# Whats up with fajitas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992 "2005-04-25T07:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/1 "2005-04-25T07:39:16Z")
I like a nice steak or chicken fajita every now and again. The cast iron the sizzle the apparent freshness the some assembely requirted part. The one thing I dont really understand is why the candle to keep the plate hot. Its a 1000 degree cast iron plate. You could serve the plate on an ice cube and it would still be hot for quite some time. I aways blow the candle out right away as I dont really want my cheap ass cut of steak overcooking on my plate. Its funny at times and my wife thinks I am a nut and servers sometimes want to relight it depending on the resturant. But really mexican resturants always love to give you plates so hot a mid-rare steak will be mid-well before you are done with it. Why the fajitas? Whay are they the ones that need a candle when the plate is already hotter than anyhting else outside of the kitchen. I checked the other day and the plate was still hot after I finished and I blew tha candel out the second the server brought the food. I dont really know if I am complaining as the blowing out of the candle has become part of the whole fajita experience for me. I was just hoping for an answer? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/2 "2005-04-25T14:00:08Z")
I have never in my life seen a candle served with fajitas. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/3 "2005-04-25T14:05:11Z")
Neither have I. Is this a regional thing? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/4 "2005-04-25T14:06:14Z")
I always get the words “fajita” and “faigeleh” mixed up, leading to no end of shy-making merriment. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/5 "2005-04-25T14:09:20Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I always get the words “fajita” and “faigeleh” mixed up, leading to no end of shy-making merriment. BWAH HA HA! That’s going to crack me up every time I go out for Mexican food from now on. Oh, I’ve never seen the candle served with faig… uh, fajitas either. Is the OP sure it wasn’t someone’s birthday party? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/6 "2005-04-25T15:22:20Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I always get the words “fajita” and “faigeleh” mixed up, leading to no end of shy-making merriment. “Faigeleh” is Yiddish, right? And it’s Yiddish for _exactly_ what I’m thinking it is, right? There’s a funny mental image in my mind involving red-hot cast-iron and faigelim (my made-up pluralized form because of the -im plural ending). ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/7 "2005-04-25T15:37:05Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > “Faigeleh” is Yiddish, right? And it’s Yiddish for _exactly_ what I’m thinking it is, right? Why don’t you define it for those of us who grew up as clueless gentiles? ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/8 "2005-04-25T15:37:24Z")
Another chiming in that I’ve never, ever seen a candle served with fajitas. Maybe because it’s cold in Alaska? I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/9 "2005-04-25T15:37:46Z")
Yeah, never seen a candle with fajitas either. Maybe it’s the proximity of Alaska to Mexico causing the weirdness. I mean it _is_ chilly up there. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/10 "2005-04-25T15:54:57Z")
Never seen it in Southern California, and I too would love to know that other word. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/11 "2005-04-25T16:01:03Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Why don’t you define it for those of us who grew up as clueless gentiles? “Faigeleh” is a Yiddish expression for a gay man. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/12 "2005-04-25T16:40:39Z")
> [@alaska56](#): > > I like a nice steak or chicken fajita every now and again. The cast iron the sizzle the apparent freshness the some assembely requirted part. The one thing I dont really understand is why the candle to keep the plate hot. > > Its a 1000 degree cast iron plate. You could serve the plate on an ice cube and it would still be hot for quite some time. I aways blow the candle out right away as I dont really want my cheap ass cut of steak overcooking on my plate. Its funny at times and my wife thinks I am a nut and servers sometimes want to relight it depending on the resturant. But really mexican resturants always love to give you plates so hot a mid-rare steak will be mid-well before you are done with it. Why the fajitas? Whay are they the ones that need a candle when the plate is already hotter than anyhting else outside of the kitchen. I checked the other day and the plate was still hot after I finished and I blew tha candel out the second the server brought the food. > > I dont really know if I am complaining as the blowing out of the candle has become part of the whole fajita experience for me. I was just hoping for an answer? Way to go, man. Now you’ve embarrassed those of us brave enough to claim this place as home. If you were eating at Gallo’s or at La Mex, you deserve whatever you get. That’s some crappy Mexican food. Mexico In Alaska is okay, but the best southwest cuisine is at the Bear Tooth Grill in Spenard. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/13 "2005-04-25T16:50:10Z")
Fajitas suck. When I go out for dinner I want my meal served to me. None of this “some assembly required” crap. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/14 "2005-04-25T17:12:31Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Yeah, never seen a candle with fajitas either. Maybe it’s the proximity of Alaska to Mexico causing the weirdness. I mean it _is_ chilly up there. How about it’s _chili_ up there? I’m sorry; I just don’t know what possesses me sometimes… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/15 "2005-04-25T17:28:50Z")
Add me to the list of people who’s never seen a candle served with fajitas. Also add me to the list of people who are now hungry for a fajita… _tummy rumbles_ ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/16 "2005-04-25T18:05:49Z")
I’m so hungry, at this point I’d take the candle! ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/17 "2005-04-25T18:26:42Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > “Faigeleh” is a Yiddish expression for a gay man. Heh, this is one of 5 or so Yiddish words I know… no Jews in my family. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/18 "2005-04-26T01:44:13Z")
Well good you all answered my question. I knew it seemed strange. THATS WHY I BLOW THE STINKING THING OUT! I am not an idiot because of the lack of good resturants where i live. And ChefGuy you embarrass easily. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/19 "2005-04-26T04:02:13Z")
> [@alaska56](#): > > Well good you all answered my question. > > I knew it seemed strange. THATS WHY I BLOW THE STINKING THING OUT! > > I am not an idiot because of the lack of good resturants where i live. > > And ChefGuy you embarrass easily. We have a lot of good restaurants, just few really good CHEAP restaurants. After 23 years in the Navy, I suspect nothing much really embarasses me. I _do_ blindfold guests when traveling through Wasilla, though. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/20 "2005-04-26T04:33:03Z")
I dont really know about any of the resturants you are talking about. I dont live in the Anchorage area. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992.md?page=2)