Monday, March 28, 2011
Restaurants The secret behind Taco Bell's tasty tiny shrimp
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Taco Bell
Thank God, I don't have to do that. Francis Lam of Salon.com already has. He was surprised by the flavor of the shrimp:
I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised to find any shrimp flavor at all in these guys. Usually shrimp this size are too immature to develop much real taste or texture. And while the size-obsessed may gripe over their puniness, a few bites that included all the various ingredients really kind of convinced me of their size-appropriateness; they're part of the harmony of the burrito mélange.
Finally, he solved the mystery of the tasty tiny shrimp:
I got to wondering how they could find small shrimp with so much flavor. I checked Taco Bell's ingredients list, and, sure enough: "chicken broth" and "natural flavor." One means that they're not quite the purely pescatarian delight you may have been hoping for; the other means "better living through chemistry."
Sigh.
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The baby succulent shrimp really are corns and callouses trimmed form old women's feet, re-texturized and compressed into a shrimp shape and then injected with broth and MSG to make them tasty.
Posted by
Tammy
on 03/29/2011 at 10:03 AM
The problem with Taco Bell's shrimp menu items is you only get six per item. Yeah that's fine on the taco but on a burrito its a total jip. The Fresco steak taco is still my go-to fix for late night munchies.
Posted by
ed adams
on 03/29/2011 at 2:21 PM
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