White guy tacos

[redwitch]

The tan suit of this election.

[Skittles]

1. nothing wrong with disliking spicy food

I HATE food that literally hurts me

[Tree Lady]

3. I like spicy food but my stomach does not

so I don't eat it. The closest I get is mild salsa and Annies Thai Soup which is mildly spicy.

[Bettie]

4. Right?

I like spice, flavor, but that's a different thing from just burn-your-face-off hot.

Frankly too much heat and you can't taste anything else.

[onetexan]

39. I can't handle as much spice as i'd like to like before

So i'm w mild heat like the good coach.🙂

[Skittles]

43. my first year in Texas

I ate a whole jalapeno at a restaurant - I was just shocked by the pain and couldn't get a breath - a guy at a nearby table who happened to be a fireman came over and thumped my back and then had the waiter bring me some milk.....to this day I can't see how anyone can eat those things....it was traumatizing!

[LeftInTX]

46. They played a joke on my sister and told her it was a pickle!

[onetexan]

47. ooofff yup milk is good to cool down the heat, but yea raw hot peppers are not a good idea. I don't mind a little on

pizza but it's baked into the cheese which cuts down the heat. Speaking of TX, hatch chilies are big here and when they're in season many restaurants w have dishes with them. They're pretty good.

[Skittles]

49. at work I went over to ask a software engineer a question

he was white as a sheet of paper and sweating bullets - I asked, ARE YOU OK and he held up a bag of jalapenos he was eating.....I just shook my head and walked off. Texans!

[ProfessorGAC]

48. I Make Very Bold Flavors, But...

...but I completely agree.
I don't get making food so hot that:
• Hot is all I taste
• It's so hot it hurts.
That makes no sense to me. Some bite/heat; yes. Overloading pain receptors? Silly.

[roscoeroscoe]

2. Talk about tacos

Some people put catsup on them!

[BeyondGeography]

51. Now THAT is white

[haele]

5. I'm sorry, what are white guy tacos?

Taco Bell?

If he doesn't like spicy, he needs to go to a Mariscos truck and try and authentic Baja Fish taco. Add the crema they have sitting in a squeeze bottle in the condiments chiller next to the pickup window. The pink crema is slightly spicier, and is better on the grilled marlin or shrimp tacos; it has tajin, which is Nachos Doritos spice with lime powder.
And always, always take the mares soup if offered.
They typically give you a free full cup while you're waiting for your taco.
If you can't handle more than red bag Nachos Doritos spicy, don't take the pickled carrots. Trust me.
Disclaimer - I'm allergic to shellfish, so the Mariscos trucks are not places I can eat. But the rest of my family loves the Mariscos trucks.

Haele

[Skittles]

6. Walz has indicated he's not a fan of spicy

OMG THE HORROR

[Chellee]

7. White people tacos

1 lb hamburger
1 packet Old El Paso original taco seasoning - follow the directions on the packet

1 box Old El Paso taco shells
shredded yellow cheddar cheese
shredded iceberg lettuce
diced tomatoes
sour cream

As a midwesterner, I can tell you we had this once a week.

[LeftInTX]

14. They're good too.

Nothing the matter with them.

You can buy them in San Antonio. They call them crispy tacos.

Most tacos are meat in flour or corn. You gotta ask for veggies. Like carne guisada (stew), barbacoa (cow brain, not recommended due to prions, they use something else now) pastor (pork bits) bean and cheese. Most tacos are best suited breakfast.

Fluffing up tacos is a probably a white person thing, but it's good. I'm pretty sure it has caught on in Mexico too.

However, bean and cheese tacos seem more "white people" to me, but it isn't. It is pretty bland.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

27. Barbacoa isn't cow brains

It’s cow cheek meat, and it’s delicious

Updating this post, I did a bit of research. Barbacoa actually refers to the cooking method, rather than a particular part of the cow (or goat). It refers to slow cooking the meat in an earthen pit. It often refers to cooking the cows head, although sometimes it can include other parts or the whole eviscerated animal. That’s what authentic barbacoa is, but in Texas, only one restaurant is grandfathered in to sell barbacoa cooked in an earthen pit. Most barbacoa is steamed meat, generally from some part(s) of the head. Where I live, the only barbacoa I have come across is made from cheek meat.

