The Taco Bell appreciation thread (formerly: Blogs are going away - Get them while they're hot!)
It should be called beef filling, not beef!
Though, the USDA standard of 40% also troubles me. I'm trying to find some more information about that online.
I miss the puppy from the last page of this thread.
The fact that the USDA standar is 40% is what troubles me about this as well. That sort of freaks me out a little actually.
Maybe, it isn't that the beef is only 35% beef, but that the whole taco itself is only 35% beef? When you take into account the tortilla, the sauce, the letuce, cheese, tomato and whatever else, then the taco really is only maybe 35% beef. Perhaps this person is sue simply because they think the meat portion is skimpy.
I think the Thank You For Sueing Us ad is hilarious.
Maybe, it isn't that the beef is only 35% beef, but that the whole taco itself is only 35% beef? When you take into account the tortilla, the sauce, the letuce, cheese, tomato and whatever else, then the taco really is only maybe 35% beef. Perhaps this person is sue simply because they think the meat portion is skimpy.
No...
This definitely troubles me more than Taco Bell saying it's beef and not beef filler. If it's only 40% beef it still shouldn't be called beef that's just as misleading as it being 35% or 60%. I also agree with Nate, if it was raccoon or dog or some other kind meat I'd be a little more worried.
There's a lot of crap going into our food that shouldn't be going into it or on it, even the healthy stuff. Unless you are eating organic food I'm pretty sure that you're consuming unhealthy crap you wouldn't think twice about.
I particularly like a line in a movie that says
" I try to buy stuff with as much preservatives so I can live longer " - Miranda
That's not my personal philosophy but I think if you want to know exactly what's going inside your body, grow your own food.
Oats?
Oats??
OATS???
FUCKING OATS?!!?!?!!
Euw.
This is why we can't have nice things.
The Beefy Crunch Burrito incident
The price of the Beefy Crunch Burrito had gone up from 99 cents to $1.49 and the man at the Rigsby Road Taco Bell drive-thru had just ordered seven.
The fast food customer was so disgruntled by the price hike he shot an air gun at the manager, displayed a semiautomatic assault rifle and pistol while in the restaurant's parking lot, fled as police were called, exchanged gunfire with three officers who pulled him over, then barricaded himself in his hotel room — all over $3.50 plus additional tax.
To be fair, the Beefy Crunch Burrito is fucking awesome and this dude was totally in the right.
The price of the Beefy Crunch Burrito had gone up from 99 cents to $1.49 and the man at the Rigsby Road Taco Bell drive-thru had just ordered seven.
The fast food customer was so disgruntled by the price hike he shot an air gun at the manager, displayed a semiautomatic assault rifle and pistol while in the restaurant's parking lot, fled as police were called, exchanged gunfire with three officers who pulled him over, then barricaded himself in his hotel room — all over $3.50 plus additional tax.
To be fair, the Beefy Crunch Burrito is fucking awesome and this dude was totally in the right.
hahaha your avatar looks like the dude that would totally open fire over something like this.
The dude? Thats just not a dude. Thats Wilford Brimley!
Also, I didn't like the Beefy Crunch Burrito. They used to have another half pound crunchy burrito that was good, but apparently they got rid of it and replaced it with this one. I'm not a fan of the fritos in this one, but meh, for 99 cents it was ok... not so much for $1.49.
Also, I didn't like the Beefy Crunch Burrito. They used to have another half pound crunchy burrito that was good, but apparently they got rid of it and replaced it with this one. I'm not a fan of the fritos in this one, but meh, for 99 cents it was ok... not so much for $1.49.
I've seen like 2-3 movies he's been in how the hell am I supposed to know! sheesh Go eat a burrito.
Wait. We're missing the most important factor here.
Taco Bell has invented a burrito THAT CRUNCHES!
This is why we can't have nice things.
Taco Bell has invented a burrito THAT CRUNCHES!
A chimichanga?
He is/was* also the face of the fight against Diabetus!
*I don't know if he is dead or not.
So either way I was right that he would be the type of dude to open gun fire on someone for charging him extra for 7 beefy crunchy burritos. Amirite?
I believe you are indeed correct on that count.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I miss the chili cheese burrito.
I get sad when no one remembers the bacon cheeseburger burrito they used to have (probably 10 years ago now). It was amazing. I died a little inside the day I went to order a couple and they told me it was no longer being carried.
That is exactly how I felt/feel about the chili cheese burrito.
VINDICATION!!!
Lawsuit questioning Taco Bell's beef is dropped
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - An Alabama-based law firm said Monday it has withdrawn its class-action lawsuit that sought to force Taco Bell to stop calling the meat it serves "beef."
