. v_v
What you're saying is like saying Pepperoni Pizza is the real thing, while Hawaiian is not. I'm pretty sure that was never the argument here..yet it was brought a lot.

That's actually what you're saying.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

That's actually what you're saying.

I never said that, not even remotely close to what I said. I actually never limited the ideas of how food should be made.

[Wio]

The thing is, if someone were to look at Taco Bell's recipe, modify it, and make a really good tasting taco you'd probably say "This is some great Mexican food". You think that by definition Mexican food has to taste good or it doesn't count.

[リッキー]

Business is about maximising profits. If they can do that by selling substandard products, while still keeping people buying, of course they will do it. A problem would only arise if they were selling something which they were not delivering.


All in all, food made at home is the best way to go, as you control most of what goes into it, and it normally tastes nicer anyway.