Tacos: you know them, you love them, and you probably ordered from them today. However, despite all the fast food chains, food trucks, takeout spots, and the fact that the country is awash with their cuisine-blending variations, very few actually know how and when the taco business idea was conceived. What most people know is that the delicacy has a Spanish origin. Funnily, more tacos are consumed in the United States than in most Spanish-speaking nations. Though the exact date of the invention of the taco trade is lost in history, the taste of this delicacy has remained the same. Back in the 1970s in Mexico, the taco was a popular snack. Taco fans were expected to find their way to the vending point or wait for the vendor to come by with a taco basket. Today, things are more flexible. There are so many taco trucks in the streets, and you just need to look out when one passes by.
The Genesis of the Taco Truck
Early in Mexico, taco vending was associated with women. They would carry a basket of the snack on their head or back and move from selling point to selling point looking for who is interested to buy. Their most popular selling points were the mining areas. The miners enjoyed tacos for lunch. In 1974, a man by the name Raul Martinez decided to try the vending business. However, he had a different approach to it. Since he was not comfortable with carrying the taco basket as women did, he opted to use a truck. He had an ice-cream semi-truck and decided to convert it into a taco vending truck. This is how the taco truck business came to be. Raul was credited for launching the first ever taco vending truck.
Food vendors on the Mexican border borrowed the idea from the Mexican community, and this is how the taco trucks got into the US. Apparently, most ingredients for making tacos, for example, shredded lettuce, were readily available in the US, and the only thing that was missing was the idea. The taco mobile business became a success first in California before the other states joined the business web. In the early 2000s, taco vending trucks became a nationwide trend. Today, the trucks are seen globally since tacos are an international delicacy.
Conclusion
Taco fans in the US, Mexico, and other parts of the world have the convenience of buying tacos due to the presence of the vending trucks. Undeniably, the mobile vendors have made tacos a phenomenon dish.
