Tacos v.s. Burritos

Tacos and burritos are some of the best Mexican authentic foods. There has been a big dilemma on which one is better. We all have different opinions on whether you like tacos, burritos or even both. To help you guys choose on which one you guys like better I am going to talk about both of these food choices and let you guys decide which one is the best for you. So what is it gonna be tacos, or burritos?

Personally I like Burritos the best so that is why I am going to talk a little on where the burrito was originated from and what makes it so awesome. One of the things that I found interesting about the burrito is how it got its name. If you know Spanish, the you should know that a "Burro" means donkey . When you think about it, it you know that a burrito usually don't have any donkey in it so its name probably didn't come from that. It has been said that a man named Juan Mendez from Chihuahua, Mexico used a donkey to carry around his supplies for his food cart. To keep the food warm, he would wrap it up in a big homemade flour tortilla. I think that this story can be somewhat true but i guess we will never really know. The burrito first appeared in the early 1900s, right around the time of the Mexican-American war, this quick, easy food item quickly became popular. Thus, the theory is that the concoction got its name because it was sold out of a donkey cart.

Whether Juan Mendez sold burritos on a donkey cart or had something to do with how popular they became, it’s unlikely that he created the burrito. The Diccionario de Mexicanismos has an entry for the burrito as early as 1895, quite a few years before Juan’s time. The entry states that a burrito is “A rolled tortilla with meat or other ingredients inside, called ‘coçito’ in Yucatán and ‘taco’ in the city of Cuernavaca and in Mexico City.” The term burrito was popular in Guanajuato, a state in central Mexico. As the dictionary entry is the only hard and fast evidence we have to show where burritos came from, the idea that they originated in Guanajuato seems to be the most likely. However the food got its name, it certainly caught on quickly and has evolved a great deal since it was first created. A simple mix of meat, cheese, and tomato has turned into a full-blow meal with rice, beans, meat, cheese, vegetables, and sauces wrapped up in a heavy-duty tortilla.

The burrito made its way into the US in the 1900s. The first mention of a burrito on a U.S. menu was in the 1930s at the El Cholo Spanish Café in Los Angeles, though burritos had likely been making the rounds in the states before then. California is still well-known for its burritos, with the Mission burrito—arguably the most popular style of burrito in the United States—originating in San Francisco. The Mission burrito is wrapped up in a tortilla and then again in aluminum foil—this is the sort that is commonly served at restaurants like Chipotle, Qdoba, and Freebirds. I could really go for a burrito right now. How about you?

So on to the taco. Tacos can either be served in a taco shell or a soft shell. In 2012 alone people in the U.S. consumed 4.5 billion tacos. That's alot of tacos! Tacos have a long history that has been said to start during the 19th century. But of coarse we will never really know. The first recorded taco party in history was recorded in 15 20 by Herman Cortes. It was right before he went to go kill the Aztecs which makes it a little weird. It is believed that the origin of the taco started in Mexican silver mines. During this time a taco was known as a piece of paper wrapped around gunpowder. I definitely wouldn't want to bite into one of those things. have you ever realized that taquitos look similar to a stick of dynamite? Taquito is a Spanish word that translates to small taco. the taco isn't an age-old cultural food, and it is fairly new, compared to some of the other Mexican foods dating back to Aztec times.

Many women migrants brought tacos to Mexico City to sell for income. These women eventually made Mexico City into the hub for tacos, with many different styles and kinds of tacos that people could sample. The taco originally came to the U.S. through migrants that traveled to the Los Angeles area in the early 1900s. It was originally seen as a low-class street food. The tacos that were sold as street food in the U.S. were not traditional tacos that you would find in Mexico. This is due to the fact that the ingredients that are available in the United States are not the same as the ingredients that are available in Mexico.

Tacos were originally in a soft tortilla. It wasn't until 1947 that the hard shelled taco was used because the original tortilla did not stay fresh for very long. In 1954 Glen Bell opens up a little taco stand called Taco Tia. Later on in Downey California, he opens up the first Mexican fast food franchise called Taco Bell. Because the taco was so popular hit nation wide, it has its own appreciation day on October 4th. As i had said before in 2012 alone people in the U.S. consumed 4.5 billion tacos. That is 490,00 miles long of tacos. It is actually enough to get to the moon and back. 750 million pounds of taco that is , which is also the weight of the empire state building. Actually not just one but 2 empire state buildings!

No matter if you choose tacos or burritos I am going to leave that up to you to choose. There is not denying that both are eaten by millions of consumers each year. They are convenient when you don't know what to make for lunch or dinner. So what will it be, taco or burrito?