LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT
Alright, it’s about time. It was unavoidable and inevitable because, even though she’s far from Mexican, she’s without a doubt delicious.
I consider myself one of the luckier white people in this world who was actually exposed to real Mexican food before Taco Bell. I was never that big of a fast food gal and I always took the position that, if I was going to get that cheat meal, I would be getting a cheeseburger and not some sub-par, soggy taco filled with meat that comes out of an ice cream dispenser — which is my dad’s favorite thing to remind me any time I ever get Taco Bell, and likely the reason why I did not try it until I was in middle school.
Don’t get me wrong, like most people in America, I think Taco Bell is great. Maybe great is a strong word, but they offer some yummy options — delicious muck perhaps! Let’s be honest: I can mess up a Cheesy Gordita Crunch and a Crunchwrap Supreme (but the one pictured above was my friend’s, not mine, I swear) when I’m in the mood for a fast food meal that I know I’ll be mad at myself for having right after I finish.
However, I haven’t had Taco Bell in years. I can’t even remember the last time I took myself to a drive thru to get one of those soggy, gross, tasty tacos (still, I’ll always choose a cheeseburger). And I’m always shocked to see the long lines that are always outside of Taco Bells.
Where I come from in New Jersey, admittedly, there aren’t that many authentic Mexican restaurants. They are few and far between, but they exist nonetheless. If there are that many people going out of their way to get Taco Bell as their Tuesday night dinner — I personally couldn’t fathom a crunchwrap as a midweek meal, my Italian mom would not be happy — one would think those sparse authentic Mexican restaurants would be twice as packed.
Not surprisingly, they’re not. And it’s sad.
Taco Bell is, in my opinion, good in its own right, but I’ll always choose a meal from a hole-in-the-wall or food truck when I’m in the mood for tacos. If every Taco Bell customer felt that way, the status of authentic Mexican food in America would undoubtedly be in a better place.
Sigh.
Cheesy Gordita Crunches rock, though, can’t pretend they don’t!
We Stan Tacos 
I’ve not been to Taco Bell in years, but I’m not opposed to it either. I have a lot of memories there when I went, more when I was in high school. When I moved to college, I moved to a city that had lots of different options for burritos, especially. Ah, the good ol’ days.
I think the crunchwrap supreme is rolled in the manner the folks in France right now are calling their own. I can’t remember if they call it a taco there or a burrito. For me, it looks more like a stuffed hexagon. My marketing game is obviously not as strong as theirs.
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