Big Mac Taco - You Suck at Cooking (episode 171)

Summary

In a humorous take on culinary fusion, the video script humorously explores the concept of a 'Big Mac Taco,' a playful twist on traditional tacos and burgers. The host playfully debates the essence of a taco and its ingredients, while preparing a dish that combines the flavors of a Big Mac with the form of a taco. The recipe involves ground beef, pickles, onions, lettuce, and a homemade Big Mac sauce, all wrapped in a tortilla. The script also humorously suggests various ways to serve the creation, from a taco salad to a pizza, highlighting the versatility and absurdity of the concept.

Takeaways

• 🍔 The video is making a 'Big Mac Taco', a parody of combining Mexican and American cuisines.
• 😜 The script humorously suggests that the taco is a form of sacred cuisine that is being defiled by the recipe.
• 🌮 It raises the question of whether changing the ingredients of a taco makes it stop being a taco.
• 🍴 The recipe uses flat tortillas, and humorously mentions 'prism tortillas' from San Miguel, adding a layer of satire.
• 🐮 Ground beef is used, and the script playfully talks about using 'meat handling gloves' or a spoon for spreading.
• 🧅 The script includes a detailed and comical process for preparing pickles, onions, and lettuce for the taco.
• 🥫 A homemade 'Big Mac sauce' is made with various ingredients, primarily mayonnaise, and is humorously described.
• 🍳 The beef is cooked on a pan, and the script uses exaggerated language to describe the cooking process.
• 🧀 Cheese is added to the taco to create a 'taco sauna', a creative way to describe melting the cheese.
• 🥗 The final assembly of the Big Mac Taco includes an excessive amount of sauce, pickles, onions, and lettuce.
• 🤔 The script ends with a series of humorous transformations of the Big Mac Taco into various other food items, including a pizza.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of making the Big Mac Taco in the script?

The main purpose is to unite the people of Mexico and the United States in anger over defiling their most sacred cuisine.

What is the humorous claim made about the invention of the taco in the script?

The script humorously claims that the taco was invented in the year zero by God just after the big bang, also known as the big Baco.

What type of tortillas are used in the script for making the Big Mac Taco?

Flat tortillas are used, with a humorous mention of 'prism tortilla' from San Miguel, which is said to be more difficult for ingredients to stay on.

How is the ground beef prepared in the script?

The ground beef is prepared by creating a thin layer on the tortilla, similar to a Smash Burger, using a spoon to avoid getting meat on gloves.

What is the significance of the word 'artisanal' in the script?

The script humorously points out that the word 'artisanal' contains the word 'is' right in the middle.

What cooking method is used for the beef tortilla in the script?

The beef tortilla is fried on a pan set to medium heat, which is described as high because it has been heated for an extended period.

What ingredients are used to dice for the Big Mac Taco according to the script?

Pickles and the driest, most desiccated onion are diced for the Big Mac Taco.

How is the Big Mac sauce described in the script?

The Big Mac sauce is described as a mixture of various ingredients including mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, ketchup (or Sriracha), paprika, and onion powder, with mayonnaise being a recurring component.

What is the process of assembling the Big Mac Taco as described in the script?

The process involves flipping the beef tortilla, adding cheese to create a 'taco sauna', cooking until the cheese melts, and then assembling with Big Mac sauce, pickles, onions, and lettuce on a 'putting board', which is actually a cutting board.

What are the various ways the script humorously describes to transform the Big Mac Taco?

The script humorously suggests turning it into a Big Mac taco salad by adding lettuce, embedding it into a lettuce head for a lettuce-wrapped taco, or adding it to a bun and bread with cheese to create a sandwich or pizza.

What is the final humorous twist on the Big Mac Taco in the script?

The final twist is turning the Big Mac Taco into a 'Big Mac taco lettuce wrapped Taco burger sandwich Pizza', described as the traditional food of the people of the Romania region of Italy, which is a playful mix-up of locations and food items.

Outlines

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🍔 Making the Big Mac Taco: A Culinary Fusion

The script humorously introduces the creation of a Big Mac Taco, a fusion of Mexican and American fast food, aiming to unite yet potentially anger the culinary traditions of both countries. It questions the definition of a taco and explores the concept of food categorization. The video will guide through making a thin layer of ground beef, similar to a Smash Burger, using flat tortillas and various toppings like pickles, onions, lettuce, and a homemade Big Mac sauce. The process involves cooking the beef on a pan, assembling the taco with cheese, and finishing it with a generous amount of sauce and toppings. The script also playfully suggests variations like a Big Mac Taco salad or a Big Mac Taco lettuce wrapped Taco Burger sandwich.

