Funny you should mention that. I never had a taco or a burrito growing up in 
western Maryland. We didn't have them here until the mid '70s I suppose. 
Then we got a Taco Bell and some other Mexican Style resurants started 
springing up. This is interesting stuff. Someone should do some research on 
this cultural migration. We didn't have much in the way of Chineese fast 
food either. Now it too is one of our staple fast foods. Can anyone tell I'm 
on a diet? That salad I had for lunch just didn't cut it. LOL.

Lonny

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From: "Debra Jackson/Harold Forsythe" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: End of the War of Northern Aggression


> Having spend every summer of the 1990s in Virginia and North Carolina 
> doing archival research, I was present to note the increased availability 
> of staples for Mexican style cooking in the upper South.  Good flour 
> tortillas were fairly scarce say in 1992 but all the major supermarkets 
> seem to carry them by 1999.  This made it easy for me to make burritos for 
> my cousins who hosted me in Raleigh each summer.
>
> Harold S. Forsythe