Texas ranchers in the 1930s, being tightwads, paid their Mexican cowboys partially in less desirable cuts of beef so making do they whipped up something they called Arracheras and became anglicised to Fajiti's.
As i don't eat anything like that i asked at the local Take away and it quickly became complicated as you get Taco's which are Tortilla's (either corn or flour) stuffed with something as are Quesadillas and Burritos while Fajitas are just strips of beef or chicken with chile, pimento, tomato and onion served with flour tortillas.
He then asked if i wanted to try one and i politely said 'Nah, just the usual portion of chips please' and walked off wondering when National Chip Day was and a quick Google showed it was June 2, so damn i missed that one.
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i have a very hard time believing that chili or tacos or fajitas were invented in texas since mexicans were eating all those items before texas was established.
on a similarly stupid note, circa 10 years ago, the nyt ran an article saying the "breakfast taco" was invented in austin in the 1970's. what bullshit. i was eating "breakfast tacos" all over san antonio in the late 1950's and every person of mexican heritage was slapping breakfast foods on a tortilla since the day a tortilla was created...
and your statement about texas ranchers feeding crappy food to the mexican workers is inflammatory and you can't prove it. to this day mexicans and americans of mexican descent eat every meaty part of a damn cow: tongue, nuts, guts (menudo), brains, barbacoa (face meat), etc
stop trying to always find fault with every white man the ever lived. it must be tiring
and another thing, you couldn't find fajitas in a texas restaurant until circa 1978 when the cadillac bar and grill made them popular in houston
and one more thing. "mexican food" in new mexico sucks. don't eat it. they just serve huge plates of poorly seasoned slop and everything is drowned in a soupy cheese "sauce". Plus, the chilies (including hatch chilies) are 99% hype...
and, everybody that eats mexican food knows that skirt steak (as it is called by the gringos here) is one of the most flavorful cuts of meat on a cow. it is just tough. so, you marinade it and cook long and slow... then it is tender and flavorful...
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