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Indeed, according to a Mayan legend, a peasant initially invented corn tortilla for his hungry king. The first tortillas that were discovered date back to approximately 10,000 BC. When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, they gave the name of tortilla to these thin maize-based flat breads. In ...
Indeed, it was common to roll tortillas around other foods during the Mayan era. Civilizations living in the lake area of the Valley of Mexico traditionally prepared corn tortillas wrapped around small fish. At the time of the Spanish conquests, the soldier Bernal Díaz del Castillo wrote a ...