I worked for Taco Bell in the 70’s, and we cooked fresh beef with a seasoning pouch in big pans. The beans were hand sorted and cooked each morning in big pressure cookers. I think now it all is shipped in from an undisclosed location in plastic bags 😂
They also used to put more than a single tablespoon of beef in a taco. I stopped going because of the shitty effort in the food usually. I think they are family owned places trying to be cheap asf.
When I was a 1970's kid, I really liked the Enchirito. That was back when they were served in a foil tray. Taco Bell even put sliced olives along the top of the Enchirito.
When I worked at Taco Bell in the 90s, the beef was in the bags like in this video, and frozen. You had to plop them in big pots of hot water to "reanimate" them. Beans were dried flakes you added hot water to. Only the vegetables were fresh.
I worked at Taco Bell in the 70s I was in my twenties. We would prepare the ground beef in big skillets and it was real ground beef we would add the Taco Bell spices to it. We would make the refried beans from scratch. We used big pressure cookers. Then we would blend the beans with big blenders and add the spices to the beans then we would put them in great big tubs and put them in the refrigerator overnight the next day we would serve the refried beans. That is when Taco Bell was really good. With good wholesome ingredients.
it was really good . they peaked out in the eally 80s when they served the taco light . that thing was so GD GOOD !! remember the bell beefer ? lol what a mistake . it was the meat on a bun . i remember pintos and cheese , oh man that was so good . i was a bean burrito guy . till they ruined that in 1995 . they were 59 cents tho , and man where they heavan . i used to eat there a lot . it was the best . i am unable to go since the laST TIME WE WENT A MANAGER CAME RUNNING OUT TO OUR CAR CURSING AND SCREAMING AT US . for real , she cursed us out , every which was since sunday , kicked us out of the parking lot . we had just pulled in . i will never go again , after that . i dont feel safe .
I admire Taco Bell's business model. Creating an entire menu based on the same handful of ingredients. Doesn't really matter what you order, it all tastes the same anyway.👍
That rapidly became my problem eating at taco bell for months. Eventually I got sick of meat bean slop. I love it don't get me wrong but like, if I want just taco bell meat on a Doritos locos taco those things are crazy expensive.
I worked there back in the early 90s when they used ground beef. We could make our own food on lunch break. Monster tacos, monster Mexican pizza, monster burritos. I ate the profits when I worked there.
I actually love taco bell more than most fast foods. Baja blast, decent prices, great tasting junk food, and for some reason doesn’t affect my stomach as bad as subway or Pizza Hut.
My brother worked at TB decades ago, he said they "made" their refried beans from powder and water, mixed in a big tub with a canoe type paddle. I doubted it, but now I think I believe it...
No matter what, Taco Bell satisfies. We all know that sudden craving for some of those tacos. I also order beef burritos and though rarely on the menu, they make them for me. I also make it at home. The secret is putting the fried ground beef, cooked with onions, into the food processor and cutting it up really fine until you get those crumbles. Then return it to the pan and add some water and taco seasoning and simmer until a good consistency, at least 15 minutes. I fry up corn tortillas and make beef tostadas. Primo!
I used to work for Taco Bell and done so for like 8 year this was before they had a breakfast menu. During the time I worked for them the three kinds of meat which is Beef, Chicken, Steak came in bags. Which was then placed in a machine which held hot water for the desired time to be heated up. As for the refried beans they came dehydrated in bag and kept on a shelf in the back. When more refried beans was needed we just opened a bag and put it in a pan and added the correct amount of very hot water. At which point we placed a time on the pan and after like an hour the refried beans was ready to be used. The 100% truth is when Taco Bell first opened up in the morning to serve lunch and you ordered food. You are in fact was eating Beef, Chicken, Steak and refried beans from the night shift after the store closed. So if you want fresh it's best to wait for least an hour before going there to get food. I can't comment about their breakfast menu since they did not have one when I worked for them.
Same as many chain restaurants. At a dickys bbq I saw them bringing out big premade frozen bags of things like macaroni & cheese and dropping them in the hot water boilers. 20 minutes later it's ready to serve. Probably same at Applebee's or Olive Garden as well.
Yeap, same here. Worked there in high school. All the meats would go in the big water bath appliance for like 40 minutes i believe. The steak and chicken were like 15 or 20 i think.
I ate there one time. I bit into taco. I did sadly swallow!!! Ugg. I didn't want to be impolite by spitting it out. The filling seems like some sort of grossly processed meat fibers. Jamais!
I am going to be %100 honest here. That last time I ate at Taco Bell, last Thursday, I woke up to a nasty surprise early Friday morning like 1 am. Yes, I had the runs, luckily only a little seeped out while I was sleeping and made it to the toilet before the floodgates let go. I spent the next 24 hours dumping my guts out. It was horrible. I got no sleep, I HAD to go to work in this condition, I couldn't afford not to go as I was the covering shift leader that day. Years before I had gotten violently ill from a bad chicken quesadilla and swore off Taco Bell for a long time. I decided to try again as I heard their quality had improved. I went a few times and was ok. Then I got sick last week with the worst smelling diarrhea since the last time I got sick there. Lesson learned, I am Fucking Done with Taco Bell. Nasty rumor, NO. Nasty butt juice, YES. DONE.
when I worked there, they would save the leftover meat at the end of each night, call it RE-COOK, and then add it all to the chili next morning, and it looked like dog-food, but sometimes there would be an over-abundance of it, which would make the chili really scary during lunch-time.
I worked at TB about 4-5 yrs ago as an assistant manager. The only thing made fresh was the pico. Beans, meat Cheese, lettuce and everything else came in bulk bags
My wife and I haven't eaten taco hell or smackand in almost 20 years. After finding out what the food is made of. Haven't missed it we eat real burgers and tacos.
Honestly the prices nowadays for such poor quality food is crazy. You can literally buy a decent cut of steak & a side at the store for the same price as a fast food meal
I am just so happy to have found this video. Just to confirm I wasn't crazy. That stupid taco bell seasoning tasted exactly like Ortega. Tried it because I actually like taco bell filling. Complained about it. People at work were like "Just buy taco bell seasoning" You think I didn't try that? That is Ortega with a brand name. I am intrigued at the idea of making this, however at the same time all those preservatives have no use other than making taco bell filling and that's a lot of stuff to buy just to make my own taco bell...
I haven’t had the Bell in eight or nine years. I still remember getting food poisoning from the two bean burritos of 96’. I cook a majority of our meals now. You know exactly what the ingredients are and how they’ve been prepared.Far superior IMO.More people need to learn this essential skill and ditch relying on fast food.
Some of us unfortunately don’t have the time to cook and fast food is the most logical solution for us. Well, I at least try to get the healthier items in fast foods like salads and grilled chicken meals.
Yeah, I'm not cooking. Cooking is for those who have a stay at home lover, I work 8+ hours with an hour trip there and an hour trip back home and I just don't have the energy to cook. So fast food and packaged foods work best for me. Only time I cook is on my days off.
More people need to learn to cook, for sure. But our health (long-term) is the trade off for most of what we can eat conveniently. Companies are allowed to poison us, just as long as they use amounts that are less than %1 (which they can count as zero), and if the company is big enough (like Coca-cola) they can pay for studies that say sugar isn’t bad as fat. We now know it’s worse.
I worked at TB in Iowa City, IA back in the 90's and the meat came in cardboard cases that said "Grade D". It was already precooked inside plastic bags. We would put the bags in hot water to heat them up then pour it into the metal bins for serving.
Thank you for making my day 😊 My youngest son and wife asked if we could have Taco Bell (I usually say no) because today is Memorial Day, and Costco is closed, but I would bet Costco food is just as bad 😢 What is the point of adding these equally expensive additives? Is it too dumb down an already intellectually diminished society? 😮
In 1983, I was a College student and worked at Taco Bell (the original location) in Lancaster, California on 10 st west and Ave I...in front of Chief Auto. I was the fryer/cook behind the counter. The beef used back then was only the front quarter due to the fact that it contained less bacteria. That used to be factory standard.
Now make it the way they did back in the 70's, when I was a kid and their restaurants looked like mini missions with real bells (that didn't work) that looked cool and that giant plastic goofy looking bell/serape thing (never understood what the hell that was).
@Barbermeister I know. I miss stated what I meant. I always saw it was a sombrero and there is a serape...some very traditional stereotype icons of Mexican culture.....but what the hell is it on? A bell? Why? Makes no sense. It goes with the name. But what is a taco bell? lol. completely bizarre made up stuff from traditional gringos. It's worse than the Chebacca defense. It makes not sense, therefore, you have to reject it. lol. I'm Chicano myself and grew up in L.A. County and we ate rice and beans almost every day but we all still liked their tacos. Even though it's not really Mexican food, it's "Mexican inspired" and was super cheap and tasty enough. Goofy name. Goofy image. But at one point was good enough to stop by and pick up half a dozen "tacos".
This was uploaded 10 days ago???!!!! The vibes from these content creators is like late 90’s Nickelodian science shows for kids. Even the Quality of the recording seems dated like 10 years. 😭 great work, though! #subscribed
When I was a kid used to love Taco Bell! When I turned 16 I got a job there. In the two weeks I was there I seen how the food was made and reused even for the next day, coming out of pre made bags just the same way you see here, then stirring in leftovers from the previous day saved at closing time. After I had seen all of it and what it was. I was so grossed out I quit the job and made a run for the border. I never looked back. I am 55 this July that just passed. I have not eaten Taco Bell since then. I never will again. Ive lived pretty well so far in life and probably because I have not eaten crap like this that most Americans eat. I make all my own food and I hardly eat out at all anywhere. I think its been probably 7 year since I ate at a Red Lobster for coconut shrimp. Before that, I cannot recall that last time a t a restaurant. I have had Mc Donalds coffee though. Even then, thats been over a year now. What can I say, I like eating healthier and knowing what's going into my food that I also grow. My own home grow garlic, unions, turmeric, peppers, lettuce tomato, spinach, broccoli, nearly all types of berries you find in stores. So much better tasting too! But berries do not last long fresh so I freeze and dehydrate them when I get too much. But Taco Bell? Yuck!
Thank you for showing us this. This is something that we plan to do at home, because we need to have taco meat ready to go in a very quick fashion. Glad you researched & figured it out.
