Tacos Were Invented In the 18th Century By Silver Miners
Nobody is 100% sure of where or when the taco was first invented.
I always imagined it was a style of eating food that has been around for thousands of years.
However, Jeffery M. Pilcher, a history professor at the University of Minnesota, has spent the last 20 years investigating the evolution of Mexican food, and he believes it is not as old as we thing.
He believes that tacos were invented in the silver mines of Mexico in the 18th century.
The word "taco" was used in the these mines to refer to the tiny little gunpowder sticks they would use to excavate the silver.
These explosive sticks resembled the taco that we eat today...except filled with gunpowder instead of meat and cheddar cheese.
The word "taco" then shows up in the dictionary at the end of the 19th century.
In the definition the dictionary described a taco de minero, a miner's taco.
Read more about the amazing history of the taco here.
Nobody is 100% sure of where or when the taco was first invented.
I always imagined it was a style of eating food that has been around for thousands of years.
However, Jeffery M. Pilcher, a history professor at the University of Minnesota, has spent the last 20 years investigating the evolution of Mexican food, and he believes it is not as old as we thing.
He believes that tacos were invented in the silver mines of Mexico in the 18th century.
The word "taco" was used in the these mines to refer to the tiny little gunpowder sticks they would use to excavate the silver.
These explosive sticks resembled the taco that we eat today...except filled with gunpowder instead of meat and cheddar cheese.
The word "taco" then shows up in the dictionary at the end of the 19th century.
In the definition the dictionary described a taco de minero, a miner's taco.
Read more about the amazing history of the taco here.
Source posted by Michelle
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