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@anonymousYTviewer697 ай бұрын
every style of taco got me thinking either hard or soft taco. MISLEADING TITLE!!!!!!
@frogmantoad81107 ай бұрын
No choco taco? Sheesh
@Warg6664 ай бұрын
FireFox is the only Browser that is worth a damn!~
@jazmynlane7 ай бұрын
I'm a Mexican food loving American, but I married a self-proclaimed Mexican food hating Brit. However, I've converted him quite simply with 2 dishes: chicken quesadillas and chicken tacos. I make my chicken tacos much like you described in the video, however I use a little orange juice instead of sugar. One of these days I'm going to get him to love enchiladas. It's a risk, but I love proving him wrong about food.
@jluisfelix6 ай бұрын
Then you're making what are known as tacos de pibil, which are similar to tinga,but it has a completely different flavor, but they're still one of my favorites
@stevenr55348 күн бұрын
I can understand where you're coming from. I'm an Anglo (white US guy) who loves spice. My husband, who is Mexican-American, doesn't usually share my taste for spice, except for spicy mendo rojo!
@TheDisquietingNight7 ай бұрын
There is a bit of irony of Taco Arabes, which descended from Lebanese flavors, is mainly made with pork in present times
@laurenmp74867 ай бұрын
A lot of the Lebanese immigrants to Mexico were Christians, so isn't really that odd.
@angel-_-_-_7 ай бұрын
@@laurenmp7486 Exactly, came to say this
@ericktellez76327 ай бұрын
Lebanon always had large minority of Christians
@Fiwek234527 ай бұрын
@@laurenmp7486you know that real Christians dont eat pork aswell right?
@MandolinMagi6 ай бұрын
@@Fiwek23452 Christians have no biblical issues with pork. Jews don't eat pork, Christians do.
@c.r.81957 ай бұрын
BARBACOA! AL PASTOR! SCRAMBLED EGGS!! Also, as a mexican, I appreciate you clarifying that hard shell tacos are an American construct. If we want crunchy, we go with a flat fried or baked corn tortilla called a tostada, that's waaaaay easier to manouver and eat 😂
@SomeOrangeCat7 ай бұрын
Sometimes I'm in the mood for authentic tacos and sometimes I'm in the mood for the American variety. Either way, I'm having tacos!
@borisstanislav45607 ай бұрын
Actually, tacos dorados are very much Mexican, they can be open so you can add stuff to them or rolled and dipped into salsa.
@c.r.81957 ай бұрын
Tacos dorados are absolutely Mexican, but are NOT the same as hardshell tacos, they will veeeery rarely split and betray you like a hardshell: for dorados the tortilla is deep fried after the tortilla is already made, whereas the hardness of the hardshell comes from the making process itself 😅
@SomeOrangeCat7 ай бұрын
@@c.r.8195 Yeah. If you love hard shell tacos, you accept that the breaking is part of the deal.
@borisstanislav45607 ай бұрын
@@c.r.8195 Paper thin, yellow corn sh*itty tortillas are an American construct. That's what you meant.
@Monodi917 ай бұрын
I do find it ironic how you mentioned how the fast-food taco is similar to tacos dorados but failed to give tacos dorados an actual place.
@danielcorrigan88057 ай бұрын
Bell actually stole the recipe from the Mexican owned taco place next door to him when creating Taco Bell.
@maxaslagolis4 ай бұрын
@@danielcorrigan8805 saying he "stole" it when the owner willing brought him in and showed him how they do it is disingenuous. The owners of Mitla Café never had a bad thing to say about Glen
@Criggster7 ай бұрын
I honestly thought this channel had millions of subscribers from the quality of the videos. Keep it up!
@edkeaton7 ай бұрын
"Tacos are like what the voices of a hundred angels singing Bob Dylan while sitting on rainbows and playing banjos would taste like if that sound were edible." - Isabel Quintero. 😋❤️🌮
@edkeaton7 ай бұрын
"I'm hungry. Let's get a taco." - Mr. White (Harvey Keitel)) , Reservoir Dogs (1992) 😋❤️🌮
@BigTimeRushFan21127 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Taco cat spelled backwards is Taco cat.
@angeschannel737 ай бұрын
Thanks Capt obvious 🙄
@SharpPython7 ай бұрын
@@angeschannel73lol
@ClaireLeslie-eu4tl7 ай бұрын
That’s brilliant Captain Obvious, that’s going in my journals!
