RR - “The Great Taco War” The Real Deal Mariah Carey is one of the top pop singers in America today. On an average, her CD’s sell for fifteen dollars. However, many find it easier to purchase a “knock-off” for a cheaper price than to purchase the real thing. For instance, an individual can purchase the exact CD at a local flea market for five dollars and save the extra ten dollars for something else. In the short story, “The Great Taco War,” Jose Antonio Burciaga informs readers that fast food industries like Taco Bell do no sell authentic Mexican tacos. He urges readers to purchase tacos from taquerias because unlike Taco Bell, their food is “real” Mexican food. In the beginning, Burciaga provides a brief history when Taco Bell was established. First starting in Mexico City and then spreading throughout the United States, the chain sold “mild imitations of the real thing” (382). Many Mexican businesses and people protested against Taco Bell because unlike homemade tortillas made from hand, they used “prefabricated hard tortilla shells” (383) that tasted nothing like real Mexican tacos. Additionally, the restaurant also combines food and makes up names so that it appears different. From Enchiroto, a combination of a burrito and enchilada, to Cinnamon Crispas, known as bunuelos, Burciaga points out that “the Taco Menu can be a mystery if one is not familiar with the renamed food items” (383). Lastly, the author informs readers that compared to Mexican food, Taco Bell’s food is cheaply made. Upon visiting a local Taco Bell restaurant, Burciaga orders a menu item and begins to consume the taco when he notices that the “meat was lukewarm and the cheese and shredded lettuce were cold.
Taco Bells currently one of the top prominent Mexican fast food chains in the United States.
Everyone wants their food to taste superb when going out to eat. Both restaurants served excellent homemade chips and salsas as well as queso dip. Reading the menu to order was no problem and both places had a wide variety of options to choose...
The article is talking about how Taco bell is inventing something that was supposedly existing. But taco bell had different ways of selling their quesalupas to people, their target market is usually the younger crowd looking for cheap good tasting food. So of course the people are going to go to taco bell, and try everything new that they come out with. Taco bell was striving to be different from other fast food places and brain wash teens into thinking their fast food, food, is better than all of the other fast food places. The article says that they are trying to copy REAL Mexican food, and taco bell is brainwashing people into thinking they are coming out with all of this “NEW” Mexican food. When in reality it is all just copied from old
As Americans, we’ve taken far greater than just tacos, burritos, and nachos from the culture of Mexico. Through America’s past relations with Mexico, America has taken large amounts of land, and a sense of power from country south of the United States, Mexico. In 1846, James Polk, a former president of the United States, declared war on Mexico. There was confusion between Mexico and America. Land was being traded, new borders were being formed, but disorientation was aroused causing conflict. Differences in culture, beliefs, and even national law led to dispute among these two countries, making it even more difficult to reach a treaty of peace, or a deal. The Mexican-American War was not justified because it was an excuse for gaining land,
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Beginning in 1845 and ending in 1850 a series of events took place that would come to be known as the Mexican war and the Texas Revolution. This paper will give an overview on not only the events that occurred (battles, treaties, negotiations, ect.) But also the politics and reasoning behind it all. This was a war that involved America and Mexico fighting over Texas. That was the base for the entire ordeal. This series of events contained some of the most dramatic war strategy that has ever been implemented.
