Taco

A Taco is a fast food dish of Mexican cuisine, which is famous in the whole of North and Central America great popularity. It consists of a wheat tortilla and corn, which can be filled as desired with many ingredients.

In most cases, the Taco is seasoned with a rather spicy salsa. Tacos are always eaten out of hand.

Etymology

The term taco comes from the Mexican Spanish for grafting or tangle. Perhaps the term goes back to Mexican miners in the 18th century, the pieces of paper were wrapped around gunpowder and used for sprinkling of silver- rock, as Taco designated. Tamales tortillas were ( among other names) in the region, however, consumed even before the arrival of the first Europeans.

Dissemination

In Mexico is known as Taco a folded or rolled tortilla stuffed with various ingredients. Often, the most filling of a mixture of meat and vegetables, partly also from fish and seafood. In addition, like cheese in the taco is filled like a quesadilla.

A typical filling is about Bistec (Spanish for beef steak), which is cut after the roast into small pieces and eaten as Bistec con queso cheese in the taco. Another common variant is tacos al pastor. The meat for this comes from a rotisserie.

Taco stalls characterize the typical Mexican city. There are also on several bowls of salsas and limes in most cases. Tacos are with tortillas, quesadillas, burritos and hamburgers to the most popular fast -food dishes in Mexico.

Even in the United States are enjoying great popularity tacos. There are, among other things, a fast-food chain called Taco Bell, which specializes in tacos and Tex -Mex dishes. A typical American Taco consists of a soft wheat tortilla ( soft-shell taco ) or a crispy corn tortilla (hard shell taco ), the (usually cheddar) is filled with roast beef, lettuce, onions, tomatoes and cheese. Depending on requirements, a taco be refined even with sour cream ( taco supreme ) or chili sauce. There are also other variants, such as vegetarian, grilled steak ( grilled steak taco ) or with chicken ( chicken taco ), but the variant described above is most common in the United States. This kind Taco is perceived as unmexikanisch in Mexico and considered rather than Tex- Mex.

For many years, tacos can be ordered in Mexican and Tex -Mex restaurants in Europe. The individual ingredients are available in delis and well-stocked supermarkets.