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Guacamole (Spanish: [ɡwakaˈmole] ⓘ; informally shortened to guac in the United States [1] since the 1980s) [2] is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed in Mexico. [3] In addition to its use in modern Mexican cuisine , it has become part of international cuisine as a dip, condiment , and salad ingredient.
In January 2013, "Fresh Guacamole" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [2] It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar. [3] The film premiered as part of Showtime's "Short Stories" series online and on TV. Showtime's YouTube posting of "Fresh Guacamole" amassed 3.5 million hits in its first 4 days online.
The taquito or little taco was referred to in the 1917 Preliminary Glossary of New Mexico Spanish, with the word noted as a "Mexicanism" used in New Mexico. [8] The modern definition of a taquito as a rolled-tortilla dish was given in 1929 in a book of stories of Mexican people in the United States aimed at a youth audience, where the dish was noted as a particularly popular offering of ...
"Preparing plates of tortillas and fried beans to sell to pecan shellers, San Antonio, Texas" by Russell Lee, March 1939. Some ingredients in Tex-Mex cuisine are also common in Mexican cuisine, but others, not often used in Mexico, are often added, such as the use of cumin, introduced by Spanish immigrants to Texas from the Canary Islands, [4] but used in only a few central Mexican recipes.
List of anti-war films; List of war films and TV specials. List of films about the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation; List of films about nuclear issues; List of films about the military* Films depicting Latin American military dictatorships; List of films featuring the French Foreign Legion; List of films featuring the Irish Republican Army
Nachos originated in the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in Mexico, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas in the United States. [16] [17] Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya created nachos in 1943 at the restaurant the Victory Club when Mamie Finan and a group of U.S. military officers' wives, whose husbands were stationed at the nearby U.S. Army base Fort Duncan, traveled across the border to eat at ...
The institute's scope later grew towards studying nutrition, animal diseases and food technology. Hormel's production increased to aid in World War II and 65% of its products were purchased by the U.S. government by 1945. [6]: 77–78 founder George Hormel died in March 1946 at age 85.
In World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's drafted into the S.S. 1967 United States The Dirty Dozen: Robert Aldrich: Thriller based on E. M. Nathanson novel. US Army convicts on mission before D-Day: 1967 Italy Dirty Heroes: Dalle ...