taco, n.Trivia

Tacos existed before Europeans arrived in the Americas.

Tacos were originally eaten without cheese.

Tacos were street food before they were restaurant food.

Taco fillings change dramatically from one region of Mexico to another.

Tacos helped preserve Indigenous food traditions through centuries of change.

Tacos became popular in the United States through street vendors.

Tacos can be made from ingredients that rarely appear in Mexican restaurants abroad.

Tacos are one of the world’s oldest portable meals.

Tacos became global long before most people could locate their birthplace on a map.

Tacos can trace their roots to Indigenous cuisines thousands of years old.

Tacos were once named after explosive charges used by miners.