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`Da Elf Feb 13, 2023

I learned the history of "Tater Tots" today (after midnight, counts) with @juliewebgirl.

TL;DR - Invented in the Pacific Northwest by a company called Ore-Ida, a concatenation of "Oregon" and "Idaho", in Ontario, Or. The owners were figuring out what to do with potato slivers from other parts of their process. Adding flour and seasonings and frying them, the Tot was born. Tah-Dah!

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tater_tots

Ore-Ida Themselves: https://www.oreida.com/product/00013120085666

#TaterTots #Food #History #Noms

Tater tots - Wikipedia

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Space Hobo Feb 22, 2023

@elfin @juliewebgirl And then Taco Time added extra salt and christened them "MEXI FRIES"

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`Da Elf Feb 22, 2023

@spacehobo @juliewebgirl Yup.

Julie clued me in on Taco Time's history as well (they're actually a restaurant, not Taco Bell).

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Space Hobo Feb 22, 2023

@elfin @juliewebgirl Well, they're not that far beyond taco bell in terms of quality of food. In the 80s, you really had to hunt to find even passable Mexican food in Seattle, but all the Angelenos who moved there in the 70s dragged some up with them if you knew where to look.

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`Da Elf Feb 22, 2023

@spacehobo @juliewebgirl Ignoring the really good Taco Trucks around, I've banaged to find some really good places (White Center has much good Mexican), but I've only lived here a decade.

I'm surprised that it took that long for good Mex to move up the coast, especially with Seattle being a Foodie Town and ethnic foodie at that, as long as I've lived close to the Pacific Ocean.

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Space Hobo

@elfin @juliewebgirl Seafood kind of led that, really. It was definitely a place for gourmet fish in the 70s and 80s, but there's always that regional cuisine that takes a while to get the details right, like burritos or bagels.