Kung Pao Chicken Tacos and "Bad Words"

MADNESS I TELL YOU!  Or as some like to call it: "Asian Fusion", whatever that means.  Basically it's "I was to lazy to wash a fork, so I put it in a tortilla".  Not myself per say, but you get the idea.  The tortilla is the tried and true edible serving utensil.  I don't mean to bore you if you just want to get to the goods, but this story has stuck with me since first hearing it growing up in Santa Fe, New Mexico (¡Que Viva Nuevo Mexico!).  So, give it a read, or jump to the food.  You won't hurt my feelings.

"A Spoon for Every Bite" by Joe Hayes
The landscapes and lore of the desert are captured in this traditional Hispanic fable about a boastful rich man who is outsmarted by his poor neighbors. The poor couple, whose shack looks out on the mansion of the wealthy man and who own but two spoons, ask him to be the compadre, or godfather, to their child. He agrees; they save every penny to buy a third spoon so they can invite him to dinner. The compadre comes to their home and laughs at their poverty, boasting that he could use a different spoon every day of the year. They mention a man they know who uses a different spoon for every bite. Intent on proving his superior wealth, the compadre bankrupts himself trying to outdo this legendary man, whose ``spoons'' are the tortillas with which he eats his beans.

Any way, let's get cooking, good lookin!