Keywords

💡Big Mac Taco

The 'Big Mac Taco' is a central theme of the video, referring to a culinary creation that combines elements of the traditional Big Mac burger with the Mexican dish, the taco. It is a playful and controversial fusion of two iconic foods, representing a humorous attempt to merge cultures through cuisine. The video script uses this concept to explore the idea of culinary boundaries and the essence of what defines a taco.

💡Tortilla

A 'tortilla' is a type of flatbread made from corn or wheat flour, commonly used in Mexican cuisine as the base for tacos. In the script, the tortilla is the starting point for the Big Mac Taco, highlighting its importance in the construction of the dish and its role in defining the taco's identity.

💡Ground Beef

'Ground Beef' is the minced meat used in the video to create the patty for the Big Mac Taco, similar to the beef patty found in traditional burgers. The script humorously notes that the beef comes 'from the ground,' emphasizing the simplicity and ubiquity of this ingredient in fast food.

💡Artisanal

The term 'artisanal' is used in the script to describe a type of meat handling glove, suggesting a high-quality or handcrafted approach to food preparation. It is used in a tongue-in-cheek manner to contrast with the mass-produced nature of the Big Mac, adding a layer of humor to the video.

💡Smash Burger

A 'Smash Burger' is a cooking technique where ground beef is flattened and quickly cooked to create a thin, crispy patty. The script mentions using a spoon to create a 'Smash Burger' layer on the tortilla, indicating a specific method to achieve the desired texture for the Big Mac Taco.

💡Pickles

In the context of the video, 'pickles' are an essential ingredient for the Big Mac Taco, serving as a nod to the traditional Big Mac's signature tangy flavor. The script humorously discusses dicing the pickles for 'rolling for initiative,' a gaming term, to add a playful twist to the food preparation.

💡Onion

The 'onion' is another key ingredient in the Big Mac Taco, mentioned in the script as being diced into 'onion sprinkles.' The video uses the onion to add flavor and to maintain a connection to the original Big Mac recipe, while also employing humor with the gaming analogy of 'min-maxing' for high 'Charisma.'

💡Lettuce

'Lettuce' is used in the script to add a fresh element to the Big Mac Taco. The video humorously advises against having 'ice' left on the lettuce, ensuring a better eating experience. Lettuce is a common topping in both tacos and burgers, tying the two food cultures together.

💡Big Mac Sauce

The 'Big Mac Sauce' is a proprietary blend of ingredients that gives the Big Mac its distinctive flavor. In the script, the sauce is recreated for the Big Mac Taco, with a humorously exaggerated list of ingredients that primarily consist of 'Mayo,' poking fun at the sauce's creamy texture.

💡Culinary Fusion

The concept of 'Culinary Fusion' is central to the video's theme, as it explores the blending of two different culinary traditions—the American fast-food burger and the Mexican taco. The script uses humor to discuss the implications of combining these foods and the potential reactions from fans of both cuisines.

💡Taco Sausage

While not explicitly mentioned in the script, the concept of a 'Taco Sausage' could be inferred from the playful creation of the Big Mac Taco, suggesting a fusion of a taco with a sausage. This keyword represents the video's broader exploration of food innovation and the blending of culinary forms.

Highlights

The Big Mac Taco aims to unite people of Mexico and the USA in anger over defiling their cuisines.

A taco is questioned if it remains a taco when its ingredients are altered significantly.

The idea that a sandwich is just a borderless taco is humorously discussed.

The taco was humorously claimed to be invented by God just after the big bang, called the big Baco.

Flat tortillas are used, with the option to use prism tortillas from San Miguel for a challenge.

Ground beef is spread thin on the tortillas without using gloves, likened to frosting a cake.

Cooking the beef tortilla on medium heat, which is actually high due to preheating.

Preparation of other ingredients like diced pickles and chopped onions.

Big Mac sauce recipe humorously emphasizes multiple parts of Mayo.

Flipping the beef tortilla and creating a taco sauna to melt the cheese.

