Kevin Downey, Jr. does some good work on PJmedia, and I’ve linked to him in many a LinkSwarm, but this time he has crossed the line!
Not a picture of Kevin Downey, Jr.
In an otherwise righteous roasting of Jill Biden’s “Latinex” pandering speech comparing Hispanics to breakfast tacos, Downey says that Jill Biden referred to Latinos “as a grotesque breakfast that most Latinos would never eat.”
WRONG!
Not only is this a vile calumny against The National Breakfast Food of Texas, saying that “most Latinos would never eat” them is factually incorrect. Downey states that he’s engaged to a Puerto Rican and “calls New York City home,” and this is no doubt what has led him astray. Only in New York and New Jersey is a Puerto Rican the default Latino. In 47 other states (Cubans in Florida being the other exception), Mexican-Americans make up the biggest Hispanic ethnicity, and as a rule, Mexican Americans love breakfast tacos.
Every TexMex joint in central Texas that serves breakfast serves breakfast tacos. They’re the dominant breakfast food on food trucks serving construction sites. They’re found all across the state, as far east as El Paso, as far north as Texhoma, as far east as Texarkana, and as far south as Brownsville.
It’s entirely possible that all the breakfast tacos in New York City suck, just like the BBQ. But he owes the vast majority of breakfast-taco loving Hispanic Americans an apology.
Tags: breakfast tacos, Democrats, Hispanics, Jill Biden, Kevin Downey Jr., Texas
I thought it was breakfast burritos that are big in Texas, not breakfast tacos. Why eat a breakfast taco when breakfast burritos are available?
It’s nice to be reassured that I’m not the only one who pictures Robert when he reads Kevin’s name.
In Austin, the best are at Taqueria Morelos on US 183 across from the airport by McCall Lane, and El Borrego de Oro, on S Congress at Ben White across from the post office.
Is there a difference between breakfast burritos and breakfast tacos?
Breakfast tacos seem to be smaller, don’t necessarily have beans or cheese, and have the sauce on the side rather than included. But there’s probably some overlap with how different restaurants use the terms.
Tom, Tom, Tom….that’s like asking if there is a difference between grits and cream of wheat.
LOL the Latino & Latina customers at thousands of taco trucks throughout Texas and beyond disagree with Kevin.
Bigger LOL I commented before finishing your blog, now see you said the same thing. LOL
I’m not latino nor from Texas so I’m probably not qualified to comment on this, but I second the “breakfast burrito” point.
Tacos are too messy to eat on the go. A properly made and wrapped burrito you can eat with one hand if you’re reasonably careful.
Plus the breakfast burritos we used to get off the gut trucks on the bases I was stationed at were big enough that after one of those you didn’t want lunch and supper was optional.
Those things were awesome. And huge.
Did I mention they were huge?
You can eat breakfast tacos with one hand. In Texas, breakfast tacos use a tortilla rather than a hard shell and generally come wrapped in aluminum foil for grab-and-go.
They are generally smaller than burritos, which is why I tend to pick up two or three when I’m having them.
Breakfast tacos seem exclusively made with soft shell wraps, so it really is a size thing. I don’t like them, but I don’t like egg. I’m also not Latino. I also know that breakfast tacos are enjoyed by Latinos and others. If you want grotesque, try haggis.
I think the thing about the breakfast tacos line was that they’re an American thing, not really a Mexican thing. It’s the same way many Mexicans do eat at an enjoy Taco Bell, but none of them would ever think of it as actually being authentic Mexican food.
It’s like walking up to a random Iowan and greeting them as “Hello fellow potato farmer. I too and an enjoyer delicious russet potatos.”