Taco Barf

Yuck!!! Just had a really gross experience with Taco Bell, or as Brennan is now referring to it, Taco Barf. We do not eat out very much. For starters it is just gross to eat a lot of fast food when you can cook healthier options at home. Plus, fast food is expensive. I can easily make healthier burgers for so much less money at home so why drive through the line? We typically eat out 1-2 times per week. Eating out usually consists of what we feel is actually food, restaurants like Chipotle, Bread Company, Jason's Deli, etc. We eat at these places because they offer safe, healthier options such as organic mac & cheese, organic cuts of meat, rice, black beans and so forth. As much as we limit our fast food we kinda have a Taco Bell issue. Well, we HAD a Taco Bell issue. This is one place that is safe for Brennan, cheap, fast and usually fairly tasty. Granted it is not the healthiest, but there was something about the place that we just really liked.

Last night Bryan and I went to wedding. Then we met up with some friends to drink and laugh and have a good time. Bryan and I didn't go to bed until 2am after a night of alcohol indulgence. The boys stayed at my mom's where they went to bed late and got up early. Needless to say it was a Taco Bell kinda day when lunch rolled around. As I started to unpack the drive-thru bags of cheese rolls up, burritos and nachos I realized they messed up Bryan's order. We were minus two tacos. OK, no biggie, just an order mess up. But then I heard Brennan gag. Inside his nacho chips were something he hadn't order....fried bugs!!! I have no clue what kind of bugs they were, but they were fried and crispy and black and totally revolting. I scooped up all of  the food, even the chewed up and "spit it out right now!!" chunks, tossed it back into the bags and drove to Taco Barf. I politely explained that not only was my order incorrect, but we had bugs in our nachos (I tossed a few inside a baggie for evidence). The manager looked horrified as I held up my buggie baggie and apologized profusely for the mistakes. I got our money back and suggested they close up and clean out their supplies. I know this will not happen because they were still placing drive-thru orders as I stood there. I did warn two people, both with young children, to not eat there due to health concerns.

I can honestly say that Taco Barf is off our list of places we will eat from. True, this could happen at even the nicest of restaurants. This is a great lesson as to why we should just cook/eat at home!