TORTILLA CHIP DAY, NTL.
Categories: Food & Culture & Art
Location: United States
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
Location: United States
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
About National Tortilla Day
National Tortilla Chip Day is one of those puzzling Unofficial holidays. Puzzling because there is a perfectly logical day for National Tortilla Chip Day, November 29. November 29, 2024 is the day the inventor of the Tortilla Chip, Rebecca Webb-Carranza was born in Durango Mexico. Later, her family emigrated to the United States when she was a child.
The tortilla chip came about after her marriage to her first husband in 1931. The family owns a Mexican delicatessen in Los Angeles that made tortillas. Sometime in the early 1940s the Carranza family had a party at home. Resourceful, Rebecca had an idea to stretch the munch bar. Rather than throw out the scrapings from the tortillas in their factory, located in Los Angeles California during the 1930s-1960s, she cut them into wedges and served them at a party. They were a hit with her family and soon she began selling the chips for 10 cents a bowl out of the family shop. They caught on quickly with the Hollywood crowd and spread. The Tortilla Chip was born.
Between 1994 and 1995 Carranza was among the recipients of the Golden Tortilla, an award created to honor Mexican food industry innovators by the Azteca Milling company. Though she created it and the family later expanded, in 1967 they were forced to close their chip factory in Long Beach California due to competition from larger corporations who saw the potential in the chip. She had to work into her 80s, bagging groceries and assisting with the census. She did not die a wealth woman monetarily, but wealthy in love with 12 grand children, 19 great-grand children and two great-great-grandchildren to her name.
We’re unable to figure out if February 24 is the anniversary of the party. It’s not the birthday or death of its inventor and there is no patent or copyright tied to this day. Nor is it the date of her death which was on January 19, 2025 at the age of 98.
The tortilla chip came about after her marriage to her first husband in 1931. The family owns a Mexican delicatessen in Los Angeles that made tortillas. Sometime in the early 1940s the Carranza family had a party at home. Resourceful, Rebecca had an idea to stretch the munch bar. Rather than throw out the scrapings from the tortillas in their factory, located in Los Angeles California during the 1930s-1960s, she cut them into wedges and served them at a party. They were a hit with her family and soon she began selling the chips for 10 cents a bowl out of the family shop. They caught on quickly with the Hollywood crowd and spread. The Tortilla Chip was born.
Between 1994 and 1995 Carranza was among the recipients of the Golden Tortilla, an award created to honor Mexican food industry innovators by the Azteca Milling company. Though she created it and the family later expanded, in 1967 they were forced to close their chip factory in Long Beach California due to competition from larger corporations who saw the potential in the chip. She had to work into her 80s, bagging groceries and assisting with the census. She did not die a wealth woman monetarily, but wealthy in love with 12 grand children, 19 great-grand children and two great-great-grandchildren to her name.
We’re unable to figure out if February 24 is the anniversary of the party. It’s not the birthday or death of its inventor and there is no patent or copyright tied to this day. Nor is it the date of her death which was on January 19, 2025 at the age of 98.
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Unofficial Holiday. No Sponsor. See Azteca Milling Corporation for background info on tortillas
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