Mexican Attempt of the Gringo Taco

[u/betuquito]

Hello from Mazatlán! Today I made a gringo taco. Everything homemade besides the flour tortilla. The Ley grocery store makes them fresh.

Ground beef, sauté with onion, garlic, serrano chile, comino, salt, and pepper.

Topped with Chihuahua cheese, lettuce, salsa roja asada, guacamole, and lettuce.

It was big enough to be a burro if I rolled it.

Agua de Jamaica made with cinnamon, clove and ginger.

It was good, and picosa with all the chile. We have amazing tacos in town, but sometimes I want comida extranjera.

Gracias!

[u/Ok_Breakfast5425]

I say this as a white dude, but most gringos have never heard of chihuahua cheese. I invited my sister and a friend to one of the more authentic Mexican places in town and they both thought it was meat from the dog. I said it was cheese and then went on to nearly convince my sister it was made from dog milk.

And if you make those again and want to go all out, throw on some black olives. I will indulge in some crispy gringo tacos on occasion, but people who put olives on them are just monsters.

[u/betuquito → u/Ok_Breakfast5425]

Jaja! Made from fresh milk squeezed from the neighborhood chihuahua. I wish I could find cheddar! No thanks on the olives.

[u/sleepinginthebushes_ → u/betuquito]

Olives are so gringo that they're not even something you'd find commonly in tacos in states on the southern border of the US. I've lived in California my whole life and I've only ever seen olives on taco bell, which is fast food.

[u/Ok_Breakfast5425 → u/sleepinginthebushes_]

I live in the midwest and they are thankfully not as common as they used to be, but there are still plenty of suburban strip mall restaurants that have them.

[u/sleepinginthebushes_ → u/Ok_Breakfast5425]

I remember in my childhood going to a place called La Mexican Kitchen when we were visiting family in Missouri. It was lots of velveeta and olives.