A Taco Bell finally opened up where I liv, and we are going to go try it tonight. What should I try and what should I avoid?
Of course I know I should try another restaurant and avoid Taco Bell, that’s too obvious, but what is life without a little Adventure.
What’s up with the word filter? A little bit much, Even some innocuous words like tonlght, (I misspelled with an L) I get the intent though
The guy must have served, and still has some old habits from the Franchise Wars
Do we have a c/LostLemmimgs yet?
If not, this could be the inaugural post.
Wrong post?
??? Must be something specific to your instance. I am seeing no effects of word filters.
What did you get and how was it?
Tried the chicken chalupa and fries. Not bad.
you should try not
A time machine.
Go back 5 years when everything still tasted good. Cuz idk what they did since pandemic hit, adding grasshoppers to the beef or something, but its not good anymore. Its weird-meh.
Bruh.
It’s probably that your sense of taste has changed, not their ingredients.
You may have long covid.
Nah, there is a lot more grit in the meat. The texture changed for the worse.
Remember that in like 2020 or so Taco Bell got sued by the FDA for putting too much sand in their meat.
Source?
So what is in Taco Bell’s seasoned ground beef? Here’s the full list of ingredients straight from the company’s site:
Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats (Wheat), Soy Lecithin, Sugar, Spices, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil (Anti-dusting Agent), Garlic Powder, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Yeast, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates. CONTAINS SOYBEANS, WHEAT
Silicon dioxide is a major component of sand, and they do not make any bones about including that in their meat, but because of some weirdo suing them saying that it was only 35% beef versus 88% beef I cannot find the link where the FDA was prosecuting them for having too much silicon dioxide in their meat.
Unless you have evidence that they get their silicon dioxide from sand, it is premature to declare they put sand in their food.
Water is commonly found in glacier ice. Do you accuse people who serve water as serving glacier ice?
Silicon dioxide is a common anti-caking agent. It’s used in many foods and is generally harmless when ingested. Inhaling it can be a problem, but that’s more of a concern on the production end, not for the consumer.
Taco Bell is a unique style of crap that’s pretty good. I’d go for the classics: a beef taco and a bean burrito. Maybe a bowl of pinto beans. Everything needs to be covered in the packets of hot sauce. The hot and fire are the only good ones (I’m going by memories from the 90s btw).
This is the answer. It’s only remarkable if you can’t quickly get tacos anywhere else. It’s kind of its own thing, though and it sort of hits the spot sometimes.
If I actually want Tex-Mex fast food, living in Texas I’d usually take any of the following before Taco Bell:
- Taco Bueno
- Taco Casa
- Taco Cabana
- Rosa’s Cantina
- Taco Delite
There is another taco place in town, but its absolute ass. Tbell was about on parr with a store bought taco kit, and I’m ok with that.
Imagine you recommend anything but Diablo sauce. Are you serious? Why would you even go to Taco Bell?
Diablo sauce is gross, though. It’s really no hotter than Fire (and neither is very hot) but it tries to do something smoky and citrusy or some shit, and being Taco Bell, they can’t pull it off. Better to just go with the tomato and vinegar and powdered jalapeno in whichever concentration level they can handle.
I’ve never found an acceptable substitute for their nacho cheese sauce (sure it’s probably basically plastic. But it’s plastic I crave) or the chalupa shells. Nothing is close to either of those.
I’m a big quesarito fan, but I’m basically happy with my own of that.
I’m partial to the beefy 5 layer burrito and the cheesy bean and rice burrito.
Beef chalupa
Steak grilled cheese burrito
My boyfriend is a Taco Bell fanatic. I asked him and he told me “a grilled cheese burrito, a crunchwrap supreme, and nacho fries if they have them”. Enjoy!
Appreciate the recommendation.
Crunch wrap supreme.
This and the mini Cinnabon balls, holy shit
“Taco Testicles”
First two comments is my usual order. I can feel the validation washing over me.
This, OP. If you’re going to do this to yourself, at least do it right.
I came here to suggest this very thing.
Back in 2009 or so they started fielding this item, they had it at Buy 1, Get 1 Free. Broke college grad me working at a coffee shop would walk across the parking lot and purchase this every fucking day.
I’m living at my office now, halfway across the state from my wife and dogs. I still get this with 2x burrito supremes when I don’t use a hot plate to cook something in the break room.
You live at your office?
It’s not abnormal with certain promotions and in my industry.
Sorry to hear that. I hope you get to sleep next to your wife and dogs soon.
If they have it (not all locations do), the chili cheese burrito.
Lies. No longer exists post covid
I got one last week… Sorry you can’t get it anymore.
…and a mexican pizza. Luckily the store by me has both in vast quantities. I’m only good for 1 or the other, every few months. I’m trying to cut out ulcer causing foods.
Cheesy Gordita Crunch and Crunchwrap Supreme.
I’m also a fan of the Beefy Five-Layer Burrito positively smothered in Fire sauce.
Cheesy Gordita Crunch is the correct answer, but probably best to also try basic items just for comparison.
I remember the dark days when the Cheesy Gordita Crunch was a limited time offer and it kept going away and coming back. I would always go A LOT when it showed back up. So glad it seems to be a stable staple now.
Oh! And fwiw - they actually sell the Fiesta sauce in some grocery stores now… that is one of the key ingredients that makes it so good. That sauce goes well on/in so many things.
Yesssssss thissss!!!
I’m also a fan of the Beefy Five-Layer Burrito positively smothered in Fire sauce.
I don’t know if it’s everywhere, but the Diablo sauce has a better flavor in my opinion. I am a sucker for the Beefy Five-Layer Burrito though.
5-layer, sub beef for potatoes. So good.
I haven’t been able to find Diablo sauce in the past few years.
Crunch wrap & fries supreme (🇨🇦)
The fries supreme are just a shadow of their former self though, 20 years ago they were the best fast food item you could get
Have you ever had real Mexican food? Taco Bell is a not a good introduction.
What makes you think that because they’ve never had Taco Bell they’ve never had Mexican food at all?
I like the doritos tacos