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November 13, 2009

Where to find a great taco...surprise!

Is it my imagination, or are people on the blog crankier than usual today? It might be Friday the 13th, or the weather, or whatever; but we all need to try to be more civil if not nicer to each other. Please, take a deep breath before you attack someone personally, even if you disagree and even if you're annoyed.

Perhaps this will cheer you up: I'm working on getting HowChowBlog to do a guest Top 10 on gas station foods.

Scoff if you must. Point out that jl did it last  year, but HCB has some real winners here. Check this one out.

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 6:26 PM | | Comments (11)
        

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There's why I would never offer up a guest post, even if you were foolish enough to have me :)

Saw people actually eating at Sam's Kid in Fells tonight. I think I'll try Adela first, though.

The New York Times commenters are worse.

Thanks, Lissa! I really like, "were you toilet trained at gunpoint." I'm going to use that at a later date.

I had a carne asada and an al pastor taco at R&R today on the recommendation of a commenter on HowChow. The al pastor was great! The owner of R&R was very friendly and offered me a complimentary taste of some other offerings. I'll be back for more soon!

Yeah, I'm stealing that one, too, Heather. Of course, with my luck, I'll end up using that one on a date.

Can someone please tell me what the name of the style of taco is that is so prevalent around here? I keep ordering tacos and they come on two small corn tortillas, served flat with cilantro and onion on top.

I'm not saying I haven't seen this style of tacos in other parts of the country. I have. I assume it's a certain region of Mexico that prepares them this way. I've just been curious what the actual NAME of this taco style is. Is it called something like "Jalisco" or some other region or descriptor?

I come from Texas and most tacos there are made with homemade flour tortillas.

Speaking of which, is there a restaurant around Baltimore that makes their own flour tortillas? No matter if the restaurant has been cheap or expensive, authentic or fusion/modern, I keep getting served these awful, industrial flour tortillas, devoid of flavor and overprocessed. They are gummy and stick under your top teeth. Flour tortillas are supposed to be warm, irregular, dusted and maybe even a little transparent h in some places because of the lard.

The BEST tacos around here are at Fiesta Mexican on Rt 7 in Rosedale. The owner makes his own corn tortillas, the fillings are delicious and he accommodates vegetarians. And he's open 7 days a week!

We normally have decent comments around here, and I really don't mind that much when I get critical comments.

If anyone is thinking about writing guest posts, you shouldn't let the nastiness keep you from writing.

It's fun to be writing again. I wrote alot in college, but I more or less stopped after I graduated. My weekly guest post gives me the structure I need, which really means a deadline. If I don't have a deadline, I'd never get around to typing anything out.

Great tacos at the Tortilleria Sinaloa on Eastern Ave. near S. Broadway. They also make their own tortillas and sell them to Mexican restaurants all over town. Great soup (pizoli and menudo), as well. Tiny place though, with limited seating.

Sinaloa has great tacos, but they are corn tortillas. incunabulum is looking for tacos made with flour tortillas (which, frankly, I've never seen).

I've gotten tacos made with flour tortillas at El Salto in Brooklyn Park. I don't know if all of their tacos use flour tortillas, but the Tacos El Salto did. They had beef (I think), chorizo, and a wonderful salsa made from Chile D'Arbol.

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About Elizabeth Large
Elizabeth Large, The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic, blogs about memorable meals, dining trends, comings and goings on the restaurant scene and more.
Elizabeth Large retired in February. Until a new critic is named, Laura Vozzella will be blogging here. Vozzella has been a reporter with The Sun for 10 years. She’s covered small-town scandal (Columbia gym towel thefts!) and big-city mayors (O’Malley, Dixon).

Lately she has been writing about food (cilantro, pine nuts). She also writes The Talk, a weekly column about politicians and other local oddities (again: O’Malley, Dixon). She’ll continue with the food writing and The Talk column while blogging.
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