Hilo de Taco

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Everyone is in for Taco Tuesday.

I'm iffy on Brunch Sunday. I enjoy sleeping in.

 

[Free]

And pizza.

 

[Isabeau]

My nephew treated me to a dinner at a really nice taco place. We had a big platter of samplings. Was really good, and at the end, we saw a cockroach on the table ha ha

Exciting!

Along with the music, it made it all very authentic. 🪳

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

 

[Essence Lumin]

I remember hearing that song as a kid. Wikipedia says it became well known around 1910.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Soen Eber

Erik Loomis (@erikloomis.bsky.social)

I'm in Oaxaca. Went hiking yesterday in the Sierra Norte. Some hiking group came through and ate with us. One couple was from Minnesota. The food had chile peppers in it. I thought the guy was going to start crying. He kept telling his wife "I THOUGHT THEY WERE GREEN PEPPERS!" Yep, Minnesota.

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[Soen Eber]

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Erik Loomis (@erikloomis.bsky.social)

I'm in Oaxaca. Went hiking yesterday in the Sierra Norte. Some hiking group came through and ate with us. One couple was from Minnesota. The food had chile peppers in it. I thought the guy was going to start crying. He kept telling his wife "I THOUGHT THEY WERE GREEN PEPPERS!" Yep, Minnesota.

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I've made that mistake! Ate them all though, because I'm a stubborn half-German. I was very careful after that!

 

[Rose Karuna]

My nephew treated me to a dinner at a really nice taco place. We had a big platter of samplings. Was really good, and at the end, we saw a cockroach on the table ha ha

Exciting!

Along with the music, it made it all very authentic. 🪳

I only laugh because here in Florida, cucarachas are so large and so prevalent that they tend to do things like carry off your sofa and TV.

y hormigas también

Small but a real pain in the rear.

 

[Casey Pelous]

My nephew treated me to a dinner at a really nice taco place. We had a big platter of samplings. Was really good, and at the end, we saw a cockroach on the table ha ha

Exciting!

Along with the music, it made it all very authentic. 🪳

At one point in my life, I happened to know the county official in charge of restaurant inspection. Actual conversation:

Official: "You've got to go to this Mexican restaurant -- El Chingadero, on Main over on the east side. OMG, it's great! Just, you know, get there before dark and park real close if you can."

Casey: "Awesome. Know the address?"

Official: *directions relative to some landmark*. "I probably have to shut 'em down next week, so hurry. The albondigas [meatball soup] is to frickin' die for!"

Casey: "Uhhh ..... I'm sorry .... shut them down?"

Official: "Oh, it's a shithole. But, my god, that guy can cook!"

He was right.

 

[Isabeau]

Yeah, they're rather small, here, and they dont fly... yet!

Another 20 years of global warming and who knows.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

When I joined the Navy, I was sent to the technical training center in Millington TN after boot camp. One day I was sitting in the TV lounge in the women's barracks watching TV with some other women when we saw a large-ish cockroach climbing up the wall. One of us threw a shoe at it, just missing it, but getting close enough to knock it off the wall. When it fell to the floor, it turned facing us, let out a hiss, and flew across the room. I've never seen so many people de-ass a room in such a hurry!

 

[Casey Pelous]

When I joined the Navy, I was sent to the technical training center in Millington TN after boot camp. One day I was sitting in the TV lounge in the women's barracks watching TV with some other women when we saw a large-ish cockroach climbing up the wall. One of us threw a shoe at it, just missing it, but getting close enough to knock it off the wall. When it fell to the floor, it turned facing us, let out a hiss, and flew across the room. I've never seen so many people de-ass a room in such a hurry!

Heh -- somehow reminds me of an old service joke first heard from my dad:

A marine, an Army soldier, and an Air Force airman are enjoying a cold beverage at a local watering hole. Someone asks what they would do if they found a big scorpion in their tent.

The soldier says, "I would crush it with my boot."

The marine shouts, "SIR, I would skewer it with a stick I whittled, cook it, and eat it, SIR."

The airman says, "I would call the front desk and ask why a tent was in my room."

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Heh -- somehow reminds me of an old service joke first heard from my dad:

A marine, an Army soldier, and an Air Force airman are enjoying a cold beverage at a local watering hole. Someone asks what they would do if they found a big scorpion in their tent.

The soldier says, "I would crush it with my boot."

The marine shouts, "SIR, I would skewer it with a stick I whittled, cook it, and eat it, SIR."

The airman says, "I would call the front desk and ask why a tent was in my room."

LOL! Yeah, that's about accurate!

 

[Casey Pelous]

LOL! Yeah, that's about accurate!

It did not occur to me until many years later that the Navy was mysteriously absent from that joke.

Dad was Navy.

Probably a coincidence.

 

[Rose Karuna]

At one point in my life, I happened to know the county official in charge of restaurant inspection. Actual conversation:

Official: "You've got to go to this Mexican restaurant -- El Chingadero, on Main over on the east side. OMG, it's great! Just, you know, get there before dark and park real close if you can."

Casey: "Awesome. Know the address?"

Official: *directions relative to some landmark*. "I probably have to shut 'em down next week, so hurry. The albondigas [meatball soup] is to frickin' die for!"

Casey: "Uhhh ..... I'm sorry .... shut them down?"

Official: "Oh, it's a shithole. But, my god, that guy can cook!"

He was right.

El Chingadero literally translates to "shitload", or crap.

People in my family used to say "como chingas" (what a bunch of crap) all the time. Also "¡Basta de tus chingaderas!" (translates to "enough of your shit").

 

[Casey Pelous]

El Chingadero literally translates to "shitload", or crap.

People in my family used to say "como chingas" (what a bunch of crap) all the time. Also "¡Basta de tus chingaderas!" (translates to "enough of your shit").

Names and locations may have been altered for safety purposes.

 

[Free]

Have you tried reversing the order?

 

[Isabeau]

Or…at the same time! Muy bueno

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Or…at the same time! May bueno

Ewww!

 

[Free]

Ewww!

Taco sauce can make for an unusual lubricant.