Today is National Tortilla Chip Day. 10 things you might not know about tortilla chips:
- The word tortilla comes from the Spanish word, torta, which means round cake.
- A tortilla is a type of unleavened Bread made from corn which means they are naturally gluten free. That said, some manufacturers do add Wheat.
- Legend has it that tortillas were invented by a Mayan peasant to serve to his king.
- Tortilla chips were invented in the 1940s by a woman called Rebecca Webb Carranza who owned a tortilla factory and Mexican delicatessen in Los Angeles. Their automated tortilla maker sometimes churned out a less than perfect tortilla, so rather than waste them, Rebecca came up with the idea of cutting them into triangles, frying them and selling them for a dime a bag. They were so popular that eventually, the company produced nothing else.
- Her idea netted her a Golden Tortilla award in 1994 for her contribution to the Mexican food industry.
- Tortilla chips with salsa is the official state snack of Texas.
- The world's largest tortilla chip, however, was made in the UK at a Brewers Fayre restaurant in 2012. It measured 32 square feet and weighed 110lb. It required a 10 foot deep oven and took over 50 hours to make.
- There are around 51 different brands of tortilla chip on sale on Amazon.
- 100 grams of tortilla chips contain 465 calories. Also Sodium, Potassium, calcium and magnesium.
- The name of the best selling brand, Doritos, means "Little golden things."
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