@ClaireLeslie-eu4tl7 ай бұрын
@@angeschannel73You’re Captain No Imagination
@LilHondaCivic8087 ай бұрын
Fun fact : Civic spelled backwards is Civic
@Megadebt7 ай бұрын
Surprised Carnitas weren't mentioned
@dchall86 ай бұрын
They also missed puffy tacos, which unless you live in San Antonio or a certain neighborhood in Los Angeles, you may not be aware of. They were invented by three brothers from San Antonio who all opened restaurants featuring them. One of the brothers took the treat to the LA area while the others stayed in SA.
@AlbertoFolres3 ай бұрын
A gringo knows shit about Mexican food, they only know about Tex Mex... Not surprised there
@zepmarq7 ай бұрын
Free tacos are the best. 🌮❤
@IntrepidFraidyCat7 ай бұрын
Awesome timing....i have tacos planned for lunch today! ❤🌮🌮🌮
@hangarrat7 ай бұрын
How were they?
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
12:21 One of the most frequent family meals when I was growing up was hardshell tacos (Old El Paso or Ortega). We used to also have that Le Choy Family Dinner (can + dried noodles).
@BamBam_PDX7 ай бұрын
You forgot tacos canastas, tacos guisadas and tacos de lengua.
@itsmeyourfriend7 ай бұрын
Tacos de papa
@Killrvortex7 ай бұрын
Tacos nopales
@TKaePetras7 ай бұрын
So many different kinds of tacos! Its just amazing!!
@Sacto16547 ай бұрын
This video _barely_ covers the innumerable styles of tacos found all over Mexico. And I do mean innumerable.
@NASCARFAN931007 ай бұрын
Tacos are the GOAT
@DiegoMartinezCoria7 ай бұрын
Minor detail, it's cabbage and not lettuce that's used for fish tacos, and the mayo is a 50/50 mix of mayo and sour cream.
@TheMythey7 ай бұрын
They also forgot to mention that most places will serve you a wedge of lime on the side that you squeeze over the tacos yourself. It tastes best when you squeeze the juice over the fish right before you take a bite!
@slimdreamchaser7 ай бұрын
Carne asada, Pescado tacos, Camarones tacos, Barbacoa, Tacos Árabes, Navajo Tacos, Al Pastor Tacos, Cabeza tacos, Huitlacoche tacos, Chorizo tacos, Korean Tacos, Breakfast tacos, Dorado tacos, Tinga Tacos, Birria tacos, Gobernador Tacos, Chapulines Tacos, Hard Shell Tacos.
@NewMessage7 ай бұрын
Every style? EVERYYYYY style? Mmmhm.
@Lawrence_Talbot7 ай бұрын
Nah they missed one. Your Mom’s Taco. It has the juiciest meat
@ItzzzBeamo7 ай бұрын
(That they could find) Which was disclaimed multiple times.
@edkeaton7 ай бұрын
"Nothing grounds you like a real Mexican taco." - Berns. 😋❤️🌮
@holdenackerman87837 ай бұрын
Do Steak Sandwiches next… Philly Cheesesteaks, Beef on Weck, French Dips, Italian Beef, California style with tri tip… every part of the country has its own style
@heyheytaytay7 ай бұрын
My life changed the day I found a birria taco truck.
@pedroballadares52537 ай бұрын
Thanks for featuring the Voice 😊👍🏼!
@SomeOrangeCat7 ай бұрын
Now that's a topic I can get into.
@samkupper7 ай бұрын
Uhhh no mention of Choco Taco, I feel hurt.
@brj_han7 ай бұрын
Oh yeah. I was in the four corners region for a few days, and by the time I left I had so many Navajo Pizza's... Uh... Navajo Tacos, I could feel my arteries harden...
@hayeonkim78387 ай бұрын
Thanks for usuful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤
@edkeaton7 ай бұрын
"Everything goes better with tacos." - Rachel Caine. 😋❤️🌮
@c.michelle35387 ай бұрын
All Americans need to watch this video before taco Tuesday!
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
1:47 The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite movies.
@ulicesbriones86857 ай бұрын
What about tacos al vapor?😊
@Theworldofmichael7 ай бұрын
Me just lying in bed trying not to storm the fridge. WHF: Tacos?
