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The natives of Mexico invented the taco long before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th Century.

(see related question) Our Lady of the Taco1887; Her name is Tula Borunda Gutierrez, and she has blessed us with the tamale, the taco, the enchilada, and the bounty of Tex-Mex food.

With the opening in 1887 of the first Tex-Mex restaraunt, Marfa's Old Borunda Cafe, the culinary history of Texas emerged from the dark ages and entered the renaissance. Forevermore, any Texan whose imagination becomes overoxygenated contemplating enchiladas, tacos, or beans refritoed will measure life as B-NOD or A-NOD, Before and After Number One Dinner.

Tula Borunda Gutierrez took the basic Mexican diet-corn, beans, chiles-that dated back to five thousand years before the arrival of the Spanish, intermarried its flavors with a few new things, and sold the results to her astonished neighbors, who were used to nourishing themselves mainly on a stock of tortilla, bean, and red pepper. Like all good cooks, she added her own topspin, taking special care with the corn, for from corn come tortillas, and from tortillas, enchiladas, tacos, chalupas, flautas, and other dishes whose warmed content is like a stroll in the sun. Simple ...

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