mexican cuisine is like tacos, tequila tacos, tequila, which they do very well and i m all for it. but there s so much more and the country is so diverse. i was struck by in this is also the pride that you showed on full display in each of the states. you went to that was important for you to highlight 1000. there was a day i didn t cry from somebody s storytelling and the way they tell stories through their food. is amazing. and if you re talking about food , that s the easiest entry point to any culture. you call yourself a tech sicken born in texas with mexican roots but you ve also talked about what s been, um, a significant part of your life and also really difficult at times straddling the hyphen. mm yeah, because when i m in here in the united states, i m there like, oh, you re mexican. and then i m in mexico and they re like, oh, you re the american and i m like, well, i m one of you to, you know, and especially, you know, being married to a mexican national, you know, it s rea
but the point i think you guys said you chose flour over corn. let s see if you try fresh corn tortillas, if you peel the same, because that s what rick is making. will: if i want a straight taco, it s a corn tortilla. if i m at a tex-mex restaurant and i immediate to sop up some need to sop um some refried wean beans rachel: rick speaks perfect spanish, another thing people night not know. pete: never a bad time to go to taco bell. rachel: that s not mexican. pete: we not only had act coe bell, we had taco john s. it s like a poor man s taco bell. will: in the north, because i mow taco bueno, taco cabana, i don t know taco john s [laughter] pete: you immediate to get to
will: i didn t say that, they re better than you think. rachel: bring them in tomorrow and try them out. will: they re real thin and fall apart. pete: are they thin like chipotle? i want a really thin tortilla. rachel: i m just saying, have a realtor tee ya. no almond. will: almond tomorrow. rachel: i love corn tortillas. pete: not as much as flour. still ahead, three children all under the age of 10 abandoned by smugglers in the middle of the rio grand river. the disgusting reality of the border crisis coming up. rachel: this is unbelievable. plus, the cdc revealed it s looking into a possible connection between pfizer s covid-19 vaccine and increased chance of having a stroke. dr. siegle tells us what you need to know.
david and i are at la guadalupana cafe, a family-run spot that serves traditional mexican and tex-mex dishes. wow, nice. nice. and tortillas. migas, eggs mixed with fried and chopped corn tortillas, sort of like a mexican frittata. and machaca, marinated beef that s been pounded, rubbed with spices, then dried and shredded. so, so far anyway, what i m hearing is houston in particular has been not just welcoming, but laid on the social services in a big way to a lot of people who came over here in really atrocious circumstances. yeah, i mean, houston is such a welcoming city, man. the city just doesn t care about any gender or color of skin. i mean, let s face it, literally the majority of the
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