My First real Corporate Job was Taco Bueno at 17 years old. We would have War's with the Taco Bell Employees next door to us! People would look at our store's and see the remains of SERVERAL Thrown or Broken Taco's LITERING the STREET'S on the Roof and Burrito's Haphazardly SMASH against the side's of BUILDING'S! We used Sasala and Hot Sauces Packet's as LANDMINES, Boy it was BRUTAL What we did to each other and the Community! Taco War's are the Worst War's! SHELL 0op's I mean HELL on EARTH!
*I had TB once in many years. I didn't get diarrhea. But I thought I was having an Appendicitis. I went to the hospital. I had to sit in pain for 3 days.*
I have seen the TB meat packets 20 years ago, the meat is speckled with white bits of cartilage, perhaps 20 percent or more. Eating cartilage is not a bad thing, some people buy collagen peptides to get the benefits of joint health.
"Thank you for choosing Taco Bell, would you like to try any of our Border Select Combos today!?" 🌮🥤 Lol.. omg its been yrs & i still remember that line at the drive thru. Lol... 😂
Did a year in a modern bell, was told by a our District Manager "It is 70% Meat and 30% oat and other crap I don't eat." There was a big internal drama around that time about using imported meat that may have not just been cow. I hate the fast food industry.
I walked into a Taco Bell twenty years ago and looking up at the picture on the wall said I would like 3 of those, when I got to my table and opened the bag there were 3 of these shriveled-up-looking things that in no way resembled the photos on the wall, I thought they had made a mistake and took them back to the counter where they assured me they were indeed tacos when I held one up to compare it to the photo and said I ordered 3 of those they actually chuckled. I got my money back and never looked back!
Smart. I got food poisoning from that disgusting place 15 years ago. People don't realize the poison they eat that these fast food place use. Some ingredients aren't even fit for human consumption.
I used to live in Jacksonville Florida doing electrical work I worked for a scumbag that had a Taco Bell contract to fix their electrical problems. As I'm standing in front of an electrical panel one day taking the cover off I look to my right and I see a box it said grade E beef. I haven't eaten any beef tacos from Taco Bell in over 20 years.
Taco Bell offers good food at cheap reasonable prices. Most all of Taco Bell products contain some level of soy derivatives. Sodium phosphates are used to regulate the acidity levels of the meat, however it also has laxative qualities.
That "good food" has nearly killed many people from food poisining. Myself inlcuded. I guess you haven't seen the vids where a lot of their stores use expired products; months expired, even the meat. Like many other fast food places, I wouldn't be surprised if they used wood pulp, either.
I worked at Taco Bell for 5 yrs., and I put the truck away and cooked, and as I recall, of course this was late 90's early 2000's, on the cardboard box those pouches of meat came in, it said Grade F which is slightly better than Dog Food.
1:58 "It tastes like pee" Angry and confused dad noises "AND HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW THAT YOUNG LADY!!! GO TO YOUR ROOM AND PRAY TO JEEEESUS!" (trips over the footrest and spills his coffee).
Back in the 80's when i was a teenager and worked at taco hell i used to cook a fifty pound block of ground beef each day as part of my prep work, they used to use fresh everything, those days are long gone, we will not eat at taco hell ever, nowadays our go to place is Taco Tico, much better all the way around 😊
The Taco Bell seasoning packet is made by Kraft-Heinz…. Taco Bell just puts their name on it. It’s not the seasoning Taco Bell uses. Very entertaining video! How did you ever figure out which proportions of ingredients to use?!
Now...... do a Taco Bell Steak RECIPE REVEALED. I know exactly what it is, and no, it is NOT Sirloin. It's funny how everybody loves Taco Bell's steak, yet have no idea what it is nor care to question about it. Also, Taco Bell's steak today is not their Asada steak that they had in 2001-2003....
No NO Wrong Guys, Grab the Taco Bell "Fajita " seasoning packets.. use 2 per poun d of beef.. and get back to me.. i used to cook this in the 80's and it was a wet paste put on raw meat and stirred vigorously.. yep made some yesterday
I went to the Philippines for 90 days, devoid of the preservatives found in our American food, I went from 230 pounds down to 175 pounds in two months. I ate every day, pork, fish, chicken, veggies etc. But no preservatives. If we could get the preservatives out of our food, we could save thousands of lives a year. Currently I am ten years older and way about 229 pounds. Would love to make the trip again.
Sorry but coco powder is used for other reasons than just darkening. It's a not so secret ingredient in many recipes that use chilli powder, various peppers or paprika. Just letting you know.
When a taco bell taco gets cold, it's dead. What's worse is you can taste that dog food taste when it cools. Also, a coworker of mine used to work at taco bell and said the meat filling could take the shine off a penny because of the acidity.
I had a friend that worked there, liked to spit and drool in the bean mix and stick his own meat in it. I’ll get censored if I tell you what he did to the meat. Never ate there again.
I'll stick with my own mix at home, 3lb roll of ground beef, 2-15oz cans re-fried beans & 6 packs of store brand seasoning. 1 pack for each lb beef and 1 for each can beans. Been using that mix for 25 yrs without complaints.
