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Taco Bell Turns Doritos Into Sorta-Mexican Sorta-Food Through The Power Of Synergy
How can Taco Bell's $2 meal deal, in which one can get a burrito or taco plus a soda and a bag of Doritos for the recession-friendly sum of two (or eight, if you have to pay with change) Washingtons, exist? "The 150 million bags of Doritos it expects to sell this year will come from former parent and current supplier PepsiCo. Beverages typically cost chains pennies on the retail dollar." And then there is the delicate matter of the stuffings that fill said cheapo gorditas and cut-rate tacos, which are low-cost (and low-other things!) enough to keep other items on the menu at sub-dollar price points.
I object to this post on the grounds that Cho did not write it.
That flavor of Doritos has a frighteningly accurate 'iceberg lettuce' quality to it.
Can you explain this?
Not really! It amazes me, so I continue to buy and eat them because it is so confounding. Really does add a shitty late night taco quality to the whole concept, though. Quite effective.
I object only because I had one last night and they didn't have Cool Ranch. And that I survived.
Fifthmeal, fuckers!
Could Taco Bell stay in business if marijuana were ever eradicated?
Maybe.
I've seen drunk people eat that stuff. It looks the same when it comes back up, usually.
stuffing tacos, etc.
I object to the implication that Taco Bell is in any way Mexican food.
I was looking for a way to say this, but you phrased it better than I could have.
I object to Gorditas because of their name, which translates to "fat little girls."
this, combined with HG's comment above (re: stuffing tacos) makes me proud that i have not ingested taco bell in well over 10 years.
That's a traditional Mexican food name (not a Taco Bell invention), and the "itas" adds a bit of affection to the description. Not that it makes it alright, I'm just sayin'.
"burrito".
I refer to the stuffing as "meats" due to its unidentifiable origin.
Chupacabra.
There are some Burger King flavored potato snack products in my office's snack vending machine. They remind me of Andy Kapp's hot fries.
I have TGIFriday's flavored chips. They taste like red stripes.
I apparently just can't keep up with what things taste like. Further up, h_bee was trying to convince us that chips taste like lettuce, and now red stripes? Bewildering!
Also, I hate when I have to pay for things in change.
You guys?! What if they covered the inside of the hard taco shells with Dorito powder?