"Munch Madness: Poquito Más vs. Taco Bell with Mike Hanford" is Episode 194 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Munch Madness: Poquito Más vs. Taco Bell with Mike Hanford" was released on March 14, 2019.
"Tomorrow..." - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
For the first Semifinal match of Munch Madness, Mike Hanford (Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Sloppy Boys) returns to the show as first-round winner Poquito Más faces off against heavyweight Taco Bell. Plus, a Starbucks edition of Drank or Stank.
Nick's intro[]
Glen Bell! Kevin McCarney! Two white Americans who built their businesses and fortunes on recipes studied and borrowed from Mexican cooks!
Bell's eponymous and now ubiquitous fast-food restaurant began in 1962 after he learned to make tacos from the kitchen staff at Mitla Cafe in San Bernardino, California. It is now the largest Mexican restaurant in the world with over 7,000 locations globally.
McCarney's chain is more recent and less worldwide in reach, but shares an origin: recipes cribbed from a Mexican-owned eatery, La Bonita in San Felipe, Baja California. It is now a fast-casual institution in the City of Angels with thirteen always-packed locations.
While Bell's chain revels in its almost ludicrous flouting of culinary rules, McCarney's restaurant is built on authenticity and the use of locally-sourced ingredients. But which concept better represents the ideal of chain-restaurant tacos and burritos?
Today, the fate of these Mexican restaurants founded by two white men will be debated and decided by three white men!
Who culturally appropriated most appropriately?
This week on Doughboys, the first match-up of the semifinals of Munch Madness 2019: The Tournament of Chompions: Mouth of the Border: Poquito Más vs. Taco Bell!
Let's a-go!
Munch Madness: Mouth of the Border Rules[]
This year's Tournament rules:
- Tacos and burritos only!
- Sides stay on the sidelines.
- Drinks are in the Gatorade jug, also on the sidelines.
- Each chain gets one taco and one burrito, but the style can be eater's choice: crunchy/soft, any kind of protein, etc.
- Scoring is based on referee stripes - 5 white stripes available for tacos, 5 black stripes available for burritos.
- Also one restaurant will get a Golden Whistle for having the better chips and salsa.
The loser is sent to The Ref, Dennis Leary, to feed to Bruce the Shark from Jaws who will eat anything; but there will again be a Fat Chance Kitchen opportunity to return to the competition.
Mouth of the Border: Semifinal Round 1[]
Taco Bell had a bye straight into the second round, while Poquito Más defeated Green Burrito.
Nick says Taco Bell is in the Platinum Plate Club, but technically the last time they reviewed it, their guest didn't like it and rated it 2 forks, which removed it from Platinum (and Golden) status.
| guest / host | Poquito Más order | Taco Bell order | winner |
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| Nick Wiger |
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Taco Bell |
| Mike Mitchell |
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Taco Bell |
| Mike Hanford |
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Taco Bell |
The winning restaurant is given to Bruce Vilanch as a spicy form of inspiration for when he writes the live finale episode of the Tournament. The losing restaurant is fed by Denis Leary, The Ref, to Bruce the Shark from Jaws.
So Taco Bell advances!
The Golden Whistle was given to Poquito Más by Nick and Mitch, but Mike wanted to give some credit to Taco Bell.
Breaking Chews/Drank or Stank[]
Ariana Grande and the Iced Cinnamon Cloud Macchiato
In Breaking Chews, The Doughboys try a new food or drink from a chain.
In Drank or Stank, The Doughboys have a drink and decide if it is 'drank' or 'stank.'
For this episode, Yusong brings them Starbucks' new Ariana Grande-promoted item, the Iced Cinnamon Cloud Macchiato.
Nobody enjoyed it. (Ariana, feel free to DRAG THEM now.)
| guest / host | verdict |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Stank |
| Mike Mitchell | Stank |
| Mike Hanford | Stank U, Next |
Roast Spoonman[]
Mitch Hedberg
| “ | Mitch Big Head-berg | ” |
–@chuckpaschell | ||
A Note To Everyone[]
Mitch got into college on his own merits.
Quotes[]
| “ | In a year's time, I think I could have a Billboard Top 100 song. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell, after doing karaoke | ||
| “ | We don't need to go into this detailed breakdown of me performing auto-fellatio in front of my wife. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | I'm not in sour mood. I'm like a Sour Patch Kid. I got a sweet side right under that sour. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | Have you seen that movie Crema vs. Crema about those two burrito sauces that are fighting over custody of their human child? | ” |
–Mike Hanford | ||
| “ | Why are you acting this way over a Taco Bell taco? | ” |
–Mitch's Quincy friends | ||
| “ | I hate the packaging, but I love what's inside! Not unlike the two of you. | ” |
–Mike Hanford re: Taco Bell hot sauce | ||
Sonic the Hedgehog questions[]
| “ | Is Marine the Raccoon and Ray the Flying Squirrel, are the two of them in the Sonic the Hedgehog movie? | ” |
#hashtags[]
- #FastFoodTriforce
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Lately when my friends and I go out to dinner, instead of getting entrees a piece, we've taken to getting a bunch of appetizers and just splitting them. So that made me naturally wonder, what is the best appetizer to eat as an entree? And I will not count wings as an appetizer; wings are an entree. | ” |
–Dan from Colorado | ||
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