While working late one night in his lab, Alexander Graham Bell made a discovery of utmost importance. Our culture would not be the same had Mr. Bell not had the perseverance and dedication to his craft, which is really sad since so few people know he was the man responsible for such a culture-defining phenomenon.

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The late-night taco vending service, originally located in the cafeteria of Bell Telephone, eventually expanded into an empire of its own. The rest is history.

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I just took a peek at my web stats, looking specifically at the search terms that led people to my neck of the blogosphere. I’m quite excited to report that lots of people have been searching for variants of the string “chicken enchilada grilled stuft burrito.”

During my time spent at physical therapy, I’ve been seeing that Taco Bell is advertising the heck out of them, so I have some mild hope that they’ll keep it around for good.

In case they dont, though, I’ve been eating as many of them as possible. I’ve lost count, but I know for sure that I’ve had at least 12 of them since last mentioning it.

If anyone finds this post by searching for information about it, please rest assured that this is the greatest Taco Bell menu item ever, and that you should definitely eat one instead of researching them.

UPDATE: Upon doing a little searching (I am #1 google result for “chicken enchilada grilled stuft burrito”, woo!), I came across this petition, which is filled with lots of other folk like me. Petitions are stupid, but I enjoy seeing just how worked up people can get when Taco Bell does something stupid.

UPDATE AGAIN: I’ve now moved down to #3 :(. Also, it occurred to me that the reason so many of the search queries included the word ‘ingredients’ is that people are responding to the ads, but are afeared to eat one lest they get e-coli. So, I present you now with the ingredients:

Chicken, rice, blend of 3 cheeses, enchilada sauce, sour cream, tortilla, charred little bits of tortilla on the outside of the tortilla.

Don’t fear getting sick, those ingredients are safe. For now…

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Praise Science!

Taco Bell has answered my pleas for a return of the Chicken Enchilada Grilled Stuft Burrito^™. I’ve been slyly building my own version of said Grilled Stuft Burrito^™ by ordering them with additional ingredients to roughly approximate what the Chicken Enchilada Grilled Stuft Burrito^™ tasted like when Taco Bell saw fit to release it a few years ago, and then cruelly took it away from me. I suspect it was the annoyane of the drive-thru worker and the Stuf/Griller^™ that lead to them bringing it back, I just don’t know how long they plan on keeping it around.

The Chicken Enchilada Grilled Stuft Burrito^™ is quite possibly the greatest Taco Bell item ever created, so I would really appreciate it if you’d take a minute (and $3) to do one or more of the following:

a) order and eat a Chicken Enchilada Grilled Stuft Burrito^™ today. And tomorrow.
b) order a Chicken Enchilada Grilled Stuft Burrito^™ and give it to a friend who isn’t a vegetarian. All that matters here is the purchasing; the eating is only secondary.
c) order a Chicken Enchilada Grilled Stuft Burrito^™ and give it to a perfect stranger who has not tried one. This will lead said stranger to buy one as well.

It doesn’t matter who you buy it for, just that you buy one. If it goes away and you didn’t buy any when they were available, you’ll have no right to complain that they’re gone.

I don’t think I’m asking much… just if, you know, you happen to be going to Taco Bell anyway, your $3 could greatly affect my happiness in the future.

Thanks,
jer@nyquil.org

Thank you

UPDATE: I’ve listed the ingredients of this wonderful menu item in case you’re afraid of e-coli.

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