@mindriot697 ай бұрын
Breakfast tacos have been around for well over a century. My grandma was born in Socorro, New Mexico in 1897 and when she was a kid they regularly had what are now known as breakfast tacos. Her grandmother made them for her and told my grandma that she ate them as a kid back when Mexico still owned the New Mexican territory (pre 1847).
@alexbelloli67587 ай бұрын
i love listening to stephen colbert tell me about tacos
@panthercat387 ай бұрын
Don't ruin this narrator for the rest of us
@jdraze93217 ай бұрын
@@panthercat38 preach
@Lawrence_Talbot7 ай бұрын
Gross no.
@Truckngirl7 ай бұрын
His name is Tom Blank. Don't insult him.
@ericktellez76327 ай бұрын
He does sound like Colbert
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
A+ video! LOVE IT! Lots of rad tacos!
@NinoBrown087 ай бұрын
Thank god. The guy is back.
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
10:43 I added Planet Hollywood to my Restaurant Wishlist. Now it is In-N-Out, Jack In The Box, Red Barn, Howard Johnson's, Arthur Treacher's, Magic Pan, and Planet Hollywood...not quite sold on Bennigan's or Victoria Station yet.
@darvulya7 ай бұрын
Where are you from? I can tell you that you probably don't need to go to Jack 'n the box, but if you do, the Jack's sourdough or spicy chicken sandwich are solid choices.
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
@@darvulya For a short time, I lived in Arizona and went to Jack In The Box often. I will try the sourdough and spicy chicken sandwich the next opportunity I get!
@ruthannpierce76367 ай бұрын
Birria tacos are my all time favorite I could eat those every day of my life and not get tired of them
@tylerwhorff71437 ай бұрын
Birria and Al Pastor are my favorites 😊
@chrismayer39197 ай бұрын
Two thumbs way, WAY up on this WHF episode! 🌮🤤👍👍
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
10:17 I had Tacos de Birria at the Nebraska State Fair, it was fantastic! I tried it because it won an award for Leon's (the restaurant) not long before.
@bruns.like.spoons92516 ай бұрын
This is the greatest video of all time.
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
9:49 On the YT Channel Our 80s Life, they buy a hoverboard from Back To The Future II and stick it to the wall with other 80s items. The video is "Basement Studio Reveal - We made a WALL OF 80s AWESOMENESS!"
@lisapop52197 ай бұрын
❤ fish tacos.
@_barncat7 ай бұрын
Na
@dchall86 ай бұрын
Since AI was used in this video, you would think they would use AI to research tacos before making the video. I asked ChatGPT to name 60 different tacos. Some of the popular tacos missed in the video are carnitas, lengua, chicharrón, nopal, rajas con queso, hongos (my favorite), adobada, calabacitas, and tripitas.
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
10:31 Terminator 2: Judgement Day is one of my favorite movies of all time. The arcade game is badass also!
@auntvesuvi38727 ай бұрын
Thank again for this! 🌮
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
5:08 We sang that song for class when I was in kindergarten at a country school called 4M. My mother was our teacher.
@patriciasantillanes24977 ай бұрын
And what about gorditas, rolled tacos (or taquitos)? I'm sure I'll think of more, l live in the southwest close to Juarez. And two of my children are part native. Maybe it's a regional thing but every Hispanic in this area doesn't consider tacos to be made with flour tortillas, they consider that a burrito. They consider tacos to be made with corn tortillas. Take it for what it's worth.
@krono5el7 ай бұрын
if you run into a flour tortilla you've gone too far north and must turn back : p
@darvulya7 ай бұрын
Not really. There are many regions in Mexico that use flour tortillas. Sonora, for example.
@krono5el7 ай бұрын
@@darvulya then thats too far north : D
@erzaender7 ай бұрын
carne azada, al pastor, chorizo, and birria are my favorite tacos
@asullivan4047Ай бұрын
Interesting/informative/entertaining 😉. Prefer wide hard shell tacos every item except sour cream/guacamole😋. Never acquired a taste for those😭.
@58luckymama7 ай бұрын
My husband's favorite is Beef Tacos de Lengua (Beef Tongue Tacos). Our local Mexican restaurant in WV serves them,
@philochristos4 ай бұрын
Tacos and pizza are two of God's greatest inventions. I especially like fajita tacos and margherita pizzas.
