Kosher Tequila Inspires Pastrami Burritos And Our List Of Other Bizarre Mexican Fusions

Today we received a press release announcing a kosher tequila tasting in Grand Central station complete with pastrami burritos. Ay, no.

Rabbi P. Winnig and other Jewish leaders from the tri-state area will join Ambassador Rubén Beltrán of Mexico in a Cinco de Mayo celebration introducing New York’s first kosher tequila. Religious jews in New York City will be allowed for the first time to drink tequila.

Was this something religious Jews were needing? This is just a hunch, but if you’re bothering to indulge in tequila, we’re going to guess you’re not so religious that you are worrying about the kosherness of it all. Still Agave 99 is set to launch in the States tomorrow complete with a party full of pastrami burritos. We’ll admit, we’re not even fans of pastrami on regular bread, so the thought of some pastrami with beans and rice and salsa, ughhh.
Which got us thinking. What other strange foods have been mixed in the name of our neighbors to the south?

The ENCHIRITO®

Taco Bell has made dynasty out of bastardizing Mexican food, but this just goes too far. Is it an enchilada? Is it a burrito? There is confusion! Where is Miss California when you need her to protect opposites?

The Texican Whopper

Unlike Mexico, we have no problem with Burger King’s advertising campaign for their Texican Whopper. It’s the ingredients that sound barfomatic to us.

100 % flame-grilled WHOPPER® topped with delicious taco-coated chilli con carne, spicy jalapeňos, onion, crispy lettuce and Cajun mayonnaise, in a sesame seed bun.

First of all, we’d like to issue a memo to everyone outside the Southwestern United States and Mexico to inform them that–chili? Is not Mexican. That’s a. And b: Even if chile con carne was Mexican, breading it and deep-frying it is something that belongs on This Is Why You’re Fat and not in our stomachs.

Mexican Chex® Mix

We’re not sure how this qualifies as Mexican nor do we want to know. Anything topped with Old El Paso is best left alone. 
1 bag (3.5 oz) butter-flavor microwave popcorn, popped
8 cups Corn Chex® cereal
4 cups corn chips
2 cups bite-size cheese crackers
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 package (1 oz) Old El Paso® taco seasoning mix

Tequila Flavored Suckers With The Worm Inside

Just what the kids needed.
What are your favorite strange Mexican combos?