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It’s all Taylor Farms lettuce, not just Taco Bell.
This seems to be a common occurrence in their home American market, if what you read online is true. There’s people constantly complaining about diarrhea after Taco Bell. All Americans. I guess their international franchise rules are different and better controlled.
IMO it’s just a meme that got overblown. Obviously there are people who get the shits from eating there, but I don’t think it’s any more significant than other fastfood.
Also, the current news of this explosive diarrhea outbreak seems to hyperfocus on Taco Bell when the true source is the supplier that also supplies lettuce to a lot of other restaurants.
Taco Bell blew the whistle on their own supplier (who supplies produce to many other restaurants) and pulled the suspected products from their stores immediately, before the government did anything.
Good guy Taco Bell, you have never given me diarrhea and they will never make me hate you.
Yep … even before they identified it they banned a bunch of ingredients on many states stores proactively. Not casting any shade on TB
For real. Now if only they’d bring back lava sauce permanently…
Just an upvote isn’t enough for me to express how much I agree here. The volcano taco was their best item. If they ever bring it back, try a crunchwrap, but with the nacho cheese subbed out for lava sauce, it’s so fucking good! Idk why they never made a volcano crunchwrap
I still miss double decker tacos (with the beans, not cheese) and Chilitos (later called chili cheese burritos).
Chili cheese burritos are the best. Some locations have them, some don’t. Of the two closest locations to me, one has them all the time, one doesn’t. Dunno why. I used to think it was a regional thing but these two are only like five miles apart so who knows.
I did notice that chili cheese burritos and enchiritos are currently on their new/limited time menu so you may be in luck right now if you’re really jonesing for one.
As I sit here and think about it now, I kinda wonder if it’s because neither one of them uses lettuce so it was a quick and easy way to get something “new” on the menu that wouldn’t require an apology for missing ingredients.
Nice! Guess I need to check it out again.
DDTs are the best, and it actually makes me angry that they refuse to sell them if they’re not a special menu item. Like dude, I know you have all of the ingredients and I’m willing to pay you for it. Just give me the goddamn double decker tacos
Hot sauce that is hot would be nice.
Yeah not everybody is used to eat beans, that’s it.
In America it’s considered rude not to have diarrhea after Taco Bell.
Even Demolition Man had the runs after.
I like the cut of your jib
It doesn’t have to actually do with Taco Bell directly. The root cause is that most American’s diets have very little fiber, but most items at Taco Bell have a good amount of fiber, unlike most other fast food places.
Sudden large shifts in fiber intake cause gastrointestinal issues.
What? So somebody ordering a side salad when they go out to dinner must be catastrophic then?
Look - I’m an American that eats Taco Bell… I was there for the Mexi Melt all the way to the Doritos Locos taco. Never had an issue. It’s produce delivery and not all the time crappy restaurants. There are a good deal of fast food places I won’t eat at locally after seeing cooking practices though. I saw soda lines running through grease water at one place and unbelievably bad cleaning at another. I don’t blame Taco Bell but if you look at Taylor Farms there’s a history of violations.
I’ve always been a little confused by that meme since it’s never been an issue at Canadian Taco Bells
It’s always been a joke here in the U.S. Mostly held up by the fact that they stick with using grade d beef or what not. In truth most everyone I know who has joked about it don’t really get sick off it or they wouldn’t eat it. (Also most sickness like this comes from lettuce so the grade d meat really has no impact)
But everyones mileage varies, I’ve never had a problem with my asshole stinging after eating spicy food, but many people swear it’s going to happen when they are eating something spicy. I figure most said that as a joke as well… but maybe these people all have really weak stomachs and should be watching what they eat if spice bothers them.
There’s no such thing as “Grade D” meat.
Sure it designates age of the cow, which impacts how tough the meat is… So it isn’t a scale for the quality, while also being a scale for the quality in a way
Okay hear me out. I love spicy food. I love hot sauces. My mouth has a quite high tolerance for capsaicin. I would consider anything below 100K Scoville mild at best and every single standard commercial sauce (Tabasco, Cholula, Huy Fong Sriracha, Frank’s etc.) no more spicier than ketchup. When it’s taco night at home I drench mine in hot sauces. My asshole does absolutely not have the same tolerance.
I don’t understand how that would work. I guess your tongue and rectum must have different taste buds, lolol
Its less about a food safety problem at taco bell and more of an extremely low quality food problem. Their meat is about 88% beef, binders and fillers and some seasonings.
I dunno. I’m a USian and I’ve never had diarrhea after Taco Bell. Maybe I’m doing it wrong?
You probably eat an fiber once in a while
DiarrheaTrumporrheaI see CNN is a bit late to the party. I read this headline in the 90’s (or, what my grandkids call “the 1900’s”).
Mighty Taco second best at everything
No shit, Sherlock!
If only!
Chipotle 2: Return of the Bell.
Get the runs from the border. Toxic smell?
