Arturo Warman (1937-2003), an anthropologist and historian who specialized in prehistoric Mexican culture for the majority of his career, was cited as saying that the Aztecs and Mayans hybridized wild grasses around 3,000 B.C. to produce the large, nutritious kernels that are now known as corn.
Consider National Taco Day, which occurs annually on October 4, as a concentrated and amplified version of the “Taco Tuesdays” that many restaurants offer to attract Happy Hour-like throngs. Come to think of it, to further whet your appetite for the subject, get this: the phrase “Taco Tuesday” was actually trademarked across the country in 1989 by a Wyoming-based fast-food chain called Taco John’s, except in New Jersey, where the trademark had already been claimed by Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar back in ’82.
However, nobody needs to be concerned about the legality of the name of their meal. On National Taco Day, all we need to do is take some tortillas and stuff them with savory fillings, ranging from the traditional carne asada, cheese, tomato, lettuce, and sour cream to more exotic “meat component” options such as fish, chorizo, and even tongue. Even the term “stuff” is no accident; many people believe that taco comes from the Spanish word “ataco,” which means “to stuff.”
Arturo Warman (1937-2003), an anthropologist and historian who specialized in prehistoric Mexican culture for the majority of his career, was cited as saying that the Aztecs and Mayans hybridized wild grasses around 3,000 B.C. to produce the large, nutritious kernels that are now known as corn. Because the corn tortilla became such a versatile part of Mexican cuisine so quickly, spreading far and wide and increasing the number of its aficionados, some of whose descendants are, of course, the taco-loving foodies of today, we at National Today feel comfortable marking that time as the origin of the taco as a food item.
It is unknown if Hernando Cortez mentioned the native flatbread “tlaxcalli” on October 4, 1520, in a letter to Spain’s King Charles V, but the year was 1520 and it was then that Cortez and his companions nicknamed the food “tortilla.”
From that point forward, it was inevitable that advances in culinary science and communications would cause the taco to explode across the globe’s dining tables. By 1914, taco recipes had began to appear in Californian cookbooks. In the subsequent decades, the taco has lived up to its definition (similar to the generalized term “sandwich”) and has become practically ubiquitous. We have absolutely no complaints.
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You will be amazed by the variety of local locations. You can walk in and have a handcrafted taco at your fingertips.
Select one of the numerous online taco recipes, go to the grocery store to purchase the necessary ingredients, and get cooking! Most significantly, prepare these tacos with affection. In addition, a taco press and deep fryer will make your National Taco Day much more efficient.
Yes, we did say it. Give a taco (or three) to a loved one, a friend, or even a passerby on the street. Together, we will improve the world, one taco at a time. Long live revolution!
The Taino peoples of the Antilles and the Bahamas were the first to use the term “maize,” though technically their word was “mahiz” and only changed to “maize” when adopted by Spanish explorers.
Popular uses of the earlier gas-powered engines and electric motors included grinding grain for “masa,” the dough or paste from which tortillas were molded.
Despite market fluctuations involving more variables than we can enumerate here, Mission is the best-selling tortilla brand in the United States, out of approximately 450 different manufacturers.
The average Mexican family of four consumes more than two pounds of tortillas daily (imagine holding a tortilla in one hand and eight slabs [two pounds] of butter or margarine in the other).
In August of 2019, the production of tortillas employed more than 21,000 individuals in the United States alone.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | October 4 | Wednesday |
| 2024 | October 4 | Friday |
| 2025 | October 4 | Saturday |
| 2026 | October 4 | Sunday |
| 2027 | October 4 | Monday |
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