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Legend has it The universe was created by a taco.

No but like, otherwise. Why are they so damn good?

If all of the fabric of reality is not  somehow entangled in that very creation, the very moment that a real taco touches your lips. Then we humans have reached the event horizon and tacos have their own universe.

This is a blog that will take you around to different taco places as much as humanly possible ( ok as much as my wallet  and schedule allows).  We will review, test drive, R&D, deconstruct and eat tacos.

- But Jorge why is this something you want to spend time doing? - if you don't know that you haven't had a REAL taco at all.


Here is the thing. There is a bit of a conspiracy. There are people out there who don't want you to know what a real taco is. They don't want you to find the path to the light -delight- (Taco light). They want to see you eat hard shell lettuce & cream filled lies. They want you to think that crunchy and shitty false idol is a taco. DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR LIES!  Tacos are sacred and here we will bring the light to you!!!!

First of all - What is a taco? - And what isn't?

A taco is very simple. It is a bit of food that goes into a corn tortilla to be therefore eaten.  I emphasize the elegance in their simplicity but at the same time tacos can be very intricate creatures.

In Mexico a Taco is the simplest indivisible unit of food "Un taco". Un taco can be made up of many ingredients or just one. It can contain vegetables, sauces, meats and sometimes whole animals.

The simplicity of a taco gives it the power to contain so much inside it's soft corn tortilla exterior. (Some theorize the entire universe is wrapped around a force called the corn tortilla force. ) The entire history of a town can be contained inside a taco.  It's ingredients can describe the lives of the people eating it.  A Taco in Tijuana can contain Marlin or shrimp and a Taco in Toluca can contain Green Chorizo. They are massively different and yet they are both tacos Simple but complicated. Duality! ( imagine that last word whispered.)

It is almost impossible to know who invented tacos but we know they  were consumed in Meso-America from California to Nicaragua well before European contact and we know "Moctezuma"King of the Tenochtitlan empire ate tacos for lunch. We also know from the tales of Bernal Diaz Del Castillo that Coyoacán (In todays Mexico city) was the location for the first ever "Taquiza" a feast prepared for the Spanish invaders in hopes of negotiating a treaty.  Diaz Del Castillo describes pork dishes being served inside Tortillas.

Jeffrey M Pilcher a Professor of the University of  Toronto is the leading Scholar ( other than me or pretty much any Mexican, you guys) in Mexican food history.  In his research he reveals that it is believed Tacos were out of style for a while and they came back into fashion during the Mexican revolution being Cuautla Morelos the place where they became popular again.

Here is an interview with him - DISCLAMER! they use a shitty photo of a fake taco  in the article but Jeff Is Legit!

Ok that is all for now!

May the tacos be with you ( you respond - and with your spirit-)

Jorge "The Taconnoiseur" Requena Ramos


Write me at Jorge@prairieboyproducitons.com