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• Tacos are any variety of rolled tortilla with a meat or vegetable filling. Traditional Mexican tacos use primarily soft corn tortillas, though in the United States, they are frequently served in flour tortillas or a hard corn shell.

• Fast Facts

  1. Made with either corn or flour tortillas
  2. Spanish for "plug"
  3. 1914: First English-language taco recipe
  4. Preformed taco shell was invented by Taco Bell founder Glen Bell

• Varieties

  The most prominent taco found in America is virtually unheard of in Mexico. Most fast food chains sell a hard shell taco filled with ground beef, cheese and seasonings. Common in California and Baja California, Mexico are fish tacos, with fried fish and pico de gallo.

• Traditional Tacos

  American and European restaurants are frequently introducing more authentic tacos to their menus, where meat is placed on top of a corn tortilla and heated on a grill. Mexican tacos are often filled with barbacoa, or sheep meat. Though often considered a Tex-Mex dish, taquitos are a true variety of taco, where the tortilla is rolled up tightly around the meat and fried.

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