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The origins of the taco are not precisely known, and etymologies for the culinary usage of the word are generally theoretical. [3] [4] Taco in the sense of a typical Mexican dish comprising a maize tortilla folded around food is just one of the meanings connoted by the word, according to the Real Academia Española, publisher of Diccionario de la Lengua Española. [5]
Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food is a non-fiction book by Jeffrey Pilcher, published by the Oxford University Press in 2012. Pilcher discusses the history of Mexican cuisine and Tex Mex cuisine as well as perceptions of the concept of "Mexican food" around the world.
A hard-shell taco from a taqueria in Sacramento, CA. While many different versions of hard-shell tacos exist, the most common form of the hard-shell taco is served as a crisp-fried corn tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef, cheese, lettuce, and sometimes tomato, onion, salsa, sour cream, and avocado or guacamole. [2]
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In his Diccionario de Mejicanismos (1959) Mexican linguist and philologist Francisco J. Santamaría identifies burrito as another name for a taco in the state of Guerrero, while in the State of Sinaloa it is specifically a taco filled with salt: [4] En el Estado de Guerrero, taco, en el sentido de tortilla arrollada con comida adentro.
Nutrition (Per Taco): Calories: 180 Fat: 8 g (Saturated Fat: 4 g) Sodium: 500 mg Carbs: 18 g (Fiber: 3 g, Sugar: 1 g) Protein: 9 g. For $1.79, you get the triumvirate of beef, cheese, and lettuce ...
[5] He then became interested in spaceflight after reading Hermann Oberth's book Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space). Although it was a difficult technical book, Ley worked through the calculations and concluded that outer space would soon become the next great frontier of human exploration.