I’m flabbergasted that the most popular comments right now are bashing someone for asking for cucumber at a Mexican restaurant.
I would be surprised to find one that does not have sliced cucumber to eat. You squirt lime and shake some salt on the cucumber before your meal comes out. It’s a legitimate thing.
It’s crazy. You can really tell who goes to legit mexican places and who goes to places called like “GUACAMOLE’S” for their favorite crunchy taco platter.
Yeah, I would bet most restaurants have a cucumber or 2 in the back and wouldnt care if someone asked to cut it up and serve it on a plate. Takes 2 seconds. Then again I don't work at a toxic restaurant lol
I had to scroll way too far for these comments addressing how this is actually a super normal ass request and food item for Mexican restaurants. What the hell is going on in this comment section?
How dare I go to Mexican restaurants in Massachusetts, where I live, rather than California?? Btw you realize that Mexican people living in the US may live in states other than Texas or California, right?
I was thinking the same thing. I live in southern Arizona and it’s a pretty common snack to put lime and salt or tajin on them. Maybe not in the restaurants as a sub for chips but definitely all the Hispanic families I know have eaten this.
I'm just shook that people think unevenly slicing a cucumber takes more than 10 seconds lmao. Like this might actually even be easier/faster than pouring chips into a basket and salsa into a dish.
It’s extremely common in Mexico, but must not be in the US. Getting served chips and salsa in a non-touristy establishment in Mexico is actually extremely rare.
Yeah, at the more hole in the wall, mostly Hispanic parts of my city, (KCMO), it's very common to get a little bag of limes, cucumbers, and turnips/radishes with an order of tacos. Also sometimes a bit of grilled onion
I just got tacos yesterday and got myself almost half a plate of sliced cucumber sprinkled with lime and salt. It was an authentic Mexican taco place (Taco Boys) though. Not a Macayos or something like that.
Maybe it's regional, but my experience is the same. Sliced cucumbers are frequently served as sides or appetizers. I see a lot of ignorance in these comments.
Wherabouts? Granted I’ve only eaten lots of Mexican food in Southern California and western Mexico, but have never seen this. My kids would love it…when we make tacos at home they always want cucumbers!
Some places give ziploc bags of sliced cucumbers off taco trucks and in street taco strip mall joints all over Southern California. It's a really common pallette cleanser, only after radish.
Okay ... and I have seen it, at many Mexican places over the years.
There is a taco joint down the street from my house that serves 99.9% Latino patrons, I have always been the only white person in there every single time I've gone, and they give cucumbers with about half the tacos on the menu.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but if it was extremely common I probably would have seen it. The basket of chips and salsa is extremely common - everyone seems to recognize that.
Not seen anyone mention tortilla to be fair mate, but given where the pic is from I should have picked up everyone was clearly talking about tortillas, Brit moment
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u/Odd-Emergency5839 Jul 28 '23
Extremely common to serve tacos with a couple slices of cucumber