Taco Tuesday
2023.08.15
Song of the day:
Yesterday my dad and his wife texted to inform me they were eating Potato Olés at Taco John’s somewhere in Wyoming. MEAN. I don’t have Taco John’s here and am therefore unable to partake in the glory and joy that are Potato Olés. HOWEVER - I have discovered the recipe for the seasoning and will now be making a Safeway run to procure the appropriate Ore Ida potatoes and the ingredients for the seasoning. To say I’m excited would be an understatement. Like these are seriously one of my favorite snacks ever.
Taco John’s has tasty food, and it’s pretty good for fast food, but mostly it’s a nostalgia thing for me. It was one of the few restaurants in Laramie when we moved there, and they had BEST chicken soft tacos. I can’t eat those anymore - stupid gluten - but the chicken in a hard corn shell is still delish. But it always brings me back to Laramie and growing up and high school, and there is truly nothing like the taters. I highly encourage you to get involved if you have one near you.
I actually had tacos for lunch yesterday - fancy bacon wrapped shrimp tacos, mind you - but tacos nonetheless. I could honestly eat tacos every day, not just on Tuesday. Who’s with me on that?
I love shrimp tacos, but I can get behind grilled chicken tacos and of course the standard ground beef, but lately I’ve been eating a lot of al pastor street tacos at a place near my office. I’m here for all the tacos though: street tacos, fancy tacos, Chipotle tacos, and Taco Bell & Jack in the Box tacos. Granted the fast food tacos aren’t technically gluten free (Chipotle’s are), but when you order them late they make them fresh so they’re hot, and for the most part I don’t have any gluten-related issues. Still, I don’t do them very often. What’s your go-to taco?
Okay, I’m going to wrap up this Taco Tuesday post and think about where to go for lunch. Enjoy whatever dining you choose to do today!
Video of the day:
What about this taco? Would you try it? LOL!!
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Had those lovely tacos in Newcastle Wy