Taco Town tacos, for real: fifteen starchy fried things all rolled into one

These delightful gentlemen have attained the holy grail of sloppy-chef cooking: Saturday Night Live's Taco Town Taco: a taco in a taco in a gordita in a pizza in a blueberry pancake in batter, deep fried. Yes, you can buy these at every kebab shop in Glasgow, but it's a very good effort for Americans.

Pizza? Now that's what I call a taco! (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

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alisong76

Oh god, how horrible.
Church

@EH #9, Think of it as the poor man’s broadcast flag. “I touched it, I own it.”
TroofSeeker

We’ve been watching SNL since day one. Religiously. And yeah, they’ve had some casts that weren’t as good as others, but the deal is this: if you’re sleepy, it ain’t funny.
ill lich

Remember how the original 1970′s SNL had a fake commercial for a “5 blade safety razor”, and that finally came true in late 1990′s?

I’m scared.
Kickass McGrass

I’ve been watching SNL since birth, and I’ll admit right now the cast isn’t as good as it usually is, but I hate when people say it hasn’t been good since the 70′s. Just because they were the original cast doesn’t mean they were the best. I think it was best in the late the late 90′s and very early 21st century. With cast members such as Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Chris Kataan, that era.

But new topic, I hate when people have that way of thinking. “Gone With the Wind is the greatest movie of all time. It was the first with color.” Who cares, it sucks. I am a movie lover, but that movie sucks. The acting back then was horrible. “Superman is the best super hero, he was one of the first ones.” I dont care if he was, I hate Superman, I think he’s boring. A hero who cant be stopped? How boring, whats the point of watching. Times have changed, we want our hero’s to have flaws, and we love the feeling of “oh my god, how will he/she do it??”

But sorry for ranting off topic. Funny video, and cool picture.
Kickass McGrass

I hate when people say SNL has sucked since the 70′s. People who say that are just mad that its a different cast. Just because they were the first cast doesn’t mean they were the best one. I think the best cast was the Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Cheri Oteri (late 90′s, early 21st century) era. The same goes for movies. “Gone With the Wind is the greatest movie of all time. It was the first movie with full color so it has to be respected.” No it doesn’t. I am a movie lover, and I have to say that Gone With the Wind is overrated garbage. The acting in it is some of the worst I’ve seen in a theatrical movie. “Superman is the greatest super hero because he is one of the first ones, any superhero fan has to like him.” No, I hate Superman. A man that cant be stopped? How boring, whats the point of reading/watching. Times have changed, I want my heroes to have flaws, to lose sometimes, I want that feeling of “oh my god, how will he/she do it??”

Anyway, sorry for ranting off topic. Funny video, cool picture.
zuzu

I think it was best in the late the late 90′s and very early 21st century. With cast members such as Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Chris Kataan, that era.

I think that was the beginning of the end… burnout comedy.

The fried gold was Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, Kevin Nealon, Mike Meyers, Norm MacDonald, Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Chris Rock.
arlopickens

I got five pimples just looking at those pictures
Kickass McGrass

I forgot all about that cast, actually thats my favorite or at least tied for it. I’d say the burn out was right after the cast members I listed all left.

And sorry for posting twice. I didn’t see it posted after I posted the first time and dont know how to delete it.
pinch

Heeeyyyy, where’s the tote bag with vegetarian chili?
Editz

Don’t forget to check this out:

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
Latente

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
Anonymous

One Word: SAD!
cynicaldrunk

If you ever find yourself in the American west or in the western provinces of Mother Canada, make sure you don’t order deep fried Rocky Mountain Oysters unless you’re sober enough to realize you’re eating Bull testicles, not that I would know. Actually, they don’t taste bad, but could literally be a mouth-full to the uninitiated. Yeah.
Narual

maybe they should add that to a haggis before dipping in batter and deep frying.

Or maybe they did. No sound here. :)
schmod

@8: The deep fried mars bar is hardly specific to Glasgow! According to Wikipedia, it’s most likely an Aberdonian creation.

In any event, any self-respecting chippie in Scotland should be able to make one for you.
djn

@8:
Deep-frying a mars bar is said to be a test of the frier’s skill, since it’s quite hard to get the batter and finish good enough to keep the chocolate from spilling out and ruining the oil.
apoxia

It looks like it has already been eaten.
nosehat

That’s amazingly disgusting.
cynicaldrunk

Curiously, what would you estimate the caloric intake from this? 30-40,000 calories?
urederra

That reminds me of a Lasagna I ordered in an well respected italian restaurant in Minnesota. It was a layer of pasta, a big scoop of spiced minced meat, another layer of pasta covering it and shredded oven cooked cheese over it. Taste was OK, but that wasn’t a properly made Lasagna, it is a lazy and sloppy done dish barely resembling a Lasagna.

Frankly, I was very disappointed. All lasagnas I have eaten in Europe were much better.
airship

I’ve been wanting to kill myself for quite awhile now, but couldn’t decide on the right method that would perfectly fit my personality. Thank you for helping me out.

“Taco Town Taco, please!”
Anonymous

check out thisiswhyyourefat.com
Modusoperandi

Amusingly, after eating it that’s what your heart looks like. Still, it makes me hungry.
Atomic Tony Tiki

“you can buy these at every kebab shop in Glasgow” aye but they come with cheese on top and chips as well.
fnc

FACT : It would have been even better if it had incorporated bacon.
IWood

Bacon is over. ‘Sall about the poutine, now.
greensteam

#5 – Er, no. No fastfoodery in Glasgow could stay in business including anything as healthy as fruit (blaeberry thingy) or guacamole in their offerings. I would suggest the last pre-batter layer could perhaps be an ultralarge potato scone pasted with melted Mars Bar.

PS my local chippie wont do Glasgow’s signature dish – deep fried mars bars – nor banana fritters cos he says it ruins the oil.
EH

wtf is up with “dickson video” watermarking an SNL commercial?
IPFREELY

10# its the bag full o chili, all the leaky stuff is inside the blueberry pancake/za.
zuzu

Curiously, what would you estimate the caloric intake from this? 30-40,000 calories?

If only I could eat one of these things, and then not have to eat again for two weeks.
Like a crocodile.

Science, make that happen for me! :)
retchdog

It doesn’t look all that disgusting until the last photograph of the food (the one used in the bb posting).

Even there, it’s mostly because of the unsavoury pool of … stuff… it is leaking; and the grease-soaked table strewn with paper towels and bits.

If it were presented better, I’d happily take a slice (probably about 500 calories worth).
retchdog

Also, they cheaped out. I don’t see any gruyere cheese (maybe they didn’t realize it’s just “swiss cheese”) or portabello mushrooms on the crÃªpe layer, and it doesn’t look like merguez to me: more like standard kielbasa. Finally: no corn husk or pico de gallo.

Final grade: C-. Please correct and resubmit.
retchdog

Oops, my bad. It’s emmenthaler, not gruyere, which is called “swiss” cheese in the U.S. Sorry.
Ito Kagehisa

Gruyere is a swiss cheese, not just “swiss cheese”. Delicious, one of the best swiss cheeses if you ask me. No holes, though. If it has holes it’s french or american gruyere. If it’s french it probably tastes good but smells like feet.
robulus

5 Blade Razor, heh heh heh. For some reason, that made me think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSlRyQfho4
Falcon_Seven

Looks like fried Cthulhu.
pushmonk

I know these guys. Some of them were even roommates of mine for a short while, in what we called “the punk rock house”. Right after this occurred, I saw that post. I was completely not surprised this happened. If you knew them, you’d understand. I love that several years after the event, it’s getting all this internets love.

I do believe two of them have their masters. Love those guys.
zuzu

SNL still sucks, ever since the “bad boys” left around 1996. It’s bad like SNL in the 1980s (after the original 1970s crew left).

This joke was already done awhile ago, with hamburger toppings instead of a taco… a pound of beef patties, bacon, cheese, then fried onion rings, more bacon, four mini-hamburgers, etc. etc.