I stopped eating out over twenty years ago. I have been eating at home ever since. I make food for my wife and I and friends. Back in the 60’s and 70’s, I ate at Taco Bell at lunch time and evening. It was very good. I looked forward to it. Twenty five years ago was the last time. From 1976 until that last time, I had not been to Taco Bell. The last time experience showed me how It had changed drastically. It was no longer good. The quality was no longer there, and was clearly self evident. Too bad. In its hey day, it was in my opinion, fabulous. Greedy grubs removed the quality, and replaced it with all bad ingredients for money. I am amazed that people eat that garbage.
I hadn't had any fast food for about 2 years, and I recently ate at Taco Bell. I had painful cramps and nearly black colored diarrhea for 24 hours, then felt fine the next day. Never again.
It's been well established that meat in the fast food business is easier to both season and ship to the restaurants in liquified form. It happens in almost all of the major brands it's no secret at this point.
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You mean, you've never heard about the ester of wood Rosen, Sous video with Meat In a bag at low temperature, delicious, a minimum number of cows where hurt for your benefit and their profit. If the world collapses, one of the only restaurants they expect to survive is Taco Bell, you will still love it!
I worked in a meat plant that made taco bell meat and pizza hut. Taco bell was top notch stuff compared to pizza hut. That had no meat at all in it. If you want to eat good stay home and cook from scratch.
I literally haven't had anything from Taco Bell with meat in it for over 23 years. Last time I did I threw up. No Taco Bell meat since then and haven't thrown up once since then. Low key, I consider this a proud achievement of mine. Screw Taco Bell.
I never understood the whole "taco bell gives you the craps" or the whole "coffee makes you poop". I have never in my life had any issue with either. I can literally eat 20 Taco Bell tacos and have no issues with the craps. I can smother each one in hot sauce, still no issue. I can drink an entire pot of coffee in an hour, no issues. So, like, what's the deal? Am I in possession of some super digestive system (doubt it)? Is my hot sauce addiction related (doubt it, but yeah, I put hot sauce on almost everything)?
I worked for Taco Bell in the 70’s, and we cooked fresh beef with a seasoning pouch in big pans. The beans were hand sorted and cooked each morning in big pressure cookers. I think now it all is shipped in from an undisclosed location in plastic bags 😂
Wish they still made things the 70's way, it had to be way better.
They also used to put more than a single tablespoon of beef in a taco. I stopped going because of the shitty effort in the food usually. I think they are family owned places trying to be cheap asf.
When I was a 1970's kid, I really liked the Enchirito. That was back when they were served in a foil tray. Taco Bell even put sliced olives along the top of the Enchirito.
@@chairman-jenkem-yogurt Yes, those were the best!
When I worked at Taco Bell in the 90s, the beef was in the bags like in this video, and frozen. You had to plop them in big pots of hot water to "reanimate" them. Beans were dried flakes you added hot water to. Only the vegetables were fresh.
I worked at Taco Bell in the 70s I was in my twenties. We would prepare the ground beef in big skillets and it was real ground beef we would add the Taco Bell spices to it. We would make the refried beans from scratch. We used big pressure cookers. Then we would blend the beans with big blenders and add the spices to the beans then we would put them in great big tubs and put them in the refrigerator overnight the next day we would serve the refried beans. That is when Taco Bell was really good. With good wholesome ingredients.
it was really good . they peaked out in the eally 80s when they served the taco light . that thing was so GD GOOD !! remember the bell beefer ? lol what a mistake . it was the meat on a bun . i remember pintos and cheese , oh man that was so good . i was a bean burrito guy . till they ruined that in 1995 . they were 59 cents tho , and man where they heavan . i used to eat there a lot . it was the best . i am unable to go since the laST TIME WE WENT A MANAGER CAME RUNNING OUT TO OUR CAR CURSING AND SCREAMING AT US . for real , she cursed us out , every which was since sunday , kicked us out of the parking lot . we had just pulled in . i will never go again , after that . i dont feel safe .
I admire Taco Bell's business model. Creating an entire menu based on the same handful of ingredients. Doesn't really matter what you order, it all tastes the same anyway.👍
Good point
True.
That rapidly became my problem eating at taco bell for months. Eventually I got sick of meat bean slop. I love it don't get me wrong but like, if I want just taco bell meat on a Doritos locos taco those things are crazy expensive.
And whether it tastes like the greatest thing in the world or it tastes like mud depends on one thing: How hungry are you?
Kinda but nothing comes close to a chalupa in my book….
I immediately went and got tacobell after watching this. It was delicious
Then please don't watch any videos showing people jumping off bridges.
I worked there back in the early 90s when they used ground beef. We could make our own food on lunch break. Monster tacos, monster Mexican pizza, monster burritos. I ate the profits when I worked there.
I actually love taco bell more than most fast foods. Baja blast, decent prices, great tasting junk food, and for some reason doesn’t affect my stomach as bad as subway or Pizza Hut.
The more you love yourself, you won’t let these brands inside your stomach.
Taco Bell be price gouging now. $5 for a Mexican pizza?