In the city of Havana in Cuba back in 1989, was a little spot restaurant called La Cocina Ramona. A young girl named Selena Rivera had been working there as a dishwasher for about a year now. She started at age 13 working in the kitchen and busing tables. At the same time, she would look and watch the cooks work. She could remember when she was 10 after coming home from martial arts training, her mother would teach her and her sisters the art of cooking. Sylvia Fierro, the chef, needed help with getting ingredients prepped. “This is the list of what I need,” She said, holding the paper up in the air. Without waiting for an answer, Selena snatches the list from Sylvia's hand “I’ll do it” she says, and started going to work chopping lettuce,
Two Pesos, Inc., v. Taco Cabana, Inc. tells the story of two competing Mexican themed restaurants and the legal fight of the understanding of the protections awarded under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act,15 U.S.C.S §1125 (a). The legal fight is for the protection or not of unregistered trade dresses under the Lanham Act, specifically the need or not for secondary meaning, in order to determine if in fact, there was infringement of trade dress. The United States Supreme Court resolution on this case addresses the differences between the Fifth and the Second Circuit and provides clarity in the application of the Lanham Act and requirements of secondary meaning. A brief history
Tex-Mex vs Authentic Mexican FoodBy: Quentin Gray Mexican food dates way back. People believe that authentic Mexican food might have been from the Mayan indians, in Mexico or around that region. Corn tortillas with a bean layer was a common food item and is today. The Mayans started to use salt, chili peppers, and honey in their food once the Aztec empire started to thrive. Then even more food started to be introduced when Spain invaded Mexico, in 1521. The new ingredients from the Spanish food influenced most Mexican dishes to this very day. The Spanish introduced them to pigs, sheep, cows and some other livestocks. Also the Spanish gave them garlic, dairy products, such as cheese, wheat, and many different
The Mexican-American war had one of the highest mortality rates. With 79,000 U.S. troops taking part in the war, 13,200 died, making a mortality rate of 17 percent. Not only were the American casualty rates high, the amount of Mexican people that died was high too, with 25,000 troops and civilians dead. This shameful war began when Texas was annexed as the 28th state of the United States. Whether the war was justifiable is very questionable. Although the United States war against Mexico resulted in the gaining of America’s most valuable land, the war itself was unjust because the American settlers didn’t follow the rules in Texas, the president sent U.S. troops into the disputed area, and because of the Americans’ motivations.
In order to reflect on the justification by the United States for war against Mexico, we must examine the United State’s motives and beliefs prior to their official declaration of war in April 1846. To really understand this conflict, we have to look back at Mexican history and realize that they themselves acquired their land from the Spanish in the 1821 revolution/war of independence. The United States would use this fact to later justify their invasion of Mexico, by stating that Mexicans were not the true owners of the land and that they had simply acquired this land by force (and so they could then do the same?). However looking back at US history we see that the United States had likewise acquired their land through revolution against the
One such war in our American history that helped us achieve what we are today was the U.S-Mexican War, but was it worth all the deaths? Was it justified? Some people believe that it was justified and worth lives, but to be honest it wasn´t. While America may have annexed land in name of the Manifest Destiny, was it really theirs to take while it belonged to another country? The war that started in 1846 and ended in 1848 altered the destiny of two nations and their people.
Cilantro Tamales isn’t a typical Mexican restaurant. Upon entering you are immediately greeted with warm smiles, and are led to a bamboo chaired table with all sorts of hot sauces and other sizzling toppings to greet you. The air is filled with spices. The cinnamon and jalapeño aromas mingle and make the mood rich. Every dish on the menu seems delicious and it is always difficult to decide what to order. I always think that any dish which I don’t try gives me the excuse to come back again. Everyone who eats at Cilantro Tamales gets to have an unlimited amount of their fresh, homemade salsa with warm, salty tortilla chips. The thick chunks of tomatoes and onions with hot peppers and cilantro make a perfect combination for anyone’s taste buds. The waiters and waitresses carry immense trays burdened by the weight of great tasting meals, and each dish has enough on it to make mountains jealous. The delicious food is not the only reason Cilantro Tamales stands out. The restaurant itself is rich with culture and flavor. All the walls are a shade of bright yellow or sun burnt orange and red, which add to the Mexican feel. On the walls are historical black and white pictures of Mexico and its people which act as cultural memories of times past. The Latin and Mexican dance music can always be heard in the restaurant. I sometimes can’t help but move to its invigorating rhythm. An interesting facet to the restaurant is the hand crafted pottery.
There are at least ten Mexican groceries in East Harlem, New York City. They vary in size and clientele. Some of them carry different services apart of grocery shopping, such as package delivery to the Southern States of Mexico, legal and tax services, translation from Mixteco to Spanish and English, and catering. My favorite shops are located in Lexington Avenue, between 103rd and 106th Street: they are big, sell products from Puebla, and have a wide diversity of tamales, traditional sweet bread and ready to go meals. They function as community centers as well as shops. I have decided to write about the products sold in these spaces, most of them aimed at the Mexican-American population. Visibility of these environments is essential for the
Taco Bell is a well known fast food chain that is all over the United States. I don’t go there often but I go ever once in awhile. When someone walks into a restaurant, they may have some expectations that they want from the place. Some may a little bit strict on what they want so they may not even go to a fast food place. And others, are not picky and will go anywhere. There are different categories that you would put Taco Bell in. There are many criterias that Taco Bell needs to meet. But depending of the evidence and the judgement, it will either pass or fail.