環球美語 All around the world in MEXICO

This week we go to Mexico to learn how to make a
Mexican Traditional Food,TACO.

A taco is a traditional Mexican dish comprised of a rolled, folded, pliable maize tortilla filled with an edible substance. According to the Real Academia Española, the word taco originally meant (and still means) a plug (rolled paper used to plug a hole) or paper or cloth patch for musket balls.Care should be taken when using the word taco outside of Mexico, as the RAE lists 27 possible meanings for the word. A taco is normally served flat on a tortilla that has been warmed up on a comal; since the tortilla is still soft, it can be folded over or pinched together into a U-shape for convenient consumption. In the variant known as the taco dorado (fried taco), flauta (Flute in English, because of the shape), or taquito, the tortilla is filled with pre-cooked chicken or barbacoa, rolled into a cylinder and deep-fried until crisp.

(Information from:http://en.wikipedia.org/)


墨西哥卷餅（Taco），有時音譯為「塔可」等，是墨西哥的傳統食品
用一張墨西哥薄餅(tortilla)將肉餡、蔬菜等卷成U字型使用
Taco在西班牙語裡是「塞子」、「插銷」的意思，
墨西哥以外使用這個詞有可能引起誤解。