Sidenote, I actually don’t understand the amount of memes I see about Americans saying mexican/tex mex foods give you diarrhoea/ring sting, that doesn’t seem normal at all to me
Is it a joke about those types of food places having a very lax food safety culture? Is it about US food laws? Is it about Americans being intolerant to spice?
Maybe I’m stupid but I’ve never really understood what the meme is about
I spent most of my life vegetarian and always thought the Taco Bell diarrhea jokes were just people being racist, like with the Chinese food syndrome thing. But then I started eating meat, and had some Taco Bell ground beef. It’s the beef. I don’t know what it is about it, but… yeah.
Mexican food in general is the only time many US folks eat beans or any amount of spice, so the gas and spicy butthole can have a strong association for that type of person.
Tbf, calling Taco Bell “Mexican” food is more than a little bit of a stretch (heck, calling it “food” is even debatable!:-P “delicious cardboard substance” seems fine though…).
The fact that such food products can do that to you without having an ounce of spice in them shows that it is not due to their being “spicy”, but something else. Maybe the high salt content. Maybe the E. coli, who knows? (probably the E. coli does help a tiny bit…:-P)
Salt, preparation, spice if unexpected, beans if same, etc. Somehow I doubt a 5-star restaurant preparation would engender the response shown in the picture, so this is something related to cheap ones. e.g. while I love Chipotle, it is kinda famous for E. coli… :-D It’s a (low) risk I’m always willing to take for that price:-P.
I used to inhale Chipotle, the barbacoa in particular. Sometime before Covid, all the ones around here went to shit. Less flavor, more salt. Twas a major bummer.
Edit: rubbing salt in the wound, I just found out that my dinner is reheated Qdoba.
I am sorry to hear of your loss.:-( Remember when guac was a DOLLAR!?!? Now they cost “fuck you, and your little dog too” money - and yet still Chipotle is cheaper than just about anything similar (the burritos I mean, I haven’t had their guac since Trump was elected).
It was pretty big news in the USA (where Chipotle started and is still primarily based iirc, though it increasingly is branching out international), resulting in criminal charges: foodsafetynews.com/…/chipotle-agrees-to-pay-25-mi…. I haven’t heard as much about food poisoning at it recently, and as always ymmv depending on location.
I think it’s from anecdotes about eating large amounts of Taco Bell-grade beef after late nights out when one’s “gastrointestinal integrity” would be suspect regardless. Edit: In 2008, Taco Bell had a “Why Pay More?” menu that featured $0.79-0.99 items. If you’re paying 99 cents for chili con carne or a 5-layer burrito at 2 am you’re rolling some dice.
Home-cooked or restaurant Mexican food, on the other hand, is tied with Vietnamese for my favorite cuisines ever.
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