@@MaddoggMikeTV $35 for the 12 pack of Supreme soft tacos .....2 Mexican pizzas Supreme $15
Your exactly right.......way too expensive these days
Cheesy bean and rice burrito is delicious
“Decent prices” LoL
Ooh I hope more scientific breakdowns of fast food this was pretty entertaining
My brother worked at TB decades ago, he said they "made" their refried beans from powder and water, mixed in a big tub with a canoe type paddle. I doubted it, but now I think I believe it...
Yes dehydrated beans mixed with hot water stirred then ready to use within an hour
Beans you can dehydrate then just add water.
Yep.
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No matter what, Taco Bell satisfies. We all know that sudden craving for some of those tacos. I also order beef burritos and though rarely on the menu, they make them for me. I also make it at home. The secret is putting the fried ground beef, cooked with onions, into the food processor and cutting it up really fine until you get those crumbles. Then return it to the pan and add some water and taco seasoning and simmer until a good consistency, at least 15 minutes. I fry up corn tortillas and make beef tostadas. Primo!
It tastes like some chorizo is added to the beef as well.
I used to work for Taco Bell and done so for like 8 year this was before they had a breakfast menu. During the time I worked for them the three kinds of meat which is Beef, Chicken, Steak came in bags. Which was then placed in a machine which held hot water for the desired time to be heated up.
As for the refried beans they came dehydrated in bag and kept on a shelf in the back. When more refried beans was needed we just opened a bag and put it in a pan and added the correct amount of very hot water. At which point we placed a time on the pan and after like an hour the refried beans was ready to be used.
The 100% truth is when Taco Bell first opened up in the morning to serve lunch and you ordered food. You are in fact was eating Beef, Chicken, Steak and refried beans from the night shift after the store closed. So if you want fresh it's best to wait for least an hour before going there to get food.
I can't comment about their breakfast menu since they did not have one when I worked for them.
Very sanitary!
At my store we don’t use c/o till 10 or 11am like middle of a rush and we mix it with the fresh shit it’s like 3rd of fresh and rest c/o
Same as many chain restaurants. At a dickys bbq I saw them bringing out big premade frozen bags of things like macaroni & cheese and dropping them in the hot water boilers. 20 minutes later it's ready to serve. Probably same at Applebee's or Olive Garden as well.
I worked at Taco Bell as my first job and the way yall reheated that meat is exactly what we used to have to do haha
Yeap, same here. Worked there in high school. All the meats would go in the big water bath appliance for like 40 minutes i believe. The steak and chicken were like 15 or 20 i think.
I was about to say the same thing 😂
Did you re hydrate it in the package?
@@ipissed no, it was fully contained in its own thermal bag and goes in a hot water bath
I ate there one time. I bit into taco. I did sadly swallow!!! Ugg. I didn't want to be impolite by spitting it out. The filling seems like some sort of grossly processed meat fibers. Jamais!
Totally agree that the Taco Bell seasoning packet is exactly like Ortega
I love Ortega!!!
The taco meat at Bakers is ground beef and a whole lot of plain oats as filler dumped in the taco meat mix in the morning
I am going to be %100 honest here. That last time I ate at Taco Bell, last Thursday, I woke up to a nasty surprise early Friday morning like 1 am. Yes, I had the runs, luckily only a little seeped out while I was sleeping and made it to the toilet before the floodgates let go. I spent the next 24 hours dumping my guts out. It was horrible. I got no sleep, I HAD to go to work in this condition, I couldn't afford not to go as I was the covering shift leader that day. Years before I had gotten violently ill from a bad chicken quesadilla and swore off Taco Bell for a long time. I decided to try again as I heard their quality had improved. I went a few times and was ok. Then I got sick last week with the worst smelling diarrhea since the last time I got sick there. Lesson learned, I am Fucking Done with Taco Bell. Nasty rumor, NO. Nasty butt juice, YES. DONE.
I got food poisoning from an old chalupa fried bread. It was miserable and I had to go to the dr to cure the illness from the terrible illness.
Last time I had it I was wrecked for 2 weeks. No lie. No more for me
TMI yall. Hope you all are better.
I thought the same thing with the taco seasoning packets! I think they all taste pretty similar.
Its not a bad taste but its definitely not Taco Bell.
They all have cumin
when I worked there, they would save the leftover meat at the end of each night, call it RE-COOK, and then add it all to the chili next morning, and it looked like dog-food, but sometimes there would be an over-abundance of it, which would make the chili really scary during lunch-time.
Can you make “pink slime” like the burger places ?
I worked at TB about 4-5 yrs ago as an assistant manager. The only thing made fresh was the pico. Beans, meat Cheese, lettuce and everything else came in bulk bags
My wife and I haven't eaten taco hell or smackand in almost 20 years. After finding out what the food is made of. Haven't missed it we eat real burgers and tacos.
Honestly the prices nowadays for such poor quality food is crazy. You can literally buy a decent cut of steak & a side at the store for the same price as a fast food meal
I am just so happy to have found this video. Just to confirm I wasn't crazy. That stupid taco bell seasoning tasted exactly like Ortega. Tried it because I actually like taco bell filling. Complained about it. People at work were like "Just buy taco bell seasoning" You think I didn't try that? That is Ortega with a brand name. I am intrigued at the idea of making this, however at the same time all those preservatives have no use other than making taco bell filling and that's a lot of stuff to buy just to make my own taco bell...
