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Saturday 21 July 2018

Taco

A taco is a traditional Mexican food. It comprises a corn or wheat tortilla, which is rolled or folded around a filling. Many tacos are made with a spiced beef filling, while others are filled with chicken, pork, seafood or cheese. Garnishes include lettuce, guacamole, or pico de gallo. 

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The word taco comes from Mexican Spanish and is the equivalent of the English word sandwich. It literally means "plug," as in ... we will plug a taco in our mouths anytime.

The taco predates the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico. Archaeologists believe that early Mexicans may have feasted on ground corn meal folded around fish caught in the country's lake region.

Writing at the time of the Spanish conquistadors, Bernal Díaz del Castillo documented the first taquiza, or taco feast enjoyed by Europeans, a meal which Hernán Cortés arranged for his captains in Coyoacán. According to Castillo's chronicle, True Story of the Conquering of the New Spain, they were served pork with tortillas.

Taco Tuesday is a custom in many US cities of going out to eat tacos or in some cases select Mexican dishes typically served in a tortilla on Tuesday nights. However "Taco Tuesday" isn't something just any restaurant can celebrate. It was trademarked in 1989 by a Wyoming-based chain called Taco John's, which routinely sends cease-and-desist letters to other restaurants that use it (except in New Jersey, where another restaurant trademarked it in 1982). 

You're almost 4,000% more likely to find breakfast tacos in Texas than in the U.S. as a whole.

Breakfast tacos. By ryan kuonen from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, USA 

In Mexico, there are 115,000 taco places. Meaning that, in average, every Mexican person has a taco place 400 meter (0.2 miles) away from them.

Young Norwegians have coined the term “fredagstaco” to describe the cultural phenomenon of starting the weekend off with a serving—or two—of tacos. The taco is by far the most popular dinner on Friday in Norway.  8.2% of Norwegians eat tacos every Friday night.

When filming the 1999 improvised movie The Blair Witch Project, if one of the actors wanted to break character, he or she would say “taco.”

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