1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. No, we've had so much to 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: talk about that there's so many things we don't get to. 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: Jim Mutt, our creative director, had sent me a story 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: about the seventeen percent tax, sorry tariff on tomatoes imported 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: from Mexico, and so as a result it has it 6 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: has caused American tomatoes domestic production. They're increasing in production 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: and increasing sales because people are getting prepared for now. 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: I don't know what the tariff is today. Trump changes 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: them every day somebody does something he doesn't like, he 10 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: just says, up, I'm gonna increase your tariff. Oh no, no, no. 11 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: This is sort of like I don't know if you've 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: ever done this to your kids, but I do you 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: sort of like you know, they don't do what you want. Okay, 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: I'll take your phone away. Oh no, no, no, I'll do it. 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: That's kind of what Trump. Trump has every country on 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: a short leash. He's got them by the short hairs up, 17 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: I'll increase in tariffs. Well, you gotta figure that this 18 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: would piss off a Mexican tomato farmer, right. Your biggest market, 19 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: by far is the Americans, especially our friend Rojaleo, who 20 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: took the time to air his displeasure with the American 21 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: tomato on his Mexican podcast called Hit Tomato. 22 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: You know, we can talk a tomato all the time, 23 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: every time that you want to. But you know, it's 24 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: like the Mexican tomato ow shines the American tomato so easy. 25 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 2: I mean, you guys have this tomato that you say, oh, 26 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: look at my big heatle for tomato in America. I 27 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: want to put this big tarraff on a Mexican tomato 28 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: to beat bad Mexican tomato. Really, you're just jealous. Cat 29 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: Me tell you why, because Americans, what do you do 30 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: with your tomato? Huh what do you do? 31 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: Oh? 32 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 2: You take this tomato and you do Oh look at me. 33 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: I'm a Jeff. Look at me, Cheff. I'm behind you, Jet, 34 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: I'm in front of you, Chef. I'm besides you. Jeff. 35 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: Is that when you came up with the name Jeff? 36 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: This is things that keep me up at night? Well, 37 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: here I am thinking, what are you going to do 38 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: with your tomato? And you slice the tomato just right 39 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: up and down and then you put it in a 40 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 2: little turkey sandwich with the brown bread, and you say, oh, 41 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 2: look at me, look at what I do with my tomato. Ridiculous, 42 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: Borring snarfast. But you say, oh no, Rhelio, Just wait 43 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: a minute, Just wait a minute. What we do gonna 44 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: do with the tomato? Now we're gonna take a tomato. 45 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 2: We're gona slides it the exact same way. We're going 46 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: to put it between two pieces of bread and a 47 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: piece of cow. All this suff like another sandwich to me, Borring, 48 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: where is my seapep? You ever noticed? Now Mexico for seabaps, 49 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 2: it's only the white man, big white man. Anyway, then 50 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 2: the white man say, wait a minute. You ain't gonna 51 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: believe this one you do. I'm going to take the tomato. 52 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 2: I'm going to slice it exact same way that I 53 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: did it the other time for the sandwich. Or I 54 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: am burder and I'm going to do this same thing, 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: but this time I'm going to get a really gringle 56 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: with it. I want to put it on a plate 57 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 2: with some salt. I mean us a a a appetizer. 58 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 2: What did the world is this? I don't even know 59 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: what where we're talking about. Listen, man and mehe kind 60 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 2: of the mato is a work of all. 61 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 3: Let me remind you of my little friend called Nko 62 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 3: de Guayo. You may be remember him from Sinco de Mayo. 63 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 3: When you had four margaritas and passed out in a 64 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 3: dairy queen parking lot. You got a tomato, You got 65 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: the onion hall a paene a salon and a. 66 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 2: Little peter a squeez Quez Quez Quez queeze lime. So 67 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: always remember America. Your pathetic tomato. 68 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 3: It is nothing more than a soggy apple compared to 69 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: the great Mexicamo. 70 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: To my day, I received an email from alistener named 71 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: Brandon that went as follows. This is an example of 72 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: a typical email from a listener Czar, I can't sleep. 73 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: I had a red eye flight back to San Anton 74 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: last night and I had a debate with strangers. I 75 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: sat in the middle. The man on my left asked 76 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: the other two of us in our row, what's the 77 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: best Mexican restaurant in San Anton. The man to my 78 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: right gave his favorite in Rio Medina, where he's from. 79 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: I said, my favorite is probably El Chaparral in Bernie, 80 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: where I live, but that doesn't mean it's the best. 81 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: Their stiff competition. I wanted to ponder a bit the 82 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: man who originally asked the question then said, flat Lee, 83 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: the best is Torchies. I told him that's not even 84 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: a Mexican place, much less the best. It's a taco joint. 85 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: It's not even the best taco joint in San Antonio. 86 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: Fuego by UTSA UTSA is University of Texas at San Antonio. 87 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: Is I can't get cheese in Gilades, rice and beans, 88 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: or fajitas or complimentary chips and salsa at Torches. Therefore 89 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: it's not a Mexican restaurant. Also, San Antone is, to 90 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: text Max, what New York is to Italian food. They 91 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: are culturally intertwined and there are so many amazing places 92 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: to pick from. I like Torches. They make tasty tacos. 93 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: But I'm still awake trying to understand a textan that 94 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: is of the opinion that Torches is a Mexican rest 95 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: that a Torches is a Mexican restaurant, and b that 96 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: the best Mexican restaurant in San Antonio is Torches. I 97 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: needed to vent so hopefully I can get to sleep. Also, 98 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: my son turned to today. He got a t ball 99 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: set and a new Astros cap. Here's him batting with 100 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: two of his sisters helping. Yes, I'm a proud papa. 101 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: Now you might think to yourself, well, that's a goofy 102 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: email to get, poor Michael. I'd hate to get those 103 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 1: kind of emails. You'd be wrong. I loved this email. 104 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: These are the kind of things I think about at length. 105 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: How could some guy think that Torchi's Tacos is a 106 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: text Mex restaurant? And even if it were, it's not, 107 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: but we'll stipulate for the sake of argument that it is. 108 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: It's certainly not the best Textmex restaurant in San Antone. 109 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: What is the best Text Mex restaurant where you live 110 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 1: or that you've ever eaten? Drop me an email, but 111 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: please give me the context. You may hear this. Three 112 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: days from now. You go to Michael Berryshow dot com. 113 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: You send me an email and you put in Chris 114 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: Madrid's or Mithiera or whatever that is. I don't care 115 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: your choice. I don't mean to affect it. Gringo's Text Mex, 116 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: whatever your choice is you sent. But if you don't 117 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: tell me, Hey, you asked for our favorite choice of 118 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: a textmax restaurant and you just put that in, then 119 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: I have no context. 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