The “Trompo” is a stack of marinated pork steaks piled up over a rotating skewer that slowly cooks next to a vertical furnace. However the name Taco al Pastor probably came before this, given the fact that “pastor” means “shepherd” and as the Shepherd’s Pie is made with lamb, it’d make sense that the Shepherd’s Taco (Taco de Pastor) was also made with lamb. There’s no actual proof of why this change happened, but the most logical explanation is that Mexico produces (and consumes) more of the latter, thus making it cheaper than the former, and making the overall price of the taco accessible to the average Mexican. The last step of its evolution was when they switched Lamb for Pork. This conflict resulted in a huge migration of Lebanese and Middle Eastern people to Mexican territory, coming in through Veracruz to establish themselves in Puebla.Īs with every migration, along came new flavors and customs that merged with the existing ones and that is the case of the Lebanese Shawarma, the Turkish Döner Kebab, and the Greek Gyro, all of Ottoman descent, which populated the streets of Puebla during the 1920’s and quickly evolved into a taco, when their pita bread was replaced by our tortillas. An empire that lasted throughout centuries until just 100 years ago, when in 1922, after the first Great War, the Turkish nationalists abolished the sultanate.
In 1453 Constantinople fell, and the rise of the Ottoman Empire began. Mexico is a world of mixtures, the European world meeting the Mesoamerican cultures, and all that jazz.Įveryone and everything in Mexico has at least one European ancestor, and that is also true for our beloved King pastor. Yes, but this can also be said of all Mexican things. Well, I’m guessing you already read the title of this post so no point in trying to add any mystery to it, so yeah, over 21% of Mexican foodies have crowned the “Trompo” of Taco al Pastor as the ruler of the streets! So let’s get a closer look at this majestic dish that represents a whole nation. Over 90% of the Mexicans not only consider tacos the most practical, delicious, and convenient meal, tacos are considered the biggest symbol of Mexican culture.īut the most important fact that we learned from this study is the answer to the good ol’ question: What kind of taco is the King? First of all, they learned the obvious: Of all types of Mexican food, tacos are the all-time favorites. A study made by Mexican Bureau for Strategic Communication on 2019 revealed a lot of things about what Mexicans think about Mexican food.
To taco’ bout Mexican food is to talk about tacos.
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