NASCAR announcer Bob Griese apologizes for saying Colombian driver was "out having a taco"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Announcer Cracks 'Taco' Joke at Juan Montoya

Posted Oct 25th 2009 10:30AM by TMZ Staff



A college football broadcast came to a screeching halt yesterday because of announcer Bob Griese -- after he verbally vomited a highly inappropriate comment about Colombian NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

During the Ohio State/Minnesota game, the NASCAR promotion turned nasty when broadcaster Chris Spielman asked where Montoya was in the standings ... then Griese let this gem fly: "He's out having a taco."

At the end of the game, Griese issued a bland apology, saying, "Juan Pablo Montoya, he's one of the best drivers in NASCAR, I just want to apologize for the comment that i made earlier in the ballgame."

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[Ikonoklast]

1. I heard that, and thought "WTF?".

Griese probably thought he was making a funny, but it was just plain stupid.

You know, all those people with Hispanic sounding names eat tacos.

Bet there are more tacos eaten by Caucasians in the U.S. than the entire population of Colombia.

[rcrush]

2. He was actually eating pigs feet and fried cow intestines.

I like tacos.

[Ikonoklast]

3. So, what do you have against pig's feet?

And many people may or may not know it, but if they have ever eaten a sausage, salami or cold cut that used a 'natural' casing, ummm, well, that is intestines.

Pickled pig's feet and a cold beer, ummmm...


Many years ago as a much younger man, I had the good fortune of working for a retail meat establishment that had a local soul food restaurant as a client.

After doing her shopping early in the morning, Mrs. Harris would send one of her kids over with a hot lunch from her restaurant for all of us working the stand.

Damn that woman could cook, and I fell in love with soul food at a very early age. She made a roast beef tongue sandwich with fried red peppers and tomato sauce that I still miss to this very day.

And her fried chicken should have been declared a National Treasure, so tender and juicy, seasoned just right...just awesome.


Now I'm hungry, dammit.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. If they have ever eaten a sausage, salami or cold cut...

...they have eaten EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE SQUEAL.

I've seen films of hot dogs being made. I have to blot them from my memory every time I feel like a hot dog, which is maybe a half-dozen times in an entire year.

Same for Italian sausage. I'm Italian, and I make my own sauce, and there's nothing like a Sunday afternoon with sausage simmering on the stove for a couple of hours, but if I thought about the casing...or what was inside of it...I wouldn;t be EATING it.

:tofl:

[Ikonoklast]

5. Hot Dogs are a low-end product.

But, having said that, the one smokehouse where I learned to make smoked meat products made an all-beef Kosher dog that was made with nice cuts of lean beef trimmings, no leftovers in those dogs I tell ya.

Worked in the trade for many a year, and have made both fresh and smoked meat products of all types in both retail and wholesale commercial meat establishments, many of the higher-end sausage and smoked or dried lunch meat-type products have ingredients that could easily be used as a roast for the dinner table.

Not all sausage is made from scraps and leftovers; but we used to save all the fat trimmings from pork loins just to add to the pork butts we would bone out, just so the sausage wouldn't be too lean, and dry out when cooking.

We made four types of sausage fresh every day, and would rotate two other specialty sausages in and out every other week or so.

Around the holidays we couldn't keep up with the demand for fresh garlic kielbasi, I swear some of those people ate it three times a day they bought so much.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. The "Neto Sausage Company" is very close to where I live...

...and I'll run over there and grab four Italian sausages, bring them home, add them to my home-made sauce, and life is good.

They are actually of a higher quality (and less expensive) than what you'd buy in the supermarket.

I have the meat grinder attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer, and NEVER buy commercial ground beef. I buy chuck (usually "boneless stew meat") and grind my own.

So the next frontier, for me, is to buy a pork shoulder and make my own Italian sausage.

:toast:

[rcrush]

7. I WANT TACOS

[KamaAina]

8. Aren't tacos Mexican?

Griese = :dunce: