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        i’m not gonna vouch for authenticity but mexican and texmex is pretty standard fare in pretty much any medium sized town (in Germany)

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          In Norway, taco is consumed every single Friday by pretty much everyone. We’re crazy about it. I eat it all the time.

          It’s almost impossible to find good Mexican food though. Rumour has it a good shop has popped up in Oslo recently.

          Our “taco” is a bastardization of tex-mex, which arrived in Norway in the 1980s and has lived a life of its own since. It is delicious, but calling it Mexican would be more than generous.

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            oh i know about the scandinavification of texmex.
            my fave is my partner’s “tacopaj”. Absurd and absurdly delicious.

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              Holy shit - it seems like the Swedes are getting the upper hand! I have never heard of this monstrosity before. I am in awe.

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          As an American, I like White People Tacos, and I’m not ashamed of it. I’ve had proper tacos, too, and they are amazing, but it’s a lot easier to do White People Taco Night.

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          I’m going to say that’s not true for Germany, at least not in the north.

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      Not really many mexican immigrants here so mexican food isn’t that big either. mexican food here is something you do at home for weekdays and it is often wheat tortillas with ground beef spiced with a ready made spice packet, salsa from a jar, perhaps also fake quacamole from a jar, cheese, french cream or often a local similar lower fat diary product i don’t know the name of in english, onion tomato and lettuce, sometimes also ketchup. Living in finland in my city there are taco bells(never tried and never will) and like 1 decent mexican restaurant(not authentic mexican but still actually good)

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        Taco Bell is definitely not real Mexican food! That’s why I specified “fake” lol

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          Even in more traditional Mexican restaurants in the US where the staff obviously grew up in Mexico, if you ask right (in Spanish!) the staff will admit they don’t eat there because it isn’t authentic.

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      That’s why they had to re-film the taco Bell scene in demolition man for the European release