Taco History is a facinating subject.

A taco to the Mexican people is like a sandwich to Americans. Anything that can be stuffed, rolled or folded into a tortilla is called a taco. My friend, Ed Hackbarth, who started the Del Taco chain, comically and simply refers to himself as a "Taco Bender."

As a kid, growing up with his family, I helped them cut cheese and ready the store for business. Never did I consider that taco history really was being reinvented.

But long before Ed started his taco chain, the first tacos recorded started appearing in cookbooks about 1914. The rest they say, is history as tacos have enmeshed themselves as not just a Mexican diet, but a part of the American culture.