As a native San Diegan, I will acknowledge that we have pretty awesome tacos, but you’d have to be dumber than a sack of hammers to think they were invented there.
That is THE FIRST time I’ve ever watched this Carlson guy. Really? He has a news job? I’ve only read about him, but great fuck. What the Univision broadcaster said hits home more: This is what a divided country looks like.
If he’s from San Diego, he oughta know that a San Diego taco is made of chuck roast stewed with tomatoes, peppers, and onions, shredded, folded into a corn tortilla, fried until crispy, and garnished with shredded cheddar, lettuce, and hot sauce.
And he also oughta know that the only places you can get one of those are owned, operated, and staffed by Mexicans.
Most San Diegans (well, everyone in Southern Calif., really) under the age of 40 probably only knows (or wants) “Tijuana street style” tacos, and probably only gets tacos with fried shells at Jack-in-the-Box.
Even most people over 40 prefer the “street” taco style, unless they’re from some totally isolated suburb.
But it doesn’t really matter–Carlson is a complete douche. One of humanity’s most embarrassing specimens.
running coach @38621: That’s fascinating AND horrifying information. So those awful crispy taco shells were foisted on the innocent mid 20th century U.S. populace in order to sell machines that make awful crispy taco shells…?
“Why aren’t you talking about what I want you to talk about? How can I make you ask questions which burnish Trump, instead of poking holes in literally everything he fucks up?”
“Why do you feel compelled to pry into criminality? Is it newsworthy to you? I’ll tell you what’s newsworthy: Me accusing you of doing something stupid which you never do.”
I’m slightly under 40 and I’d rather have a 'Berto’s-style fried shell taco, as I described above, than a street taco. The Jack in the Box taco is basically a dirt cheap imitation of the original San Diego crunchy taco.