Using tortilla's heat conductive properties for cooking.

The final assembly involves an offensive amount of Big Mac sauce and other ingredients.

Excess lettuce can transform the dish into a Big Mac taco salad.

Adding a bun turns it into a Big Mac taco lettuce-wrapped taco burger.

Further humor with a pizza transformation, creating a Big Mac taco lettuce-wrapped taco burger sandwich pizza.

Transcripts

you suck at cooking yeah you totally

suck today we're making the Big Mac Taco

not to be confused with the small Mac

Taco not to be confused with the old

alpaco not to be confused with the Bigg

e tup Paco which is just a taco with a

lot of beef the reason we're making this

recipe today is to unite the people of

Mexico and the people of the United

States of America in Anger over defiling

their most sacred Cuisine but this begs

a question is a taco simply the form of

a tortilla wrapped around anything or if

you change the ingredients of a taco

enough does it cease to be a taco also

this is a burger but is bis a thurer now

I don't want to get into whether or not

a taco is a sandwich because it's not a

sandwich is actually a borderless taco

also if you're interested in the history

of the taco it was invented in the year

zero by God just after the big bang also

known as the big Baco tacos start with

tortillas and we're going to use flat

tortillas today you can use a prism

tortilla if you want which comes from

San Miguel although it's much more

difficult to get the ingredients to stay

on them but we're going to use Flat

Earth tortillas and we're going to add

our ground beef which comes from the

ground you can use those thin artisanal

meat handling gloves if you want but

using a spoon to create a Smash Burger

type thin layer works really great

without having to get meat on your nice

gloves also did you know that the word

artisanal has another word inside it

it's the word is and it's jammed right

in the middle the difference between

what I'm doing here in spreading icing

on a cake is that when you give cake to

Children it doesn't usually make them

cry now that we've got our beef frosted

tortillas ready we're going to fry these

on our pan which is on medium heat which

is actually High because I let it heat

up for 10 minutes and 10 is the hottest

number and we're just going to pretend

we're making a pancake for 2 or 3

minutes while we prep our other

ingredients starting with our pickles

we're going to dice these pickles so

that we can roll for initiative but of

course the onion always wins because it

minmax like crazy dumping Charisma for

crazy high decks now we're going to grab

our driest most desiccated onion and

chop it up until you've got delicious

onion sprinkles now we're going to grabb

our lettuce Iceberg we'll chop that up

and you want to make sure there's no ice

left on the lettuce after whoop that way

when you're eating it your mouth won't

get whoop and now we're going to make

our Big Mac sauce which is one part Mayo

to one part vinegar to one part Mayo to

one part mustard to one part Mayo to one

part ketchup which is actually Sriracha

to one part Mayo to one part paprika to

one part Mayo to one part onion powder

to one part Mayo to one part mayo and

we're just going to wangjangle that

together together until we've got Mayo

okay I totally Wing that but it actually

tastes so good I think because of the

Mayo and now we're ready to flip our

traditional non- prismic Taco beef

tortilla type cylindrical disc shaped

thing and now we lay me down to cheese

and we'll put the roof on there to

create a taco sauna until that gets all

melty while the other side of the beef

Cooks right through the tortilla

utilizing the heat conductive properties

of the tortilla because it's made of

tortilla and not aerogel once that's

done we'll airlift this onto the plate

which is actually a cutting board let's

call it a putting board and we'll

immediately hit that with an offensive

amount of Big Mac sauce we'll follow up

with way more pickles than you'd ever

actually see on a Big Mac and we'll add

in a pathetically small pinch of onions

to keep true to that traditional Big Mac

taste where you only get onion in one

bite while maximizing both profits and

disappointment and then we'll add

lettuce on top of that to Pretend

There's Something redeeming about this

and if you keep adding lettuce you turn

this from a Big Mac Taco into a Big Mac

taco salad or you can embed the Big Mac

Taco into a head of iceberg lettuce to

create a Big Mac taco lettuce wrapped

taco and if you put that on a bun you

have a Big Mac taco lettuce wrapped Taco

Burger add two slices of bread and you

have a Big Mac taco lettuce wrapped Taco

burger sandwich throw that on some dough

with melted cheese and now we have a Big

Mac taco lettuce wrapped Taco burger

sandwich Pizza which is the traditional

food of the people of the Romania region

of Italy Bona petito