July 9, 2012
Dear New York Mexican Restaurants:

littleorphanammo:

rubiodispatch:

littleorphanammo:

Cheese, of any kind, has no business being on a fuckin’ taco.

Stop it right now!

Don’t even get me started on the chopped iceberg lettuce, either. Pull your shit together, man

I grew up in New Mexico and raised by parents from Mexico and have always eaten tacos with cheese and iceberg lettuce. I even had them for lunch on Saturday. Most places in the southwest, including California, serve their tacos in this way…but there are the other ways too. I don’t think there is a wrong or right way.

I’m sure you have, everyone grew up eating them that way, but that’s not the way they were/are served in Mexico. Anything that’s served that way has been Americanized, in the way Chinese Food as we all know and love it (Tso’s Chicken was first developed in the US) is not at all representative of real Chinese cuisine but Americanized fastfood. Cheese and iceberg lettuce do not belong on an authentic taco and I find it revolting.

There is a wrong way and cheese and iceberg lettuce is it.

THERE IS A WRONG WAY.

BY GOD IT IS SO WRONG!

Why won’t tumblr include her werds in the reblog!

TUMBLR IS SO WRONG!

So thing.

I think it’s very nice that in Mexico they serve tacos off street carts with no cheese or lettuce- if it’s any indication from U/N: Arthur Yucko, nee’ Cat’s photos today, the Mexicans themselves aren’t so keen on dishing out tacos in tortillas to be eaten by hand.

Therefore, only hipster Brooklyn tacos lack cheese and lettuce.  See you in hell.

  1. tasteslikemora said: oh darlin’ you are so wrong! believe me it is not a “nymexicanrestaurants” thing, in mexico we eat tacos with cheese! ;)
  2. philk reblogged this from artyucko and added:
    Cool story, looking forward to the TED Talk.
  3. trainjuice said: Not every taco place claims to, or serves authentic tacos. Also, depending on the region of Mexico- soft Oaxacan cheese is served on ‘authentic’ tacos. So let folks eat what they want.
  4. jasencomstock reblogged this from littleorphanammo and added:
    So thing. I think it’s very nice that in Mexico they serve tacos off street carts with no cheese or lettuce- if it’s any...
  5. mar-see-ah said: Some tacos in Mexico have queso fresco on them. And some just have radishes and pickled onions. Different areas of mexico, different styles.
  6. littleorphanammo reblogged this from rubiodispatch and added:
    I’m sure you have, everyone grew up eating them that way, but that’s not the way they were/are served in Mexico....
  7. jasencomstock said: cheese and lettuce was on all my tacos in California growing up.
  8. rubiodispatch reblogged this from littleorphanammo and added:
    I grew up in New Mexico and raised by parents from Mexico and have always eaten tacos with cheese and iceberg lettuce. I...
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