In the spirit of Kentucky Fried Movie

an abomination that, yes, I will admit to not only having seen, but having, on occasion, quoted...but enough about the header, on to the real point...
I wanted to bring my lunch to work today so I made fajitas last night. Of course, since I mention that here, you know it was probably a train wreck. It started with the shopping thing. Class got out early, so I headed to my local purveyor of salmonella to purchase the goods. Naturally, this is an indication my brain was not functioning. A 3 item purchase took over a half hour. Everyone is stocking up for the Stupor Bowl, an event involving small quantities of football and large quantities of grease, alcohol, and retardation that leaves the nation collectively hung over and deliriously happy.
The easy way to tell they are delirious is they will be talking about the commercials. How in the name of all that is holy and a whole lot that is not did we reach a stage where people not only allow them to be subconsciously swayed by the marketing of various items but indeed actively seek to be influenced? Sometimes I think we are a society of morons. Then something like this happens and I no longer think that...I know it instead.
All of which, again, is a sidetrip. But we are getting there.
30 minutes into a 3 minute shopping trip, I get back to my car, drive home and....vegetate. Instead of immediately starting to cook, I do a couple school related thigns on line, etc...finally, about 9:30 I start cooking. Only I never got around to cleaning the pans from the last time. Being me, I did a completely half-smurf job of cleaning and threw the still wet pan on the stove and dumped in my beloved turkey. Sometimes it pays to be an idiot, because I had never added water before...but that really cooked it faster and more evenly. Well done!
Then I grabbed a pan, basically just rinsed it out and threw ni the seasoning packet. Well, not literally...the packet went in the garbage, but the CONTENTS went into the pan. Now, not to say i sometimes overbuy and underuse, but after a few minutes of boiling water, the seasonings were still clumped up. So I dumped it out and started over.
Now, the intelligent person would measure out the water carefully just as I always do. The lazy person would eyeball it, which for some inexplicable reason I elected to do. In one of the most surprising incidents since (insert least favorite politician's name here) said something dishonest, I missed the mark slightly....okay, I probably put in 2 cups of water. The package calls for 3/4 of a cup. My eye was jamming up on me.
Nevertheless, they were tasty. And so I knew I would have an excellent lunch meal today.
Unless, of course, I stayed up too late, got up too late and di not have time to package the trimmings. So naturally that is what I did.
All of which brings me to the ACTUAL point of this post. At least, it will in a few minutes.
Typically, I grab 6" sub from Subway for lunch. It did not sound good today. I wanted fajitas. After all, I had made them...that is what I wanted! So the only place I could think of locally is Taco Bell. If you make decent food, that sounds about as appetizing as sharing popcorn with someone who backwashes in the popcorn bag. So I opted for McDonalds instead. Now THERE is an upgrade...let me know when you are back from hurling.
Well, as I approach the restaurant of doom to poison myself, I look off to the left and see El Fuente (which, if I recall correctly, can be translated "The Fountain" or "The Source"), a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant. I thought, hey, could not hurt to take a look.
I walked in and flipped out. I was seeing prices like 5.50 and 7.50...more than I want to spend on lunch. But I got a menu, and took a look. Yes! They have tacos for 1.40 each. So I got 2, 1 carnitas (pork) and 1 pollo (chicken). That proved to be a mistake.
See, I was going by Taco Bell pricing. A 1.40 taco is about 1/6th of what you need to fill you up. Not at El Fuente. Either one of them was large enough to fulfill my nutritional needs for the next day or three. They were soooo good. I always enjoy carnitas, but these were the best I haev seen anywhere outside of the fresh ones we had in Bordonal. Soooo gooood. Mmm. I am still enjoying them.
SO let's recap; 6" sub, 2.49. Toxic Smell 3-pack with soda, about 4 bucks. 2 top flight, tasty tacos in a small, friendly atmosphere; 2.80. Yes! I found a new favorite restaurant.
Of course, it was so good I was inspired to drop 2 bucks for a tip...so my 2.80 bill came to 4.80, and I STILL felt like I got an excellent deal. In the future, for self-preservation I am getting them to go.