I never fail to shit my pants after eating Taco Bell. Glad to know there is fiber included in there. Gotta go clean up now
Stop it with the tired bowel stuff no one asked for. If Taco Bell upsets your stomach it's because you're a wuss. Grow a pair for once.
I haven’t had the Bell in eight or nine years. I still remember getting food poisoning from the two bean burritos of 96’. I cook a majority of our meals now. You know exactly what the ingredients are and how they’ve been prepared.Far superior IMO.More people need to learn this essential skill and ditch relying on fast food.
Some of us unfortunately don’t have the time to cook and fast food is the most logical solution for us. Well, I at least try to get the healthier items in fast foods like salads and grilled chicken meals.
Yeah, I'm not cooking. Cooking is for those who have a stay at home lover, I work 8+ hours with an hour trip there and an hour trip back home and I just don't have the energy to cook. So fast food and packaged foods work best for me. Only time I cook is on my days off.
More people need to learn to cook, for sure. But our health (long-term) is the trade off for most of what we can eat conveniently. Companies are allowed to poison us, just as long as they use amounts that are less than %1 (which they can count as zero), and if the company is big enough (like Coca-cola) they can pay for studies that say sugar isn’t bad as fat. We now know it’s worse.
And you know you washed your hands before touching your food, and if you don't at least you are doing it to yourself.
Food poisoning is all restaurant, taco trucks , hotdog venders etc just stupid people like to say it
Worked at taco bell from 2000 to 2003 meat was in boil in bag. Beans were powdered. Chicken and steak also boil in bag.
When will you be loading the recipe details onto your website?
I worked at TB in Iowa City, IA back in the 90's and the meat came in cardboard cases that said "Grade D". It was already precooked inside plastic bags. We would put the bags in hot water to heat them up then pour it into the metal bins for serving.
My friend worked there and told me the same. It was grade d beef. Never ate there again after that.
Thank you for making my day 😊
My youngest son and wife asked if we could have Taco Bell (I usually say no) because today is Memorial Day, and Costco is closed, but I would bet Costco food is just as bad 😢
What is the point of adding these equally expensive additives? Is it too dumb down an already intellectually diminished society? 😮
yes they wants us dumb and fat the people that own these low quality fast food chains don't even eat it because it's below food grade
In 1983, I was a College student and worked at Taco Bell (the original location) in Lancaster, California on 10 st west and Ave I...in front of Chief Auto. I was the fryer/cook behind the counter. The beef used back then was only the front quarter due to the fact that it contained less bacteria. That used to be factory standard.
Now make it the way they did back in the 70's, when I was a kid and their restaurants looked like mini missions with real bells (that didn't work) that looked cool and that giant plastic goofy looking bell/serape thing (never understood what the hell that was).
@Barbermeister I know. I miss stated what I meant. I always saw it was a sombrero and there is a serape...some very traditional stereotype icons of Mexican culture.....but what the hell is it on? A bell? Why? Makes no sense. It goes with the name. But what is a taco bell? lol. completely bizarre made up stuff from traditional gringos. It's worse than the Chebacca defense. It makes not sense, therefore, you have to reject it. lol. I'm Chicano myself and grew up in L.A. County and we ate rice and beans almost every day but we all still liked their tacos. Even though it's not really Mexican food, it's "Mexican inspired" and was super cheap and tasty enough. Goofy name. Goofy image. But at one point was good enough to stop by and pick up half a dozen "tacos".
You can't have a Taco Bell taco without the dolphin flippers! 🐬🌮 Farm raised for course! 😉
This was uploaded 10 days ago???!!!! The vibes from these content creators is like late 90’s Nickelodian science shows for kids. Even the Quality of the recording seems dated like 10 years. 😭 great work, though! #subscribed
When I was a kid used to love Taco Bell! When I turned 16 I got a job there. In the two weeks I was there I seen how the food was made and reused even for the next day, coming out of pre made bags just the same way you see here, then stirring in leftovers from the previous day saved at closing time. After I had seen all of it and what it was. I was so grossed out I quit the job and made a run for the border. I never looked back. I am 55 this July that just passed. I have not eaten Taco Bell since then. I never will again. Ive lived pretty well so far in life and probably because I have not eaten crap like this that most Americans eat. I make all my own food and I hardly eat out at all anywhere. I think its been probably 7 year since I ate at a Red Lobster for coconut shrimp. Before that, I cannot recall that last time a t a restaurant. I have had Mc Donalds coffee though. Even then, thats been over a year now. What can I say, I like eating healthier and knowing what's going into my food that I also grow. My own home grow garlic, unions, turmeric, peppers, lettuce tomato, spinach, broccoli, nearly all types of berries you find in stores. So much better tasting too! But berries do not last long fresh so I freeze and dehydrate them when I get too much. But Taco Bell? Yuck!
NOW I WANT TACOS!
I'm watching this while eating Taco Bell and I'm actually getting hungrier.
Tbh I'm craving taco bell now
Thank you for showing us this. This is something that we plan to do at home, because we need to have taco meat ready to go in a very quick fashion. Glad you researched & figured it out.