[Retrograde]

31. Around here brains are "sesos"

(delicious but very high cholesterol), cheek meat is “cabeza”, tongue is “lengua” (good if you want something mild).

Picante is an acquired taste. If Walz doesn’t care for it that’s fine - more for the rest of us!

[LeftInTX]

37. Hubby grew up eating the brains. (Barbacoa and Big Red) Yeah, now it's probably cheeks. But you gotta be careful.

Most comes from unknown sources around here. For instance, I picked up 1/2 pound dirt cheap at a local Mexican bakery. I hope it didn't have brains in it, but the price was so darn cheap. It's all steamed around here.

Lengua is also good.

[Celerity]

61. Traditional barbacoa is lamb or goat, not beef

How A Pitmaster Has Been Making Lamb Barbacoa Outside Of LA For Over 40 Years -- Smoke Point

Gonzalo Ramirez is one of the only barbacoyeros in the U.S. who raises and butchers his own lambs. He cooks the barbacoa in a pit, during a process that takes 24 hours. Ramirez sells his traditional Hidalgo-style barbacoa, moronga (blood sausage), consomé, and more on the corner of Canterbury Ave. and Hoyt Street off Van Nuys Blvd. in Arleta, California.

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[Sogo]

16. Actually, that Old El Paso original taco seasoning might be a bit much for the Midwestern palate.

[Chellee]

20. That's what the sour cream is for.

Cool it down, mellow it out.

[Bettie]

55. AH, but Old El Paso thinks of everything

it comes in "Mild"!

[Greybnk48]

17. I used to fix these a couple times a month for 30 years

until all the kids were gone. We loved them! I called them Wisconsin tacos!

After the kids left, I started trying to do something more sophisticated, and have tried doing street tacos and the like.
But now the little grandkids are here more than not, and one of our kids moved back home during covid with a work at home job, we've gone back to Wisconsin tacos. A couple of the grands won't eat lettuce OR tomato. Too exotic, lol!
My husband and I (and live in daughter) are not suffering though. We have a few excellent authentic Mexican restaurants in our town and we get the good stuff there! AND I still LOVE Wisconsin tacos!

[Prairie Gates]

21. LOL...that's exactly right

Unfortunately, many people will be confused because that's the only kind of taco they've ever had. Wait, that's a specific kind of taco?

[miyazaki]

24. the sour cream was only an occasional bonus for me. nt

[lapfog_1]

26. yup... that is exactly our "taco night"

when I was growing up.

Old El Paso refried beans too

[zeusdogmom]

53. Many still do and enjoy every single bite

[Celerity]

8. Mexican Dads try 'White People Tacos'

[Zoomie1986]

9. I've lived in the Southwest so long

That I can't remember the last time I had a taco in a hard shell...

[LeftInTX]

12. They serve them in San Antonio restaurants. "Crispy tacos"

[Prairie Gates]

22. Same

[LeftInTX]

13. I really don't think there is such a thing.

Yeah, there is white influence, but then they get adopted by everyone if they're popular.

I've never heard of olives on tacos.

Pan dulce has it's origins in France.

Flour tortillas originated with Sephardic Jews.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

29. I make tacos with green olives

I was told that it’s called a Cuban taco. Also known as piccadillo.

[LeftInTX]

34. Picadillo with one "c" is ground meat. It's used in ground meat tacos. Without olives. Inspiration for taco bell and

taco seasoning, mixes etc.

Picadillo Ingredients: 3 medium Russet potato peeled and diced
1 pound ground meat
1 teaspoon kosher salt more to taste
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6 clove garlic minced depend on you
1 tsp ground coriander 1 small white onion diced
3 large Roma tomatoes roughly chopped
1 to 2 serrano chiles roughly chopped
1 or 2 bay leafs 2 to 4 cups beef bone broth 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. Since it's Minnesota, maybe a fish taco - made with lutefisk.

(I'm sorry, it just popped into my head. I'll let myself out.)

