{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"FACO The Alamo!","description":"On this episode we talk with Jason Stanford, former chief of communication and community engagement for the Mayor of Austin, Steve Adler. We speak to him about the Great Breakfast Taco War, the book he co-authored, Forget the Alamo, and other taco wars. We begin with Jos\u00e9 telling us how Texans take everything personally. Especially as it relates to food. That character trait or flaw, whatever you\u2019d like to call it, occasionally causes a big to-do. One of those occasions occurred in February 2016. That\u2019s when Eater.com writer Matthew Sedacca\u2019s story about Austin being the birthplace of the breakfast taco. Many San Antonioans lost their minds and took to social media. A  tongue-in-cheek Change.org petition to ban Sedacca from Texas was also published. Eventually, Eater quietly revised the text to state Austin popularized the breakfast taco. But the writer\u2019s misunderstanding of the Texas staple remained. In his story, the journalist writes, \u201cThe recipe is simple: take a tortilla, and stuff with desired breakfast ingredients\u2014eggs, processed yellow cheese, pork, etc.\u201d Anyone who has glanced at a breakfast taco menu in San Antonio and South Texas knows this is untrue. The range is great, including carne guisada, barbacoa, pork chops. The diversity is greatness. Soon after, Texas radio stations got involved, TV stations threw in their hats too. Then the mayors got involved. The vitriol was palpable. Austin Mayor Steve Adler didn\u2019t help things. He held rallies where he shouted the bona fides of Austin tacos and even in a fervor declared he would lead a march on San Antonio.   It was never known if that claim was scripted but there were scripted takes on the breakfast taco war and other things. The person behind that was Jason Stanford. Stanford\u2019s newsletter explained that San Antonio didn\u2019t understand that Austin\u2019s mayor was joking at the time. Like many of Austin\u2019s moves, it was a PR stunt with a sprinkling of cynical humor. San Antonio was ultimately a punchline. FACO: \u201cRemember The Alamo\u201d is a phrase sprinkled with racism. It\u2019s a dog whistle.   TAQUOTE: \u201cThe odds always favor the tortillas like the salsa flavors of the taco.\u201d   SOCIAL MEDIA Jason Stanford: https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasStanford   Isidro Salas: https:\/\/twitter.com\/10ktacos   Jos\u00e9 R. Ralat: https:\/\/twitter.com\/TacoTrail   LINKS   https:\/\/austin.eater.com\/2016\/2\/19\/11060078\/breakfast-taco-austin-history   https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/city-of-austin-texas-exile-matthew-sedacca-from-texas-for-taco-negligence   https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/the-daily-post\/can-any-texas-city-claim-the-breakfast-taco-as-its-own\/   https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/d7kxaj\/the-real-texas-breakfast-taco-history-involves-cannibalism-ted-cruz-and-war   https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forget-Alamo-Rise-Fall-American\/dp\/1984880098   https:\/\/jasonstanford.substack.com\/p\/for-the-first-time-heres-the-real?s=w&utm_medium=web   * This episode was originally broadcast on Fireside. ","author_name":"10,000 TACOS\u00ae","author_url":"https:\/\/www.tacopodcast.com","html":"