Damn now I'm craving some Taco Bell
My First real Corporate Job was Taco Bueno at 17 years old. We would have War's with the Taco Bell Employees next door to us! People would look at our store's and see the remains of SERVERAL Thrown or Broken Taco's LITERING the STREET'S on the Roof and Burrito's Haphazardly SMASH against the side's of BUILDING'S! We used Sasala and Hot Sauces Packet's as LANDMINES, Boy it was BRUTAL What we did to each other and the Community! Taco War's are the Worst War's! SHELL 0op's I mean HELL on EARTH!
People will still eat taco Bell no matter what they have there loyal fans
*I had TB once in many years. I didn't get diarrhea. But I thought I was having an Appendicitis. I went to the hospital. I had to sit in pain for 3 days.*
I have seen the TB meat packets 20 years ago, the meat is speckled with white bits of cartilage, perhaps 20 percent or more. Eating cartilage is not a bad thing, some people buy collagen peptides to get the benefits of joint health.
Wow! I am amazed that you guys were able to wait that long to serve the meat! Kudos.
"Thank you for choosing Taco Bell, would you like to try any of our Border Select Combos today!?" 🌮🥤 Lol.. omg its been yrs & i still remember that line at the drive thru. Lol... 😂
Did a year in a modern bell, was told by a our District Manager "It is 70% Meat and 30% oat and other crap I don't eat." There was a big internal drama around that time about using imported meat that may have not just been cow. I hate the fast food industry.
I walked into a Taco Bell twenty years ago and looking up at the picture on the wall said I would like 3 of those, when I got to my table and opened the bag there were 3 of these shriveled-up-looking things that in no way resembled the photos on the wall, I thought they had made a mistake and took them back to the counter where they assured me they were indeed tacos when I held one up to compare it to the photo and said I ordered 3 of those they actually chuckled. I got my money back and never looked back!
Smart. I got food poisoning from that disgusting place 15 years ago. People don't realize the poison they eat that these fast food place use. Some ingredients aren't even fit for human consumption.
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I used to live in Jacksonville Florida doing electrical work I worked for a scumbag that had a Taco Bell contract to fix their electrical problems. As I'm standing in front of an electrical panel one day taking the cover off I look to my right and I see a box it said grade E beef. I haven't eaten any beef tacos from Taco Bell in over 20 years.
Haven't eaten at taco bell for years...Glad I saw this. I'll make my own tacos that don't look like a dog had a colon blast
Taco Bell offers good food at cheap reasonable prices. Most all of Taco Bell products contain some level of soy derivatives. Sodium phosphates are used to regulate the acidity levels of the meat, however it also has laxative qualities.
That "good food" has nearly killed many people from food poisining. Myself inlcuded. I guess you haven't seen the vids where a lot of their stores use expired products; months expired, even the meat. Like many other fast food places, I wouldn't be surprised if they used wood pulp, either.
I worked at Taco Bell for 5 yrs., and I put the truck away and cooked, and as I recall, of course this was late 90's early 2000's, on the cardboard box those pouches of meat came in, it said Grade F which is slightly better than Dog Food.
1:58 "It tastes like pee" Angry and confused dad noises "AND HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW THAT YOUNG LADY!!! GO TO YOUR ROOM AND PRAY TO JEEEESUS!" (trips over the footrest and spills his coffee).
Back in the 80's when i was a teenager and worked at taco hell i used to cook a fifty pound block of ground beef each day as part of my prep work, they used to use fresh everything, those days are long gone, we will not eat at taco hell ever, nowadays our go to place is Taco Tico, much better all the way around 😊
Remember people, when ordering from any fast food chain you are not buying food. You are buying a product.
The Taco Bell seasoning packet is made by Kraft-Heinz…. Taco Bell just puts their name on it. It’s not the seasoning Taco Bell uses. Very entertaining video! How did you ever figure out which proportions of ingredients to use?!
The guy's comment at 6:17: "I like my meat... like I like my men - ready to destroy these guts!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now...... do a Taco Bell Steak RECIPE REVEALED. I know exactly what it is, and no, it is NOT Sirloin. It's funny how everybody loves Taco Bell's steak, yet have no idea what it is nor care to question about it. Also, Taco Bell's steak today is not their Asada steak that they had in 2001-2003....
That asada steak was bangin'
@@looneybinjim Yeah, they had a 2001 version and also a 2003 revamp.
No NO Wrong Guys, Grab the Taco Bell "Fajita " seasoning packets.. use 2 per poun d of beef.. and get back to me.. i used to cook this in the 80's and it was a wet paste put on raw meat and stirred vigorously.. yep made some yesterday
The fact the taco bell is the ad for this video is priceless 😂😂
I went to the Philippines for 90 days, devoid of the preservatives found in our American food, I went from 230 pounds down to 175 pounds in two months. I ate every day, pork, fish, chicken, veggies etc. But no preservatives. If we could get the preservatives out of our food, we could save thousands of lives a year. Currently I am ten years older and way about 229 pounds. Would love to make the trip again.
OMG, that last line tho! 😂😂😂😂😂
I love taco bell meat. I'm probably going to try your recipe. Thanks for posting.
