dstieger wrote:Maybe WM gets their salsa from AZ...like from Busa's source
BTW, I had a crispy cheddar chalupa from Taco Bell yesterday -- may not have been Mexican, but it was pretty dang good.
Say - what is authentic Mexican food, anyway? Never found two Mexicans who could agree -- they got all kinds of stuff in Mexico and the desire to be labeled 'authentic Mexican' here in the states is rather silly -- and probably only matters to those of us that like fracking white people food
Well, I think we can all agree that nothing on Taco Hell's menu is actually really Mexican.
As for Chipotle, massive amount of their business is burritos and taco salads. Neither of which are Mexican, the burrito was invented in California in the early 1900's and taco salad is strictly american. Chimichanga, forget it. not even close. Then fajitas, which are on every dine-in Mexican restaurant menu in the country, are from Texas around the same time as the burrito. Ropa Vieja also found on those menus is actually Cuban. The margarita isn't even Mexican. Tortilla chips, they way they exist today, not so much...
Mexican cuisine varies greatly depending on the region and what's available, one of the reasons why even Mexicans disagree on it. For example, costal areas are typically seafood based, inland could be fowl or goat. Beef based is when you want to draw the line on the calendar since cattle aren't indigenous. Most of it is plated, tortillas were the bread equivalent, while the taco is more of a modern street food. Most of the fried stuff is not and comes from other cultures. Anything with cheddar cheese or cheese sauce isn't. Sour cream is a rarity if at all.
