1-5 Fun Facts About Tacos
1. Tacos gained popularity in the United States in the early 1900s when Mexican migrants arrived to work on the railroads and brought tacos with them. At that time, most Americans considered tacos to be a street food associated with the lower class.
2. The primary distinction between a burrito and a taco lies in their size, with a burrito being larger. With a single burrito often constituting a complete meal, burrito is like the big brother of the taco.
3. Taco Bell, a popular-American fast food chain, was founded by entrepreneur Glenn Bell in 1962. During its early years, tacos and other menu items were priced at just $0.19.
4. Taco Bell’s beef mixture is composed of 88% beef and 12% “secret recipe” ingredients.
5. Taco Tuesday is a popular tradition across the United States, particularly in Southern California.
6-10 Interesting Facts About Tacos
6. Americans devour over 4.5 billion tacos each year.
7. Mexico City is renowned as the taco capital of the world.
8. Taco Bell learned a tough-lesson when they neglected to pay two Michigan men who created their iconic Taco Bell Chihuahua mascot. The court slammed Taco Bell with a whopping $42 million bill, proving that even in the fast-food realm, karma can bite you harder than a spicy salsa!
9. According to the Mexican Department of Agriculture, there are over 20,000 distinct taco recipes.
10. Taco Bell’s dreams of conquering Mexico were thwarted not once, but twice! In 1992, Mexican taco lovers found their prices a bit too spicy for their wallets. And in 2010, their expansion restaurant had to close as customers were unfamiliar with the menu items.
11-15 Surprising Facts About Tacos
11. The Doritos Loco taco, created through two years of food engineering and 40 different recipe iterations, became a tremendous success for Taco Bell. Its popularity led to the company adding 15,000 jobs and surpassing the growth of Pizza Hut, KFC, and even McDonald’s.
12. In 2010, Taco Bell made a secret reduction in sodium content at 150 Dallas area restaurants, decreasing it by 23%. They replaced the salt with “other spices and ingredients” without informing anyone. Remarkably, the company received zero complaints about the changes within two months.
13. On April 1, 1996, Taco Bell spent $300k on advertisements claiming that they had purchased the Liberty Bell, renaming it Taco Liberty Bell. This prank generated $25 million in free publicity, and even the White House Press Secretary joined in on the joke by mentioning the fictional transformation of the Lincoln Memorial into the Lincoln-Mercury Memorial by Ford.
14. Casa Sanchez, a San Francisco restaurant, closed in 2012. However, individuals who had gotten tattooed with the restaurant’s logo and received free tacos for life can now obtain free pupusas from the new establishment that took over the lease.
15. A whopping 8.2% of Norwegians have made it a sacred ritual to devour tacos every single Friday.
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