James Silverton said...

> Michael wrote on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:05:14 GMT:
>
>>> TFM® wrote on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:42:56 -0400:
>>>
>>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> notbob > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What in the world is a chicken fajita salad? First, a
>>>>>> fajita is beef, second, it's not a salad.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think officially, fajitas refers to large slices of
>>>>> pepper/onion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>
>>>> You would be incorrect. Fajitas are a cut of meat. Beef to
>>>> be exact.
>>>
>>>> "Chicken fajitas" (misnomer) would be more appropriately
>>>> named chicken tacos.
>>>
>>> However, you mustn't eat out much if you have not seen both
>>> "chicken fajitas" and "shrimp fajitas"!
>
>> If fajitas refer to a cut of meat how can other meats be
>> considered authentic fajitas? If fajita specifically refers
>> to beef, then chicken or shrimp in flour tortillas must refer
>> to something else. I can't find anything that says "fajita" is
>> a cooking method. It's kind of like the martini discussion I
>> got sucked into a year or 2 ago. To the purists if a martini
>> is not made with gin, it's not a martini.
>
> Ah, we lonely purists! A "vodka martini" is no worse than a regular one
> and "fajitas" are Tex-Mex, IMHO, and thus subject to English language
> usage :-) I'm probably beyond the pale like a lot of other people since
> I like Uncle Julio's (once Rio Grande)!


Fajitas are usually build your own served up with meat and onions and
peppers and stuff neatly piled onto a sizzling cast iron (?) platter with
a steamer full of hot soft tortillas. The default meat is skirt steak but
chicken is an option. Along with the implied pitcher of beer or margaritas.

I think if you add cheese and/or lettuce, it becomes a taco.

Iirc,

Andy