Food and Drink -- Taco Bell coming out with new chicken sandwich taco - Page 4

carcosa · 02-23-2021, 12:12 AM

Holy shit this looks good as hell can't wait til it goes national

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/busin...aco/index.html

Yum!

**Easy 6** · 02-23-2021, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

For me, in a taco I just want fish for texture. Flaky and flavorless should be the calling-card. Plenty of flavors from cabbage, crema, pico/salsa and coating.

Pretty much, with some sort of pepper and/or lime sauce and some slaw or whatever ... the fish can kinda become the perfect vehicle for everything else

Just talking about them is making me see some in my very near future...

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Does TB still have the chalupa/gordita distinction?

No. Gordita's are long gone.

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

For me, in a taco I just want fish for texture. Flaky and flavorless should be the calling-card. Plenty of flavors from cabbage, crema, pico/salsa and coating.

In other words, you don't like fish.

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

Yep, tilapia is common in Mexico... thus perfectly authentic for any fish taco

While I prefer ocean fish for mine, tilapia does just fine same as any other fish so long as your seasonings and toppings are on point

It seems like a lot of people commenting here don't want to taste the fish. If that's the case, just hold the fish and get a tortilla with fixin's.

If I'm getting fish tacos, I want them to taste like fish. Of course, I grew up on wild caught fish. We even ate bullheads, which taste like mud.

**Easy 6** · 02-24-2021, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

It seems like a lot of people commenting here don't want to taste the fish. If that's the case, just hold the fish and get a tortilla with fixin's.

If I'm getting fish tacos, I want them to taste like fish. Of course, I grew up on wild caught fish. We even ate bullheads, which taste like mud.

Agreed, loves me some feesh and have since childhood... going trot lining with my grandparents all the time and having huge fish fries seen to that

Fried tilapia, bass, crappie, all cats, bluegill in a seasoned cornmeal/flour breading is a staple in my house

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:18 PM

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Agreed, loves me some feesh and have since childhood... going trot lining with my grandparents all the time and having huge fish fries seen to that

Fried tilapia, bass, crappie, all cats, bluegill in a seasoned cornmeal/flour breading is a staple in my house

Yep.

And it's all about mood.

If I want mild, then there's always walleye. If I want fishy, there's catfish. Sometimes breaded and fried, sometimes grilled, pan-seared, whatever. Blackened even.

I also just love seafood in general - oysters on the half shell, clams, sushi. I've never minded something with a little extra flavor.

**Baby Lee** · 02-24-2021, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

It seems like a lot of people commenting here don't want to taste the fish. If that's the case, just hold the fish and get a tortilla with fixin's.

If I'm getting fish tacos, I want them to taste like fish. Of course, I grew up on wild caught fish. We even ate bullheads, which taste like mud.

Yeah, I thought I explained it fairly clearly. And I think it's a pretty widespread sentiment.

It's not the flavor, it's the mild flaky light texture, along with the ability to take a coating that can be fried crispy.

If you don't think the texture is a big part of it, would you be interested in a catfish flavored lozenge, or maybe crawdad flavored taffy?

I bet canned cat food has tons of fishy flavor.

CoMoChief · 02-24-2021, 03:30 PM

Looks disgusting lol.

Bring back the gordita. They can only make them if you ask them to "not fry" the chalupa shells, and I feel like an asshole requesting them to do that but that's about all I get at Taco Bell since high school.

And there was 0 reason to get rid of the mexican pizzas. RIP

**Easy 6** · 02-24-2021, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Yep.

And it's all about mood.

If I want mild, then there's always walleye. If I want fishy, there's catfish. Sometimes breaded and fried, sometimes grilled, pan-seared, whatever. Blackened even.

I also just love seafood in general - oysters on the half shell, clams, sushi. I've never minded something with a little extra flavor.

You would love the giant tiger shrimp I used in some jambalaya a few days ago, their flavor is much stronger than your average skrimps

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Yeah, I thought I explained it fairly clearly. And I think it's a pretty widespread sentiment.

It's not the flavor, it's the mild flaky light texture, along with the ability to take a coating that can be fried crispy.

If you don't think the texture is a big part of it, would you be interested in a catfish flavored lozenge, or maybe crawdad flavored taffy?

I bet canned cat food has tons of fishy flavor.

Certainly texture is part of it, just not ALL of it. I'm not going to eat crawfish taffy, unless it tastes like the brain. That's the best part of mudbugs, sucking out the salty nerve center.

And for the record, fish-based canned cat food tastes pretty much just like canned tuna.

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

You would love the giant tiger shrimp I used in some jambalaya a few days ago, their flavor is much stronger than your average skrimps

Sounds delicious.

**Easy 6** · 02-24-2021, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

And for the record, fish-based canned cat food tastes pretty much just like canned tuna.

do tell...

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

do tell...

Been through some rough times in a previous life bro. Done a lot of dumb shit.

And canned cat food is preferable to dog food, which truly tastes awful.

Fish-flavored is tolerable. Lamb, chicken, or beef? Not so much.

htismaqe · 02-24-2021, 03:41 PM

And for the record, as a kid, we ate all kinds of shit. Raccoon, squirrel, various wild birds. One of my dad's favorite snacks was braunschweiger and crackers. I can handle a lot of pungent shit.

**ptlyon** · 02-24-2021, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

And for the record, as a kid, we ate all kinds of shit. Raccoon, squirrel, various wild birds. One of my dad's favorite snacks was braunschweiger and crackers. I can handle a lot of pungent shit.

F yes. Brought a braunschweiger and onion sandwich to work today.

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