[LeftInTX]

19. Ick...LOL

[onetexan]

41. I made some baja tacos for my inlaws couple weeks ago

W Grilled shrimp & roast chicken breasts, and topped w a creme sauce made locally. Delish! Some ppl don't like the creme sauce & prefer salsa. Others like hot sauce on them. There's no limit to what u can put on a taco.

[LeftInTX]

10. What?

Na!!

That would be cold refried beans on white bread..LOL

[JI7]

11. How about the outrage over VP eating doritos ?

[LeftInTX]

18. Look: This stuff is bland, but everyone eats it. Not all Mexican food is spicy

In it’s most basic form, the San Antonio breakfast taco is nothing more than a flour tortilla filled with refried beans and a serious portion of cheddar cheese. Salsa is always present, but served on the side unless you ask to have it mixed in. You can add eggs, bacon, sausage, cilantro, onions, or whatever makes you happy, but these things are not required, and most folks around here never consider them. What they’re after is a fresh, warm, handmade tortilla filled to overflowing with beans and cheese.

[Buns_of_Fire]

28. You've convinced me. I just added tortillas, refried beans,

cheddar cheese, and picante sauce to the shopping list. No lutefisk.

[LeftInTX]

35. LOL...I've never had lutefish...

[Buns_of_Fire]

62. Me neither, but I've always wanted to try a bite.

JUST a bite, mind you. My finances don't allow for ordering an entire entree just to throw it out if I don't like it.

This is coming from one who has actually eaten a raw oyster, which, as I remember, was like eating a pencil eraser marinated in Vaseline. LIttle did I know at the time that the idea is to just swallow it whole, not try to chew it. Live and learn. Andrew Zimmern I ain't.

[Shermann]

54. Looks good, but I'd definitely opt for the eggs and salsa

I love huevos rancheros which is basically that but on a fried crispy tortilla and not finger-food like this.

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. I never developed my adult palate. I was in my 30's before I could stand to eat raw onion. When people talk about....

spicy, I take it they're referring to hot & spicy. I don't do "hot", but the lack of heat doesn't have to mean flavorless. What many people would consider "mild" would blow the top of my head off; I have no tolerance for hot & spicy.

[RidinWithHarris]

25. Now the radical left democrats are turning white people...

...into taco filling!!!

[love_katz]

30. Fun thread.

What a fun thread.

And now, I want tacos. Yum!! 🤤

[betsuni]

32. They don't understand joke immunity: you have it if you're a member of the group you're joking about.

They keep saying, What if Vance said something about black guy tacos? Vance isn't black.

Walz is a white Midwesterner joking about his people. Garrison Keillor jokes about small towns, Midwesterners, liberals, shy persons, he's one of them. This isn't difficult to understand.

[Croney]

33. Like Whatley! 🙂

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[betsuni]

38. Exactly!

[DemonGoddess]

60. That's just one of

many qualities Walz has. He can laugh at himself! For that matter, both candidates at the top of our ticket can. It makes them fun.

[berniesandersmittens]

36. Cow brains and lutefish tacos thread?

My great grandmother ate pig brains mixed with eggs.

White girl taco: no fish or brains of any kind. And make mine vegetarian.

[LeftInTX]

40. We started on humus tacos here.

We get the Guerrero carb watch. (They don't seem to have a much baking soda as other flour tacos)
Toast the folded in the toaster.
Add humus, Greek or Italian dressing
Pepperoncini
Olives

Doesn't taste like a taco at all! Tastes like a Mediterranean wrap..LOL

[Sucha NastyWoman]

44. Sounds pretty good to me

As does your Picadillo recipe. I’ll have to bookmark this thread.

Are you in or near San Antonio?

[LeftInTX]

45. Yes, I'm in San Antonio

[Shermann]

52. A guy I worked with tried to convince me to try scambled eggs and (cow) brains.

It was canned brains. I checked the cholesterol on the ingredients, and it was OFF THE CHARTS. Hard pass.

[Retrograde]

59. I've had tacos in Norway

the hotel where we were staying had dinners included for the less adventurous (or the more jet-lagged) and one night it was tacos. Taco Bell level, not great but not bad if you added enough hot sauce.

