Tacos are dynamite!
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Topic: Tacos are dynamite!
Posted By: Daikon
Subject: Tacos are dynamite!
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 12:51
| Here's an interesting piece on the http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Where-Did-the-Taco-Come-From.html - history of tacos . |
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Posted By: TasunkaWitko
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 17:35
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great article - pilcher might be on to something, since pretty much everything he says makes pretty good sense. i've read accounts about tortillas filled with meat that the aztecs used, but as far as actual tacos go, in the modern sense of the word, this evolution was a good read. as i recall, the "rise of the pizza" in american culture was similar. thanks for posting!
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Posted By: AK1
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 18:23
Why is it that we have, tacos, pizza, and burgers.. Perfectly good "peasant" & or street food. But it took some "money hungry A hole" to completely F it up. Had good food, but now we have McDonalds, Wendy's, Taco Bell & Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa Johns . Damn I hate chain restaurants!!!!Ok, Rant over
 "Breathe in/ breathe out. |
Posted By: HistoricFoodie
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 19:29
Don't hold back, Darko. Tell us how you really feel. 
I know it was rhetorical. But the answer to your question is, because people (millions of people, in fact) want them.
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Posted By: Daikon
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 23:42
Tacos Ten Ways from Rick Bayless
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Posted By: MTMan
Date Posted: 16 May 2012 at 20:51
| I belive Rick Bayless to be the best chief in America, He has a great deal of knowledge when it comes to food parings and herbs and spices, he uses just the right amount so the flavors complement the food and not overwhelm it. I wish he was my cook!! I could eat his food morning, noon, and night. I will be making his fish tocos for dinner this Saturday, My sons 22 b.d. and he always wants Mexican for dinner on that day. |
Posted By: Daikon
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 14:26
Taco USA -- http://reason.com/archives/2012/05/14/taco-usa - How Mexican food became more American than apple pie
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Posted By: AK1
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 16:37
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Interesting quote D! I need to ask; is that how you feel? From my experience of Rick Bayless, it seems to me that he is very in tune with authentic Mexican food, although there may be some liberties taken in his restaurants.
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Posted By: Daikon
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 20:00
| Actually, I think Arellano is being a little unfair to Bayless. Rick Bayless is not some protector of an ossified notion of "authentic" Mexican food. He's got a great deal of respect for traditional preparations and presentations of Mexican food, but he also does a lot of experimentation, re-interpretation, and innovative presentation of Mexican food into a high-end, fine dining context. Arellano does have a point that there can also be interesting innovations at the low end among street food vendors and the like, but I don't find either labeling of Bayless as anti-change or anti-street-food to be accurate. |
Posted By: AK1
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 20:29
| Very good points. I agree with you 100% |