I love taco's a traditionally Mexican dish.
I can get into tacos myself. For dinner I could easily pack away 5 or 6, and I don't weigh a ton! Can you tell me anything fun about the culture or history around it?
tacos are actually mysterious the origins of the taco are not precisely know.
Oh.. I just assumed they had quaint beginnings. Who would've thought they were mysterious! Well, is there anything about their history you can tell me?
The culinary usage of the work taco is still unknown, it must have been top secret. The usage of the word is purely theoretical.
Wow, it seems like they were just magically put on Earth for our enjoyment, and that's that. These are fun. What else can you tell me?
The taco is actually a broad term, many people make them differently with all kinds of fillings, beef, chicken, seafood, veggies.
Yeah, I figured that. Sometimes they get a little crazy with what people put in them and they don't seem as much a "taco" anymore. What's something more obscure?
thick piece of wood." In this non-culinary usage, the word "taco" has cognates in other European languages, including the French word "tache" and the English word "tack (nail)."
According to one etymological theory, the culinary meaning of "taco" derives from its "plug" meaning as employed among Mexican silver miners, who used explosive charges in plug form consisting of a paper wrapper and gunpowder filling.
Indigenous origins for the culinary word "taco" are also proposed
Taco
A taco (, , ) is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables, and cheese, allowing great versatility and variety. Tacos are generally eaten without utensils, often garnished with salsa, chili pepper, avocado, guacamole, cilantro (coriander), tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.
Etymology.
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