Authentic Mexican Cuisine

During last weekend’s festivities and travels we stopped off at a fast food chain that serves coffee, you can pick which one. While sitting in the car waiting for the Mrs. to come back out, I saw that next store was a restaurant serving “authentic Mexican cuisine.”

This got me thinking...what exactly constitutes “authentic”? I mean Taco Bell sells Mexican food. Is that authentic? What about the almost endless string of quick service chain restaurants (Chi-Chi’s, Chilis, Chevy’s Azteca, or anything that starts with “Casa”)? Is there fare actually “authentic”? And then of course that brings out the idea of every bar and pub that serves some version of Nachos, including those painful “authentic Irish nachos.” (REALLY!?!)

Well friends, first Nachos are not authentic Mexican, as our friends at Wikipedia point out,

Authentic Mexican food was adapted and Americanized as "Tex Mex" (Texan-Mexican) cuisine. Mexican cuisine has also had a strong influence on the cuisine of the southwest United States and in California where their version of "Tex-Mex" is sometimes called Cal-Mex. Nachos for example are rarely eaten in Mexico, whereas they are widely popular in the rest of the world.

So they aren’t authentic but they are damn good...especially with tuna fish! But moving on....

If much of this food is not authentic, why the constant push to claim authenticity? It almost seems that if you open the latest Casa Maria, (for those of you who remember the establishment on Rt 17 across from Wuvs Hamburgers) you might be better off just saying “Mexican food” on the outside of the sign.

The problem here is actually more of an American epidemic then you might think. See Mexican food is not the only “authentic” food out there. Go Google, “authentic Italian” or “authentic greek” or even “authentic Japanese” and see what happens.

My closing thought, Why can’t we just make food from another culture with out authenticating it? You don’t go over to London or Budapest, or even Ixtapa and find “authentic” American food....although they might be on to something (ala “AmericaTown” on the Simpsons)

Porn Bailout and Wuv’s Hamburgers

Bom chicka bom bomm...while these two topics seemingly have nothing to do with one another I will prove that again they do even if they are simply topics for today’s posting.

First it was AIG, then the government sent money to help GM, now it’s time for “Bailouts Gone Wild” as everybody’s favorite low-life, Joe Francis and Hustler Magazine’s Larry Flynt are knocking on Congress’ door seeking money for a “Porn Bailout.” You can read more about all the details here, but what I’m really interested in, is will Congress go for this?

Well why the hell not? Forget the banking and auto industries, if there’s one place that we’re loosing American jobs (many in Southern California) to overseas competition is the PORN industry. Have you noticed how many “models” are now from Europe and Asia? It seems every time I log into HotHornyAmericanBabes.com* more and more of Eastern Europe’s slutiest looking women are being sent to my inbox with captions like “Hi, I’m Amber from Iowa” or “Hey There Sailor, this is Katie from Oregon”. This has to stop! No not the delivery of naked women to my inbox, are you crazy!

What has to stop is the loss of the American Porn Industry. Flynt brought us the “dirty” side of naked women and to this day we still love it. Francis showed us that every city has a huge segment of the population that will show their boobs if you give her a few shots of tequila and a free T-shirt. These are the people and the jobs that we need to save. Without a functioning porn industry where will the bulk of the male (and some female) American workforce go to blow off steam when they come home after a hard day at work (or looking for work)? They’re not going to the bank and they’re not going to buy a car...they’re going to grab their ECHM and double click for porn, porn, porn!

Anybody reading this remember Wuv’s Hamburgers? I thought of this today and I’m not sure why. Wuv’s was a fast food chain based out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL in the late 1970’s and went bankrupt in 1981. However, I think some of the stores stayed open independently for a few years later. I remember one of these on Route 17 in Ramsey, NJ when I was a young boy. They had some good food as I remember.
*Not actually sure this is a real website. Bloggerman loves his wife and never looks at Porn. He does however occasionally look at his dog lying in bed.