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Default What cereal to eat for Breakfast?

Well, that's a new one for me. Do the restaurants call them "egg tacos" on
the menu?

And this is closing in on another multi-lingual play on words, IIRC in Spain
a "tortilla" is what Americans call an omelet, not the flat grain item it is
in Mexican Spanish.

> wrote in message
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> On 9/30/2013 9:21 PM, Ellen K. wrote:
>> Hard to tell who said what, my message was intended for the person who
>> said "Not even "egg tacos"? a.k.a. omelets?"
>>

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> That was me.
> "Egg tacos" are omelets folded in half, the way many SoCa restaurants
> serve them: they then look like tacos.
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>> > wrote in message
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>>> On 9/29/2013 12:46 PM, Ellen K. wrote:
>>>> Including tortillas in a meal does not make the meal tacos.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You are right, but why are you telling me?
>>> Did I say including tortillas in a meal makes the meal tacos?
>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 9/29/2013 3:20 AM, Ellen K. wrote:
>>>>>> My zip code is 42% Hispanic and I also worked for a Hispanic
>>>>>> company for
>>>>>> eight years and I never heard of anyone eating tacos for breakfast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not even "egg tacos"? a.k.a. omelets?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Who Are You" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:54:13 -0700, "Ellen K."
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There seem to be three favorite breakfasts in the US:
>>>>>>>> - cereal
>>>>>>>> - bacon & eggs & possibly pancakes
>>>>>>>> - smoothies
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That depends on what part of the country you are in. Some places
>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> eggs, bacon, etc, some it's tacos. What matters is what is eaten in
>>>>>>> ones own household. The rest will sort itself out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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