[mucholderthandirt]

42. All this sort of thing shows is, they got nothin'.

Not a single winning strategy that can take Harris or Walz down. Nothing. So they'll play to their idiot base, watch their sort of sane other people walk away, and then the only way to win is cheating. We have to be on constant guard.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. 'Anti-white racism': MAGA influencers melting down over Tim Walz's taco joke

Walz's taco joke is pissing off the maga idiots

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/tim-walz-white-tacos/

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz this week made a self-deprecating joke about liking "white guy tacos" without much seasoning -- and many top conservative influencers are furious.

Many right-wing influencers did not see humor in the exchange, however, and they accused Walz and Harris of engaging in anti-white bigotry.

"Crazy that a presidential candidate can just casually let out some blatant anti-white racism and nobody cares," complained The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh. "Imagine if Donald Trump said that a 'black guy taco' was made with fried chicken and watermelon. Nuclear meltdown."

The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro also registered his objection.

"See, folks, it's funny that white people hate spices!" he wrote sarcastically. "Not racist at all! Just funny! (FACT CHECK: Europeans liked spices so much that they literally got involved in several hundred years of war in order to determine control of the spice trade.)"

MAGA influencer Mike Cernovich did some detective work and discovered that Walz had at one time made a taco recipe that featured spices including paprika and chili powder, which he suggested shows "Tim Walz is lying about how people in Minnesota don’t season their food."

[NotASurfer]

56. The spiciest peppers available in the Midwest used to be bell peppers

I remember mom saying how she didn't want us to go to Taco Bell because it would be spicy. And when she did finally relent and let us have a few it was under a strict "no hot sauce" rule because she figured that would just land children in the hospital. Also she was paranoid about us chewing the taco shells thoroughly because they might have sharp edges that would cut your stomach & again land children in the hospital.

She was fine with us climbing 30' up a tree, but the real health threat was tacos.

Now today, I'm ok with jalepeno heat, but no way I'm climbing trees. Which (sorry) is a long way to go to say, I think I know where he's coming from. Mom would have agreed about the heat level.

[LeftInTX]

58. Peppers are native to Texas. They're the real tiny type.

Last edited Sat Aug 17, 2024, 11:39 PM - Edit history (1)

They're the size of a holly berry. We had a small bush near our front door. We had a wild toddler. I told my husband to tear it down. He didn't listen. Kid landed in the ER.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum

The tiny chili peppers of C. a. var. glabriusculum are red to orange-red, usually slightly ellipsoidal, and about 0.8 cm (1⁄3 in) in diameter.[7] Some strains of tepin peppers are much closer to perfectly round when fresh. A dried tepin pepper appears quite round even if it was slightly ellipsoidal when fresh. Tepin peppers are very hot, in Scoville Heat Units (SHU) measuring between 465,000–1,629,000, or 325,000–2,469,000 depending on the capsaicinoid ⇨ SHU conversion method.[3]

The tepin can be hotter than the habanero or red savina, with the highest levels seen in green fruit 40-50 days after fruit set.[3]

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. 'Anti-white racism': MAGA influencers melting down over Tim Walz's taco joke

Walz's taco joke is pissing off the maga idiots

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/tim-walz-white-tacos/

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz this week made a self-deprecating joke about liking "white guy tacos" without much seasoning -- and many top conservative influencers are furious.

Many right-wing influencers did not see humor in the exchange, however, and they accused Walz and Harris of engaging in anti-white bigotry.

"Crazy that a presidential candidate can just casually let out some blatant anti-white racism and nobody cares," complained The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh. "Imagine if Donald Trump said that a 'black guy taco' was made with fried chicken and watermelon. Nuclear meltdown."

The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro also registered his objection.

"See, folks, it's funny that white people hate spices!" he wrote sarcastically. "Not racist at all! Just funny! (FACT CHECK: Europeans liked spices so much that they literally got involved in several hundred years of war in order to determine control of the spice trade.)"

MAGA influencer Mike Cernovich did some detective work and discovered that Walz had at one time made a taco recipe that featured spices including paprika and chili powder, which he suggested shows "Tim Walz is lying about how people in Minnesota don’t season their food."