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Tortilla, History of the tortilla

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Corn tortillas

... that the tortilla (pictured) has been eaten for thousands of years, but has only been considered a national dish of Mexico since the 20th century?

Source: The twentieth century ushered in a new context in the social life of the tortilla [...] and created a context in which an emerging middle class re-appropriated the tortilla as a symbol of national identity.

- ALT1: ... that tortillas were first eaten by the Spanish when they met Aztec ambassadors, who attempted to give some to the horses before being informed that horses ate grass? Source: Quoted in : The ambassador then ordered that the food be placed in front of the newcomers and their horses, and in their ingenuous manner they gave [...] a basket of tortillas for the master and another for the animal. This was done until they were told that the beasts ate only corn and grass and soon the Aztec envoys provided the animals with the latter.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jean Varraud, Template:Did you know nominations/Israel D. Andrews, Template:Did you know nominations/Julien Nuijten, Template:Did you know nominations/2026 state visit by Donald Trump to China
- Comment: ALT1 could perhaps run as an image hook with a cropped version of File:Lienzo de Tlaxcala panel 28.jpg, though I'm unsure if it could be visible at the small size.

5x expanded by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 4. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 65 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 22:08, 1 June 2026 (UTC).

I take, will review in the next 24 hours.--Laun chba ller 13:25, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@Vigilantcosmicpenguin: Long enough, new enough. Double QPQs are needed per new nomination, not per article, and as such you only need three QPQs. Earwig is clean. Shame the article was split as a merged article would be below the 10,000 words WP:CANYOUREADTHIS suggests an article should be split at, but I'm sure there's another policy I'm missing. I prefer ALT0, but the hook says 'national dish' and the article and source say 'national symbol' - are they the same thing?--Laun chba ller 11:40, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer: I split the article sort of preemptively, as I plan on expanding the articles a bit more (eventually). I believe it's getting long enough that it might become difficult to read, even if it doesn't quite reach 10,000 words. I have no stance on the use of the phrase "national dish" vs "national symbol"; we use the phrase "national symbol" in the article, so it makes sense to change the hook to the same phrasing. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 21:17, 3 June 2026 (UTC)