Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America
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crops in California’s Central Valley alongside family members as a child—sent his thoughts to our planet en español. “Espero la cosecha de mi sueño sirva como inspiracion...
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harvest of my dream serves as inspira...
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fact, NASA had used tortillas for astronaut sustenance as early as 1985, when Mexican scientist Rodolfo Neri Vela requested a pack as part of his food provisions, to make tacos.
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redolent
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Juan DeLeon
Not even slightly sweet flour tortillas are appropriate for taste buds. First sign of sweet, RUN!
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They also weren’t dangerous, like bread, whose crumbs crippled air vents and sensitive equipment.
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NASA found a manufacturer who made an extended-shelf-life tortilla that lasted up to a year and retained its allure, a maker that also sold their product to fast-food titan Taco Bell. Hundreds of thousands of dollars well spent.
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Juan DeLeon
Taco Bell must have been listening...
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And for short missions of five to seven days? Astronauts often bring their flour tortillas fresh from a Houston tortillería—a tortilla factory. No customizing, no chemicals—just unadulterated rapture.
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Juan DeLeon
What the hell! I may need to visit this stadium, at least look it up!
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Juan DeLeon
Desperate, but creative blasphemy!