The lawsuit, filed in January in federal court in California, alleged that what Taco Bell calls "seasoned beef" is a meat mixture that has binders and extenders and does not meet federal requirements to be labeled beef.
The fast-food chain said Monday the allegations were "absolutely wrong" and the lawsuit was voluntarily withdrawn by the firm. It said no money was exchanged and it is not changing any of its products or advertising.
"This sets the record straight about the high quality of our seasoned beef and the integrity of our advertising," Taco Bell CEO Greg Creed said in an interview. "We took great exception to the false claims made about our seasoned beef and wish the attorneys had contacted us before filing and publicizing a lawsuit that disparaged our brand."
Law firm Beasley Allen, based in Montgomery, Ala., said that it withdrew the lawsuit after Taco Bell made changes to its marketing and product disclosure.
"From the inception of this case, we stated that if Taco Bell would make certain changes regarding disclosure and marketing of its `seasoned beef' product, the case could be dismissed," attorney Dee Miles said in a statement.
In response to the lawsuit, Taco Bell took out full-page ads in at least nine major newspapers, aired television spots and launched a YouTube campaign to proclaim its taco filling is 88 percent beef.
It spent between $3 million and $4 million in advertising to counter the accusations made in the lawsuit, Creed said.
He said he could not comment on any financial fallout for the fast-food company as a result from the lawsuit because of an "earnings blackout." Taco Bell's parent company, Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc., reports its quarterly earnings on Wednesday.
nice
winning!
Lawsuit questioning Taco Bell's beef is dropped
"From the inception of this case..."
Here is how they got it dropped.
How is everybody celebrating Cinco de Mayo?
Reverse happy hour at Nara.
What's that?
I'll probably stop at Taco Bell and buy a six pack of Corona. I'm lame! lol
It's Japanese.
I can't pass up $4 rolls.
Sushi sounds delicious right now. I'm starving!
It's Liberation Day in The Netherlands!
The amount of Taco Bell that will be engulfed today is a terrifying thought. I am sure all the employees will love hearing every drunk asshole spouting off about cinco de mayo. I will be one of them
As your attorney, my advise to you is to start drinking heavily(er).-Tuffy
I'm probably gonna splurge and get something from Moes. They have the best quesadillas.
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WELCOMETOMOE'S!
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This is why we can't have nice things.
HAHAHA I feel so bad that they have to do that. But they make some great food.
I was so tired after Relay for Life yesterday that I was craving Taco Bell (don't ask about that logic).
So I bought a ton, then passed out on my couch halfway through a Chicken Quesadilla. Mid-meal nap I guess. Woke up a few hours later and finished my meal... Not a proud moment.
Been there. Alcohol involved.
This is why we can't have nice things.
My friend called me once with a hangover to tell me, groaningly, about the eggs in the night.
she woke up at like three in three morning, still drunk, sort of flopped over her kitchen table. In front of her was a plate of bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast and juice and the works. It was all cold and she didn't know why it was there, or herself for that matter, but she proceded to drunkenly eat it then stumble away. The next day she found out she had demanded breakfast food from whatever guy friend it was she was with, threw a drunk fit over it, and so he made it all and she promptly passed out in front of it.
nothing to do with taco bell, but the above two posts reminded me of it.
i haven't had taco bell in years. i want some.
Make a run for the border.
*DONG*
This is why we can't have nice things.
I wasn't drunk. Just really sleep deprived. Almost the same feeling for me.
No you really dont, trust me on this.
As your attorney, my advise to you is to start drinking heavily(er).-Tuffy
I'm gonna eat Taco Bell until I get DIA-BEETUS!
hahaha lmao!
I've been seriously craving a beefy crunch burrito, as seen on this page. But I have been eating a healthy diet as of late, so I have had to pass 
They're now discontinued--those bastards!
But the volcano menu is still going strong.
I think I'll have moe's today.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
ive been craving a taco bell chicken burrito. isnt it %88 chicken?
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
and 12% chiuahahaha
¡¡ yo quiero taco bell !!
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
ha. i always kinda wondered what ever happened to that little guy.. guess it was only a matter of time before he was blended into the fold D:
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I love you Taco Bell whether it's 88% or 35% beef you were always there for me during my midnight cravings/munchies.
I still don't really get what the big whoop is. It looks, feels and tastes like beef enough. It should be at least that 40% if that's what the USDA has set up. Now if the filler was mostly fiberglass or the meat turned out to be raccoon meat or something, that would be a bombshell.