@MatthewTheWanderer7 ай бұрын
At 11:15 There's a food truck near where I live in Tulsa called "Tacos El Chapulin". I have never eaten chapulines before, so I wanted to go there because I assumed they would have them. Well, I was wrong. They didn't have any kind of chapulines on their menu at all! They had all sorts of other tacos and such, including the lengua I ordered, which kind of sucked, by the way.
@HippieSoul777 ай бұрын
Oh yes! Talkin bout tacos narrated by our favorite narrator!❤
@ElijahRetro19827 ай бұрын
Another great video W.H.F. 👍🏽😎👍🏽🌮
@omegahtv67797 ай бұрын
Great video 👍🏿
@oraliamenottis8717 ай бұрын
All great tacos but you forgot taco de lengua; cow tongue. One of the best around. Enjoyed the video
@jrussellcase7 ай бұрын
Most of those I like, or would try. Except fungus tacos, grasshopper tacos, and Kim Chi. 😂
@voltaliobscur7 ай бұрын
Grasshoppers are yummy. It's crickets that taste bad.
@kandipiatkowski85897 ай бұрын
My favorite taco (of the varieties I've eaten.....meaning I have not tried forms other than "fast food", but hope to one day) is made with a crispy flour taco shell. It's kind of like a hand-held taco salad.
@tremorsfan7 ай бұрын
I used to hate tacos until I discovered soft shells. On bite of a hard taco and it falls apart.
@dchall86 ай бұрын
Come visit San Antonio. You'll have to look hard to find hard shell tacos.
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
2:14 I'll have to find an ideal date to watch the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
@AlexanderNigbor7 ай бұрын
alright tacos for lunch it is
@shilohdavis91847 ай бұрын
The recipe for fry bread was given to the native Americans which is why there is controversy , some claim it as their history some dont.. They were also given rancid lard and infested flour. Can you do an episode on fry bread?
@junequintana39847 ай бұрын
Now I want tacos and its 8:30 in the morning. 😅
@ClaireLeslie-eu4tl7 ай бұрын
And I found out I’ve a sneaker fetish! I’m imagining Bill Kaulitz in sneakers!👟🫦💕
@hellhound13897 ай бұрын
If you were smart you'd stock up on taco ingredients like I do. My freezer is full of cooked taco meat of various varieties and my fridge is packed with shells and cheese
@ClaireLeslie-eu4tl7 ай бұрын
@@hellhound1389 Aw thanks man you’re a doll!
@ericktellez76327 ай бұрын
Breakfast tacos
@junequintana39847 ай бұрын
@@ericktellez7632 Yummy with green chile.
@bigbaddawg1017 ай бұрын
I'm partial to curry tacos. Basmati rice, with whatever kind of prepared curry you prefer with or without meat with naan bread.
@giraffesinc.21937 ай бұрын
Grasshopper tacos? NO WAY!
@aniE18697 ай бұрын
Now I want tacos! I'll have to wait till I go shopping again. I'll have to settle for some good perri perri chicken!😁
@darvulya7 ай бұрын
Piri Piri
@aniE18697 ай бұрын
@@darvulya yep, it looks like spell check got me again!😂
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
Ate ANOTHER Weird History meal! Ate Sunday Roast Beef Dinner*†...while watching this Weird History video! Watched the video and ate with my mother Adele eats this meal frequently! * Inspired by the Weird History video "Surprising Origins of Popular Traditions" † Having Roast Beef with Mac & Cheese, a little different than the potatoes and vegetables that are eaten with Roast Beef.
@generalnawaki7 ай бұрын
Imagine thinking any one people were the inventors of fry bred.
@pablocasas59067 ай бұрын
I'm from the part of Latin America where tacos aren't well known, but I have tried some at a multicultural event that used to be held near where I live. I actually really enjoyed them, I wish they could get more popular one day. Though, I wonder if I put meat and stuff in a thin unsweetened pancake or crepe, would that count as a taco? Sidenote, taco can also mean high heel in Spanish and in Chile taco apparently means traffic jam
@ClaireLeslie-eu4tl7 ай бұрын
Aw huh ho nice!
@valeriorodrigues33517 ай бұрын
tacos are goodness, sometimes gassy, and also delicious, you saw raining tacos, and now you want it!
