Taco Bell Anyone?

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Jiarn

Dave said:
It still tastes awesome late at night. Personally, I don't care.
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Yep, having grown up Hispanic I can tell you that Taco Bell was NEVER considered Mexican food. It was Mexican Substitute. It's like Vienna Sausage/Potted Meat/Spam etc. Who cares what's in it if it's freakin delicious in the right situation.
 
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Jiarn

Really Disconnected?! Was that really necessary? I'm about to go to lunch! to taco bell.....
 
figmentPez

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It's still food. If the filler were sawdust or dirt, I'd be bothered. As it is the only thing that keeps me from eating it is the high sodium (and they're cutting back on that, at least in test markets)

Beef, water, spices, thickener, salt... so, it's basically more of a chili than just straight beef.
 
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Chibibar

You know.... it is like what? a dollar something? how much beef you need to be in a taco?
 
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ThatNickGuy said:
That's the spirit! :D
(Sounds like my prom night.)

Although...would you be worried if Sammi started using that line, Dave? :p
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She's 17. I was sexually active at that age. At this point I'd rather she be smart and safe than anything else.
 
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makare

This news does not in any way affect me because I think Taco Bell is gross.

That is all.
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

Is taco meat with 1/3 beef and 2/3 oat filler actually more healthful than taco meat with 80% beef and 20% fat and spices?
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Piotyr said:
Is taco meat with 1/3 beef and 2/3 oat filler actually more healthful than taco meat with 80% beef and 20% fat and spices?
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It is really not about health, it is about truth in advertising.

With the amount of fat in their tacos I doubt 100% ground beef would be any worse for you.
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

sixpackshaker said:
It is really not about health, it is about truth in advertising.

With the amount of fat in their tacos I doubt 100% ground beef would be any worse for you.
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Oh, I know the legal issue is truth in advertising, but most of the reaction I've seen to this is "eww, sickening", so I was just curious if there was any difference in health benefit between the oat filler and ground beef.
 
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makare

Like I said I don't really care either way because I have no interest in Taco Bell but what this makes me think of is pet food. How now they are advertising whole meat dog and cat food with no fillers. It is going to be difficult to argue that the filler is ok for humans in a world where it is getting less and less ok for our pets.

I think that it is ok for pets.
 
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TheBrew

I heard this on the radio last night and I suddenly started craving Taco Bell. Sadly, there was only an Arby's nearby.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

TheBrew said:
I heard this on the radio last night and I suddenly started craving Taco Bell. Sadly, there was only an Arby's nearby.
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I wish I took a picture what their roast beef looks like before it gets baked at the restaurant.

It looks like a giant blob of chunky baloney.
 
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Chibibar

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I used to work for taco bell...now granted, this was 25 years ago when they still cooked their own beef on the premises. But at the time, they cooked 10 lb bags of beef with maybe a cup or a cup and a half of spice mix. The spice mix had oats in it, but in order for this article to be true, they would've had to cook 20 lbs of oats mixture with only 10 lbs of beef. It was more like 10 lbs of beef to about 1/3 lb of spice mix, only some of which was oats.

Now, granted, things may have changed in 25 years, but their meat tastes the same to me as it ever has.
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you know, when you put it that way..... that is a ton of spices!!!
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

The "meat product" is now cryo-sealed and heated. It is basically boil in bag now. That's how they are able to operate in those closets in Gas Stations.
 
figmentPez

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Tinwhistler said:
I used to work for taco bell...now granted, this was 25 years ago when they still cooked their own beef on the premises. But at the time, they cooked 10 lb bags of beef with maybe a cup or a cup and a half of spice mix. The spice mix had oats in it, but in order for the suit to be true (which alleges only about 30-35% beef, and the rest fillers), they would've had to cook 20 lbs of oats mixture with only 10 lbs of beef. It was more like 10 lbs of beef to about 1/3 lb of spice mix, only some of which was oats.

Now, granted, things may have changed in 25 years, but their meat tastes the same to me as it ever has.
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I don't think it would have to be 20lbs of spice/oat mixture; it'd only have to be about 10lbs, along with 1¼ gallons of water. (Even less spices and water if the suit is only including lean meat in the 30-35%, and counting fat as part of the filler.) The listed incredients are something like: beef, water, spices [spice ingredients listed], salt, perservative. If I understand labeling laws correctly, the ingredients are listed in order of amount. So, there's more water in there than spice mix. It'd still require a big change from what you were used to, though.
 
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