Word: taco
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the Irish have lots of spice in their speech, their cuisine runs a rather bland gamut from stews to stout. In a tradition-jarring step, however, Lawry's Foods of Los Angeles has opened a taco and tostado plant in Dublin...
Lawry's built the 14-worker, $500,000 factory because the firm could not keep up with the strong demand in Western Europe for taco and tostado shells and seasonings, which it has been shipping from the U.S. to Sweden, Britain, Germany and other European countries for years. According to Lawry's officials, the Dublin facility is the first Mexican-food factory in Europe. Says Executive Vice President Thomas Fuelling: "We feel that Mexican food is the next step for European tastes. It is fun, it is healthy, it is easy to prepare, it is tasty...
...first day, I had three fried wontons, a marinated shish-kebab sandwich, a taco, and a cantaloupe Italian...
...third day, I had a bowl of Fu Manchu stew, a plate of vegetable tempura, another taco, and a tall cup of fruit salad...
...taco and lemonade stand. The tacos here were cheap and tasty, but I have never been able to buy lemonade on the street since I saw Harpo Marx (in Duck Soup) hop into a vendor's tank of lemonade and jog in place until the police came...