Taco bell dosent upset my stomic or give me reflux, gas or diarrea. Pretty gentle food there. Taste awesome. Diablo sauce is my fav.
The food is like this in almost every single restaurant now days...and probably has been for years. Cheaper, and keeps costs down.
Anyone been to the Taco Bell in Pacifica CA? It's literally the nicest TB in America because it's right on the beach. Most TB are in grimey locations.
I now live in South Africa and sure do miss my Taco's at Taco Bell......
'It tastes like pee' got me thinking
I don't eat fast food hardly at all anymore. I always wondered what that is they call meat on a Krystal burger?
A friend showed me a foil bag of ground cooked beef when he worked there. It was labeled grade D beef
The question remaining was did they have to use the bathroom badly after they had that “Taco Bell” meat
So bug cocoon shells? I can’t believe they ate that. How long do they keep the frozen meat at Taco Bell?
Sorry but coco powder is used for other reasons than just darkening. It's a not so secret ingredient in many recipes that use chilli powder, various peppers or paprika. Just letting you know.
When a taco bell taco gets cold, it's dead. What's worse is you can taste that dog food taste when it cools. Also, a coworker of mine used to work at taco bell and said the meat filling could take the shine off a penny because of the acidity.
Thanks for the info. Can’t do Taco Bell’s preservatives, and MSG
I had a friend that worked there, liked to spit and drool in the bean mix and stick his own meat in it. I’ll get censored if I tell you what he did to the meat. Never ate there again.
I'll stick with my own mix at home, 3lb roll of ground beef, 2-15oz cans re-fried beans & 6 packs of store brand seasoning. 1 pack for each lb beef and 1 for each can beans. Been using that mix for 25 yrs without complaints.
yeah so easy to make and soooo much better at home.
Seems like we all use to work there but yeah that’s exactly how you cook the meat and how the meat is
This is great. Your recipe on you site doesn't have salt or msg in the ingredients. How much of each do you put in? Thanks!
I stopped eating out over twenty years ago. I have been eating at home ever since. I make food for my wife and I and friends. Back in the 60’s and 70’s, I ate at Taco Bell at lunch time and evening. It was very good. I looked forward to it. Twenty five years ago was the last time. From 1976 until that last time, I had not been to Taco Bell. The last time experience showed me how It had changed drastically. It was no longer good. The quality was no longer there, and was clearly self evident. Too bad. In its hey day, it was in my opinion, fabulous. Greedy grubs removed the quality, and replaced it with all bad ingredients for money. I am amazed that people eat that garbage.
The tastiest laxative ever. If I ever get blocked or want a day off, I down the 12 pack before reaching the house. 3-6 hours later...BAMM!!!
Taco Bell 'meat' is, or used to be, processed at Birchwood Foods on the west side of Columbus, Ohio.
When I worked at taco bell, we cooked the meat and the beans. Early 80's!
I hadn't had any fast food for about 2 years, and I recently ate at Taco Bell. I had painful cramps and nearly black colored diarrhea for 24 hours, then felt fine the next day.
Never again.
I'm 100% honest 88% of the time, this is so real.
We finally got our 1st taco bell in folkestone, UK, this year. Not sure what I was expecting but very disappointed. Hardly any so called meat in it.
It's been well established that meat in the fast food business is easier to both season and ship to the restaurants in liquified form. It happens in almost all of the major brands it's no secret at this point.
🤣🤣🤣"..ready to destroy these guts"😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Do they really need 5 different preservatives for it?
I work at Taco Bell and it’s pretty spot on
You mean, you've never heard about the ester of wood Rosen, Sous video with Meat In a bag at low temperature, delicious, a minimum number of cows where hurt for your benefit and their profit. If the world collapses, one of the only restaurants they expect to survive is Taco Bell, you will still love it!
Forget the tacos. Those mens you have over, burritos with mystery meat! A yum!
As a Taco bell franchise were screwed you got our recipe.
The problem with Taco Bell is they usually don't wash the lettuce thoroughly that's why you get sick.
I worked in a meat plant that made taco bell meat and pizza hut. Taco bell was top notch stuff compared to pizza hut. That had no meat at all in it. If you want to eat good stay home and cook from scratch.
It looks like a colostomy bag 🤣 I haven't eaten taco bell in 25 years and I believe I have added at least 5 years to my life.
Nice Video Lol When Jp started to intro
I quit eating at Taco Bell years ago.
I literally haven't had anything from Taco Bell with meat in it for over 23 years. Last time I did I threw up. No Taco Bell meat since then and haven't thrown up once since then. Low key, I consider this a proud achievement of mine. Screw Taco Bell.
I never understood the whole "taco bell gives you the craps" or the whole "coffee makes you poop". I have never in my life had any issue with either. I can literally eat 20 Taco Bell tacos and have no issues with the craps. I can smother each one in hot sauce, still no issue. I can drink an entire pot of coffee in an hour, no issues. So, like, what's the deal? Am I in possession of some super digestive system (doubt it)? Is my hot sauce addiction related (doubt it, but yeah, I put hot sauce on almost everything)?
And we still eat it! Oh my gosh, I still do now and then
We stopped eating fast food a few years ago. This is true of almost all restaurants now - unidentifiable ingredients and things can't be pronounced 🤣