How much actual beef is in Taco Bell food? 36%

[StarOceanHouse]

Why the hell should soy/wheat be in a MEAT dish? And why the hell should modified corn starch, Maltodextrin, etc be in ANYTHING?

This is exactly why I'm amazed/horrified. People think this shit is normal.

I'm not understanding how soy cannot be in a meat dish. Personally I think it adds flavor to the meat. I guess you're not a fan of asian dishes? Corn starch is great for making sauces thicker.

 

[Lazyscience]

whats taco bell? is that like the american equivalent of greggs?

 

[MynameisnotDeja]

I'm not understanding how soy cannot be in a meat dish. Personally I think it adds flavor to the meat. I guess you're not a fan of asian dishes? Corn starch is great for making sauces thicker.

I love Asian food, but I am soy and corn intolerant. People always bring up Asia when it comes to soy but in the parts of Asia I've traveled through *southeast* there was very little soy and it was not hard at all to avoid. I ate a lot of coconut based curries and fish and things like that. I guess there was probably soy sauce in the pad thai, I don't know...

But yeah it isn't a choice. Soy makes me very ill.

Even if my intolerance went away I'd never eat it now though. I just think it is a cheap and nasty way to eat. I've never felt the need to "thicken" things or any of that. My sauces turn out awesome with only the most basic (raw if possible) ingredients. Raw, whole, real simple food with bold flavors is what I go for.

Now thats a REAL taco You can come make dinner for me! That sounds awesome.

Hehe. Now that I don't eat corn I'd make it with lettuce wraps, but you get the picture.

Tonight we are doing turkey taco salad. Fresh greens, ground turkey cooked the way I mentioned above *extra spicy* fresh cilantro/tomato/onion salsa with roasted garlic, a ton of avocados, black olives, and cheddar cheese for my boy who still eats dairy. MMmmm!

 

[pharmakos]

hell i use all sorts of strange synthetic drugs on a semi-regular basis. at least science has a pretty firm grasp on the way that the human body handles all of those unnatural and semi-unnatural ingredients.

the idea that natural things are by default better than unnatural things is silly.

hell, its probably a discussion for a completely different thread, but i feel like synthetic|natural is a false dichotomy.

 

[SDforever420]

This explains why i get sick when i eat it. Seriously if your ever in Fargo avoid the taco bell....you will be pissing out your asshole

 

[StarOceanHouse]

I love Asian food, but I am soy and corn intolerant. People always bring up Asia when it comes to soy but in the parts of Asia I've traveled through *southeast* there was very little soy and it was not hard at all to avoid. I ate a lot of coconut based curries and fish and things like that. I guess there was probably soy sauce in the pad thai, I don't know...

But yeah it isn't a choice. Soy makes me very ill.

Even if my intolerance went away I'd never eat it now though. I just think it is a cheap and nasty way to eat. I've never felt the need to "thicken" things or any of that. My sauces turn out awesome with only the most basic (raw if possible) ingredients. Raw, whole, real simple food with bold flavors is what I go for.



Hehe. Now that I don't eat corn I'd make it with lettuce wraps, but you get the picture.

Tonight we are doing turkey taco salad. Fresh greens, ground turkey cooked the way I mentioned above *extra spicy* fresh cilantro/tomato/onion salsa with roasted garlic, a ton of avocados, black olives, and cheddar cheese for my boy who still eats dairy. MMmmm!

Fair enough . So can I come over for dinner?

 

[pharmakos]

This explains why i get sick when i eat it. Seriously if your ever in Fargo avoid the taco bell....you will be pissing out your asshole

i never hear of people having that problem at our taco bell. we actually follow all the official taco bell guidlines--if the meat sits on the line for 4 hours it gets tossed, etc. i think lots of taco bells don't do the stuff like that as much as they should.

 

[Damien]

I just hafta say, I love me some Taco Bell. :D

 

[MynameisnotDeja]

*shakes head in sadness*

 

[pharmakos]

*shakes head in sadness*

just because you're following a path that is different from the "norm" doesn't mean you're not close-minded and condescending.

 

[TheDeceased]

Wow, dude. You're calling her condescending because she doesn't like shitty Mexican fast food? I think you might take your job a little seriously.

i never hear of people having that problem at our taco bell. we actually follow all the official taco bell guidlines--if the meat sits on the line for 4 hours it gets tossed, etc. i think lots of taco bells don't do the stuff like that as much as they should.

So most Taco Bells don't follow their own health guidelines and they leave their crappy meat out for over 4 hours? Well that convinces me that Taco Bell is okay...

I'm not understanding how soy cannot be in a meat dish.

Soy can be in a meat dish. If I eat some soy chicken at a Chinese restaurant then I'd expect some soy sauce on it, whereas when I buy a taco at a Mexican restaurant I wouldn't expect the meat to contain soy sauce or soy or any derivative of bean curd. Similarly if I buy a porterhouse steak at a restaurant or a dozen oysters, I wouldn't expect there to be soy in the meat.

Soy is not Mexican food. It is used, like the corn derivatives, to cut costs.

 

[Budisti]

cmon dont act like you care about ur health that much, id eat that shit anytime

 

[coelophysis]

Taco "borederline vegan-friendly" Bell

 

[Gup]

A while ago, Taco Bell ran a "Cantina Taco" limited time offer, that was intended to resemble the kind of authentic tacos little mexican places offer. For the most part, it fell far short.

I discovered that there seemed to be a huge variation in the quality, usually variation for the worse (which probably means there was some care required in preparation. Most of the time I'd just get a blah little thing, but just this one single time I bit into one that really was *perfect*. The carnitas was hot and succulent, the Cilantro fresh and fragrant -- it was like the stars aligned for a fleeting moment and somehow Taco Bell managed to produce that one solitary wonderful Cantina Taco.

Then the special offer ended, and it was back to the same old junk.

 

[Droppersneck]

I think its unfair, the binders and fillers are some of what makes it taste so great and make it cost effective.

 

[TheDeceased]

^The company profits hundreds of millions of dollars per year. So yeah I guess if they didn't water down their meat, they would go broke. That makes sense.

the binders and fillers are some of what makes it taste so great

It tastes like garbage.

 

[L2R]

i hear the recipe used in the taco bell mince is the same ancient egyptians used to preserve their pharaohs.

 

[pharmakos]

Wow, dude. You're calling her condescending because she doesn't like shitty Mexican fast food? I think you might take your job a little seriously.

that's not at all the reason i'm calling her condescending. you both are making a lot of assumptions.

actually i'm calling her condescending because she is treating everyone in this thread that DOES eat taco bell as if they have never had "good" or "real" food.

i try to buy organic and local as much as possible when i'm not at work, and i am vegetarian. i'm not a moron, i know that taco bell is cheap food. i just don't think its a big deal.

she IS condescending, end of story. so are you sir.

So most Taco Bells don't follow their own health guidelines and they leave their crappy meat out for over 4 hours? Well that convinces me that Taco Bell is okay...

honestly every taco bell that i've ever eaten at has seemed up to standards to me. i guess "lots" can sometimes mean "most," but that is not the way i intended it that time.

 

[MynameisnotDeja]

Hell yeah I'm condescending towards Taco Bell. Hell yeah. People need to wake up about what they put in their bodies. If they know the shit's toxic and still want to eat it, so be it. But don't post a list of nasty ingredients and say "look, this is normal taco meat!" and expect me not to comment on it.

 

[GoldenLovely]

If you're able to get an entire meal for two bucks, or a whole BOX of food for 5, that should tell you something about the quality of the stuff you're eating.
If you look at most processed foods, very little of it is actually healthy and very little of it is actually food.