@ronnieblazebot37787 ай бұрын
Not watching this. You would have to travel every city and county of mexico to see all the tacos 😂
@patriciasantillanes24977 ай бұрын
You didn't touch on tostadas. I believe they would qualify as a flat taco. You mentioned Indian (Navajo) tacos, which are traditionally eaten flat on fry bread, so why weren't tostadas mentioned also?
@SomeOrangeCat7 ай бұрын
Tacos can cure sadness.
@mikecrabtree82007 ай бұрын
I know Taco Bell is not Mexican food. But I do love the taco supreme with lotso hot sauce.
@kmstins7 ай бұрын
There's a place called Rusty Taco in Gilbert, AZ that makes the best shrimp tacos. They're named "Dynamite shrimp tacos". Yes, they're very spicy and fantastic. I can eat 4 of them in one sitting. 🌮🥵😋👌
@CAwolfguy7 ай бұрын
Theres been a hideous omission here...did you forget that Jack in the Box has had ACTUAL 'tacos fritos' since 1962 and has remained unchanged since that time. My only question is, WHERE do they get that WONDERFUL orange grease!!!!
@spacecatandthekittens19547 ай бұрын
No puffy tacos from San Antonio? Or Tex-Mex?
@tjtweedy31897 ай бұрын
No love for the Choco-Taco? For shame...
@kflo86344 ай бұрын
Arnie Tex has the best taco recipes
@hellhound13897 ай бұрын
40 years ago I was introduced to tacos by our Mexican neighbors. It was grilled chopped steak with cheese, black beans, and jalapenos on a corn tortilla. Haven't looked back. Like I say I had tacos long before my friends had taco bell
@oskaveli6623 ай бұрын
Taco Mt. Rushmore Lengua Asada Carnitas Chicharron
@Windwolf147 ай бұрын
My fave taco is the gyro ;)
@inspectyourgadget24857 ай бұрын
You forgot the best taco of all, the walking taco.
@Lawrence_Talbot7 ай бұрын
I cant hear the term breakfast tacos without thinking of Jill Biden
@aaronpeters62097 ай бұрын
Gobernador style sounds proper nice.
@ChaseMC2154 ай бұрын
I always wondered where the Tacos we know of actually came from. Now I wished I didn't wonder that, because I feel disappointed about the outcome. Good video though.
@Truckngirl7 ай бұрын
Ranker: I realize that you have limited capacity for research, but you forgot Carne Guisada. It's a style upon its own.
@larissabrglum38567 ай бұрын
I tried chapulines at a Mexican restaurant and they weren't bad, just salty. The experience is almost like hot Cheetos with the savory crunch.
@RichardGarcia937 ай бұрын
I wish the emoji for Tacos wasn’t a crunch “taco” 🤦🏻
@toto37776 ай бұрын
3:56 like the Arabes, El Pastor is from a Lebanese origin too 🎉
@carlitosway57484 ай бұрын
not really, the inventor was a Mexican from Mexico City, he simply saw that Arabs were cooking their lamb in a vertical spit and decided to try it with pork. Plus the vertical spit isn't Lebanese, its of Turkish origin that Arabs took during the Ottoman rule
@CptVyker7 ай бұрын
I love Tig Notaros!
@edflintlaw7 ай бұрын
I like the lengua tacos at Beaver Taco, Beaver, Utah. They taste you back.
@banginpeakhour7 ай бұрын
Taco Sunday!
@wolly8752 ай бұрын
I must not be one of the average Americans they speak of because I prefer soft tacos to crunchy. Al Pastor is my favorite type though in a nice corn tortilla.
@ecMathGeek7 ай бұрын
Didn't even include the Big Crunch Fried Grande Fiesta-Style Gordita Supreme with a Diet Coke. Or whatever they call tacos nowadays.
@yosoyileana19907 ай бұрын
There are at least 30-40 varieties of Mexican tacos 🌮
@btetschner7 ай бұрын
One of my high school classmates had the nickname Taco!
@josejohnston46077 ай бұрын
Hey. Who order the pink taco?
@randy36697 ай бұрын
The same idiot that buys into "Opera" the shitty sponsor 😂
@randy36697 ай бұрын
The same idiot who buys into "Opera" the shitty sponsor
@randy36697 ай бұрын
The moderator keeps deleting my comment about Opera 😂