taco bell tortada

[bigjeff]

saw signs for this, very funny! jumping on the sandwich/wrap craze but why don't they just call it a torta instead of using the word tortada? or is it like a tostada but . . . . wrapped? so weird. I love how taco bell makes up very funny words or at least, misappropriates, e.g. enchirito

[Fibber McGee]

I think bastardized "Mexican" should have bastardized names. They should have warning labels - "This product bears a small resemblance to the real thing, thus, the cutesy name."

[Servorg]

Perhaps someone should "vamoose" over there and check it out... ;-D>

[pdxgastro]

"Tortada" and Olive Garden's "Fonduta" are 2 words that make me scratch my head.

[ferret]

Fonduta is an actual Italian word describing an actual Italian dish. Olive Garden's bastardization is another thing entirely, but it's a word that predates OG.

[pdxgastro]

What is the Italian dish? FONDERE in Italian means to melt and the past participle/adjective is FUSO/A, not FONDUTA. I have heard of burro fuso, formaggio fuso.

[ferret]

http://italiancuisine.suite101.com/ar...

[mrbigshotno.1]

I hear you, sometimes you wonder who's in charge. For years they had the "chilito" and changed the name after someone clued them in that "chilito" is Mexican slang for a part of the male anatomy. I stopped at Del Taco for their green chili breakfast burrito and noticed their little packets of hot taco sauce were labled "Del Scorcho". Funny, I thought I was the only one that noticed this stuff.