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re: Texas is falling apart
Posted on 7/16/22 at 2:59 pm to EKG
Posted on 7/16/22 at 2:59 pm to EKG
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The issue isn’t urban vs rural.
It’s federal government vs common man.
I don't disagree.
Too many in the big cities love them some federal government. Hell, too many in the small cities love them some federal government.
I don't want to be around any of them.
Good on you for all the property taxes.
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Posted on 7/16/22 at 3:37 pm to Von
Not faulting you for anything. Just observing that your usage was consistent with what I said earlier in the thread about I-20.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:19 pm to AggieHank86
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You have me curious. I have lived in Texas my entire life, and I have eaten Tex-Mex from El Paso to Texarkana to Harlingen. Burritos are EVERYWHERE larger, basically “sealed,” and always flour. Tacos are ALWAYS smaller and basically “open” as shown by EKG, some in a soft tortilla and some in a crisp maiz “shell.”
I grew up in San Angelo and will put the Mexican food there up against anybody else’s.
That aside, it you went to a San Angelo place and ordered two breakfast burritos, you’d get 2 of what you call tacos. There was usually a specialty giant one but it was burrito grande or something.
When I moved to Temple (which has terrible Mexican food and breakfast tacos) I ordered 2 burritos and it was $12 and I was like WTF. Then got two of the giant ones, and was all “oooohhh….”
I don’t find burritos are a great way to have a breakfast meats and eggs delivered to my mouth. Usually they rely on too much egg filler and it overwhelms. I’ve accommodated for my new surroundings and order appropriately now.
My dad in Odessa grew up that way, my wife in Abilene grew up that way. My first job out of college had me from Del Rio to Abilene and Llano to Big Lake. Most time if I stopped for breakfast and you said breakfast burrito, you were getting a taco as described by EKG.
I think most people have made the adjustment, but growing up for me taco always meant a hard corn shell. Burrito was a soft shell folded or tucked for my time out there in the 80s-2008. Could be different now.
Speaking of, if you’re ever in McAllen, there’s a place that has the best taco/burrito I’ve ever had.
ETA: sorry to reply so late.
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:29 pm to 3nOut
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You know how I know that you were born East of I-35?
I don’t get the reference. How does being born east of I-35 equip someone with the same understanding of the difference between a taco and a burrito as people born in Mexico?
Dude is right. There is a difference.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:38 pm to momentoftruth87
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Btw, only Dr Jill says breakfast tacos. Never had one, many burritos though.
In Texas, we say breakfast taco. Because it’s a taco. Not a burrito
Posted on 7/16/22 at 5:07 pm to AggieHank86
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Not faulting you for anything. Just observing that your usage was consistent with what I said earlier in the thread about I-20.
Ah. Thought you were just being weird.
That does seem to be a thing. Until the last 5 years or so here, if you said Taco that meant a hard shell. Still.. if you JUST say taco it means a hard shell. Soft tacos are different.
They are also called street tacos because, until the last 5 years or so, they were mostly served at the food trucks.
Hard tacos are incompatible with construction sites and eating in your pickup.
For most of my life Messican fare at local restaurants has been enchiladas, tacos (hard), burritos, fajitas and chile rellenos. That's pretty much it except for the red tacos at Casa Manana, the shells are soaked in a red wine sauce. Pretty tasty.
Enter the soft taco/street taco. Fancy little tacos. Personally I think they're ridiculous.. mostly torilla.. fajitas with a limit on the good stuff.
I bet those have the best profit margin on the menu.
Maybe that's why they're more popular west of I35/east of I20. More people willing to pay for them.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 7:46 pm to Von
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hat does seem to be a thing. Until the last 5 years or so here, if you said Taco that meant a hard shell. Still.. if you JUST say taco it means a hard shell. Soft tacos are different. They are also called street tacos because, until the last 5 years or so, they were mostly served at the food trucks. Hard tacos are incompatible with construction sites and eating in your pickup.
For most of my life Messican fare at local restaurants has been enchiladas, tacos (hard), burritos, fajitas and chile rellenos. That's pretty much it except for the red tacos at Casa Manana, the shells are soaked in a red wine sauce. Pretty tasty.
Glad I’m not the only one. I fee like food trucks and the onset of the breakfast taco and food trucks in the 2010s changed the terminology to what I grew up with.
I like torchys and a food truck taco, but I would have called a softshell, flour or corn a burrito every time.
Taco meant hard shell, full stop.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 7:53 pm to momentoftruth87
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Never had one
You’ve never had a breakfast taco?
Chorizo, egg, and cheese, on a warm flour tortilla washed down with black coffee or a redneck mimosa (orange juice and Dos Equis lager) while pulling out of Port Aransas harbor is like Heaven on earth.
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 7/16/22 at 7:53 pm to momentoftruth87
West Texas, Austin and the Hill country are lovely but I don’t see the appeal in Houston and Dallas. Both of these cities lack originality. I suppose if you fancy cottages that all look the same and retail parks it’s a great place to live.
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 7/16/22 at 8:09 pm to DoYouRealise
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West Texas, Austin and the Hill country are lovely but I don’t see the appeal in Houston and Dallas. Both of these cities lack originality. I suppose if you fancy cottages that all look the same and retail parks it’s a great place to live.
When we decided to leave San Angelo I told my wife my rule was west of I35, south of I20 and north of I10
Ironically our house is about 1000 yards east of I35 now.
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 7/16/22 at 11:04 pm to 3nOut
This is all too complicated. When I order a taco, I expect a hard or soft tortilla folded in half with the fixings in the center of the fold. When I order a burrito, I expect a large flour tortilla stuffed full of good stuff and rolled with the ends tucked in.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 11:48 pm to 3nOut
Breakfast tacos were in Texas when I was growing up in Dallas, and I'm 60.
Breakfast tacos are soft and not to be confused with hard tacos (or puffed tacos). I think breakfast burritos are more popular outside of Texas.
I think street tacos are more Mexican food and not traditional Tex-Mex. I don't remember street tacos growing up in Dallas. I saw them in California before I saw them in Texas. I moved to California in the late 80s.
I'd be curious if anyone is from San Antonio. I think the best Tex-Mex is there.
Breakfast tacos are soft and not to be confused with hard tacos (or puffed tacos). I think breakfast burritos are more popular outside of Texas.
I think street tacos are more Mexican food and not traditional Tex-Mex. I don't remember street tacos growing up in Dallas. I saw them in California before I saw them in Texas. I moved to California in the late 80s.
I'd be curious if anyone is from San Antonio. I think the best Tex-Mex is there.
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