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Emrys

(8,928 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 06:09 AM Jul 2025

Cartoonist Mike Barfield: "Trump: The Comprehensive Mexican Food Acronyms"



Published in the latest edition of UK satirical/investigative magazine Private Eye.
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Cartoonist Mike Barfield: "Trump: The Comprehensive Mexican Food Acronyms" (Original Post) Emrys Jul 2025 OP
Frittata is Italian, not Mexican Celerity Jul 2025 #1
Tut-tut. FSogol Jul 2025 #4
For a toon this good, I will forgive the cartoonist for ... planetc Jul 2025 #6
Private Eye's letter page regularly features people correcting some of its cartoons. Emrys Jul 2025 #8
Ah, thanks for making me pause! muriel_volestrangler Jul 2025 #14
No worries. I hadn't seen your earlier post. n/t Emrys Jul 2025 #16
... Harker Jul 2025 #15
I testify that there are Mexican Frittata. TexLaProgressive Jul 2025 #9
In SoCal, frittatas are Mexican. Recipes I got from my late aunt (San Diego, CA) attest to that... Hekate Jul 2025 #19
Brilliant work. I think "Chorizo" is my favorite. (nt) Paladin Jul 2025 #2
Perfect. K&R. n/t FSogol Jul 2025 #3
K&R! Great! bronxiteforever Jul 2025 #5
Brilliant! lark Jul 2025 #7
Bueno! BoRaGard Jul 2025 #10
KnR NNadir Jul 2025 #11
Creative. I like it! nt Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #12
Love this! Thanks, Emrys! highplainsdem Jul 2025 #13
LOL + Can't stop chuckling. pat_k Jul 2025 #17
BURRITO LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #18

planetc

(8,834 posts)
6. For a toon this good, I will forgive the cartoonist for ...
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 07:16 AM
Jul 2025

moving a popular dish overseas from its point of origin. Your point is well taken, of course.

Emrys

(8,928 posts)
8. Private Eye's letter page regularly features people correcting some of its cartoons.
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 07:31 AM
Jul 2025

Maybe you should write to them, and maybe see your name in lights. I suspect there'll be a lot of correspondence about it!

ETA: On the other hand:

https://www.mexicanplease.com/mexican-frittata/

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/275451/mexican-frittata/

https://realfoodrealdeals.com/mexican-frittata-recipe/

(He could have gone with tortilla, more or less indistinguishable - maybe some Duers can come up with acronyms for that.)

TexLaProgressive

(12,670 posts)
9. I testify that there are Mexican Frittata.
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 07:58 AM
Jul 2025

Maybe Mexico got them from Italy via Spain. They have a Mexican flavor.

Hekate

(100,132 posts)
19. In SoCal, frittatas are Mexican. Recipes I got from my late aunt (San Diego, CA) attest to that...
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 10:54 PM
Jul 2025

The frittatas were in the Mexican section of my late Mom’s recipe box, credited to Aunt Muriel.

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