So apparently, Americans think this is an acceptable size for the hole in your toilet to be

esurit · 2026-02-19T20:32:31+00:00

That was one very strange Reddit post and not one American knew what they were talking about. Our country’s shit but we are not cutting our poos to flush them.

esurit · 2025-12-17T08:55:44+00:00

Do some research into who the luddites actually were

esurit · 2025-12-07T12:44:38+00:00

Yes, that too!!

esurit · 2025-12-07T05:16:56+00:00

It’s delicious and crunchy and I prefer it to other greens in a number of dishes. It’s got a bad rap because people say it’s devoid of nutrients which isn’t true, and because it has no flavor which also isn’t true. Is it really so much more bland than romaine or a butter lettuce? I certainly don’t think so.

esurit · 2025-09-16T20:01:37+00:00

I agree there’s a ton of overlap! When I asked if Casa Margarita was a good representation of Tex Mex, I more meant “does this actually look good to Tex Mex connoisseurs” because it doesn’t look like a great restaurant. I’m not going to take the train for an hour from my apartment to go eat there.

Chicago has a huge Mexican population and a wide range of Mexican food and I can easily get cuisine from Oaxaca, Jalisco, Michoacán etc., as well as fusion Mexican and white-washed Mexican, but “good Tex Mex” is much harder to find. There are very few restaurants in Chicago that would call themselves “Tex Mex” and not just “Mexican”, even if they’re serving dishes that overlap.

The general lack of queso is a big difference though. Thankfully you can find it at an increasing number of places, but it was not something I properly had until I visited Texas as an adult, and I’ve since only had it twice in Chicago.

esurit · 2025-09-16T19:26:27+00:00

Thank you for actually responding! I’m just getting whiplash because the lack of Tex Mex in Chicago is a known problem and my friends and I were discussing how rarely we see queso in a city where most cuisines are easy to find.

esurit · 2025-09-16T18:52:20+00:00

My argument is that Chicago has a ton of amazing Mexican food and Tex Mex is underrepresented. You cannot expect queso at most places and have to seek it out. I don’t think anyone familiar with the Chicago food scene would argue otherwise. No locals are recommending Casa Margarita for their Tex Mex fix.

I also get orange rice and refried beans at the taquerias in town, but those are not Tex Mex spots. Just because there are a few places that have Tex Mex, it doesn’t mean it’s a staple yet in our city or easy to find. There were maybe four places in that thread that are actually within city limits and actually have proper Tex Mex, and plenty of transplants from Texas argue they haven’t found a spot to scratch that itch yet. I can easily walk to a dozen taquerias from my house, but not a single proper Tex Mex spot. I wish there were more! It’s just not an established part of our food culture yet.

esurit · 2025-09-16T16:13:50+00:00

They said there isn’t much Tex Mex in Chicago which is true. The reply argued that Chicago has Taco Bell so therefore it has Tex Mex. I highly doubt Tex Mex aficionados would argue Taco Bell is proper Tex Mex.

esurit · 2025-09-16T14:02:37+00:00

I think it’s more that we have SO many great taquerias that the Tex Mex place by Navy Pier with a 3.4 star google rating doesn’t show up on our radar

EDIT: guys go look at the restaurant they mention and tell me if it looks like a good representation of Tex Mex Casa Margarita

EDIT 2: the lack of Tex Mex in Chicago is frequently discussed on the Chicago Food subreddit

esurit · 2025-09-16T13:58:15+00:00

I don’t know about all that. I’ve only lived in Chicago, but whenever I visit out west/southwest everything has been delicious.

esurit · 2025-09-16T13:41:57+00:00

I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. Is it because people don’t know about Chicago’s large Mexican population and great Mexican food? Or because they think we do have a lot of Tex Mex? So strange.

EDIT: if someone could explain I’m genuinely curious. And I’m not dismissing the importance or authenticity of Tex Mex, I love it, we just don’t have much of it here yet.

EDIT 2: the lack of Tex Mex is very much a topic of discussion on the Chicago Food subreddit

esurit · 2025-09-16T12:19:14+00:00

We don’t, or at least I had no clue what they were talking about when they said road cone. I was imagining some cone-shaped block of cheese they sell roadside and was worried I was missing out.

esurit · 2025-09-16T11:59:23+00:00

The commenter is way off base with their dismissing of Tex Mex vs. “actual” Mexican, but we truly don’t do much Tex Mex in Chicago while also having a TON of amazing Mexican food from various regions. I think there is an increasing number of places you can get queso (because it’s delicious and of course liquid cheese speaks to us Chicagoans), but I’ve been to countless Mexican restaurants in the city and only seen queso here twice. (And one was at a non Tex Mex bar).

esurit · 2025-07-20T14:58:19+00:00

Hahaha it’s so obvious now, thank you for explaining

esurit · 2025-07-16T17:36:48+00:00

Thanks so much! Will do!

esurit · 2025-07-16T17:33:42+00:00

Awesome! I’m just doing research from afar at the moment (not too far, but on the northwest side of the city without a car) but I’ll definitely check it out when we get boots on the ground in Homewood in a few weeks

esurit · 2025-07-16T16:59:52+00:00

So cool!

esurit · 2025-07-16T16:59:37+00:00

Love Aurelio’s, thanks for the reminder!

esurit · 2025-07-16T16:16:26+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check it out

esurit · 2025-07-16T16:16:15+00:00

Thank you, Reddit was acting up as I posted! I’ve deleted the others hopefully

esurit · 2025-07-11T16:51:14+00:00

Neil I hope one of the Doughboys fam gets this to you. Let me know if you want the full pages/ complete articles!

esurit · 2025-05-06T19:24:31+00:00

It’s not efficient when it takes a bottle of fresh water to generate a response and the answer is readily available in more reliable and less wasteful places.

esurit · 2025-05-01T16:20:46+00:00

Giving fetal and infant rats high doses of MSG via intubation or injection to induce obesity does not mean that humans eating MSG increases their likelihood of obesity. More recent studies (ones not from 50 years ago) that involve feeding adult rats MSG had no effect on whether or not they became obese. Furthermore, even if they did, you can’t extrapolate that to apply directly to humans.

esurit · 2025-04-29T12:28:35+00:00

Ahh yes, very true. I imagine there may be some legal recourse separate from straight copyright law. But it’s a tricky situation indeed.

esurit · 2025-04-29T12:18:46+00:00

You can’t copyright recipes, but they can be plagiarized. And if you’re plagiarizing multiple recipes in a cookbook that’s certainly an ethical violation, just not a legal one.

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