28-454: Tayto may refer to: Tayto (Republic of Ireland) , a major Irish crisps and popcorn manufacturer (also known as "Freestayto") Tayto (Northern Ireland) , a Northern Irish manufacturer of crisps and corn snacks (also known as "Northern Tayto") An Irish synonym for crisps ( potato chips ). See also [ edit ] Taito (disambiguation) Tato (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
56-496: A GAA football match in 2005. In 2023, Tayto debuted a Christmas advert featuring Father Christmas . Tex-Mex Tex-Mex cuisine (derived from the words Texas and Mexico ) is a regional American cuisine that originates from the culinary creations of Tejano people (Texans of Mexican heritage). It has spread from border states such as Texas and others in the Southwestern United States to
84-579: A licensing agreement. The Northern Irish Tayto is widely sold in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain , while the Republic of Ireland brand is sold in the Republic. Tayto was founded in 1954 in Dublin by a local man known as Joe 'Spud' Murphy, who is credited with having invented the world's first flavoured crisp. Two years later, in 1956, the licensing rights of the Tayto name and recipes were sold to
112-619: A non-Mexican. It unified Mexican cooking by transcending the nation's class divisions and treating the food of the poor with the same respect as the food of the upper classes." The term "Tex-Mex" also saw increasing usage in the Los Angeles Times from the 1970s onward while the Tex-Mex label became a part of U.S. vernacular during the late 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Adán Medrano, a chef who grew up in San Antonio, prefers to call
140-455: A percentage of the cover price would go to Irish charity Aware , which assists people affected by depression, bipolar disorder and related mood conditions. In May 2022 the Mr. Tayto mascot was removed from all Cheese & Onion packaging, and a "Where Is Mr. Tayto" tagline was added. Later that month, a statement was made from Mr. Tayto's official social media accounts which claimed that Mr. Tayto
168-569: Is also common on both sides of the Rio Grande . In the 20th century, as goods from the United States became cheap and readily available, Tex-Mex took on such Americanized elements as Cheddar , jack , and pimento cheeses . In much of Texas, the cooking styles on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border were the same until a period after the U.S. Civil War . With the railroads, American ingredients and cooking appliances became common on
196-469: Is characterized by its heavy use of shredded cheese , beans , meat (particularly chicken , beef , and pork ), chili peppers , and spices , in addition to flour tortillas . Sometimes various Tex-Mex dishes are made without the use of a tortilla. A common example of this is the "fajita bowl", which is a fajita served without a soft tortilla. Generally, cheese plays a much bigger role in Tex-Mex food than in mainstream Mexican cuisine, particularly in
224-634: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tayto (Republic of Ireland) Tayto Snacks is a crisp and popcorn manufacturer in Ireland, founded by Joe Murphy in May 1954 and owned by German snack food company Intersnack . It owns several brands, including its leading product of Tayto Crisps for which it invented the first flavoured crisp production process. The first seasoned crisps produced were Cheese & Onion. Companies worldwide sought to buy
252-633: The United Kingdom in the early 1990s through brands like Old El Paso and Santa Maria , and very quickly became a staple meal in the Nordics. Minor local variations on Tex-Mex in these areas are to use gouda cheese , or to substitute taco shells with stuffed pita breads. Previously, Tex-Mex had been sold on a limited scale in Stavanger , Norway since the late 1960s. Tex-Mex has also spread to Canada , where it has become as naturalized as in
280-654: The 1950s relied on combination platters using American-style cheeses, did not often have margaritas, and involved pecans in desserts. The cuisine that would come to be called Tex-Mex originated with Tejanos (Texans of Mexican descent) as a mix of native Mexican and Spanish foods when Texas was part of New Spain and later Mexico. From the South Texas region between San Antonio , the Rio Grande Valley and El Paso , this cuisine has had little variation, and from earliest times has always been influenced by
308-577: The 1986 release of the film Betty Blue , which featured characters drinking tequila shots and eating chili con carne , "everything went crazy." According to Benayoun, " Betty Blue was like our Easy Rider ; it was unbelievably popular in France. And after the movie came out, everybody in Paris wanted a shot of tequila and a bowl of chili." Tex-Mex became widely introduced in the Nordic countries and
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#1732793668095336-636: The Hutchinson family for distribution outside the Republic of Ireland and allowed for the creation of Tayto (Northern Ireland) . The company came to be owned by Cantrell and Cochrane (C. & C), and was based in Coolock , Dublin , until that factory was closed in September 2005, with production outsourced to Ray Coyle's Largo Foods. Largo agreed to purchase the brand from C. & C. in May 2006 for €62.3 million. Coyle sold partial control of
364-409: The Republic of Ireland includes Tayto, King, O'Donnells of Tipperary, Hunky Dorys, Hula Hoops , Popchips, KP, Penn State, Pom-Bear , & McCoy's . Tayto has used its mascot, Mr Tayto , in a number of marketing campaigns with previous endorsers such as Westlife . In the 2007 Irish general election , Tayto ran an advertising campaign with Mr Tayto as a fake election candidate. Tayto claimed that
392-650: The U.S. side. Around the 1970s the composition of dishes popular in Tex Mex changed; Ninfa's popularized the fajita beginning in 1973. A 1968 Los Angeles Times feature wrote "[i]f the dish is a combination of Old World cooking, hush-my-mouth Southern cuisine and Tex-Mex, it's from the Texas Hill Country." In France , Paris 's first Tex-Mex restaurant opened in March 1983. According to restaurateur Claude Benayoun, business had been slow, but after
420-685: The United States. The cuisine is also readily found in Argentina , India , Japan , Mexico , the Netherlands , Thailand , and many other countries. The word "TexMex" (unhyphenated) was first used to abbreviate the Texas Mexican Railway , chartered in southern Texas in 1875. In the 1920s, the hyphenated form was used in American newspapers to describe Texans of Mexican ancestry. The Oxford English Dictionary supplies
448-481: The company to German food company Intersnack , and in 2015, he sold his remaining shares, ending the Irish ownership of the company. In Northern Ireland, Tayto Limited is still owned and run by the Hutchinson family and is totally distinct from Tayto in Republic of Ireland, from which it licences the brand. Tayto crisps come in several flavours: Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar, Smokey Bacon, Prawn Cocktail, and
476-414: The cooking in the neighboring northern states of Mexico. The ranching culture of South Texas and Northern Mexico straddles both sides of the border, where beef, grilled food, and tortillas have been common and popular foods for more than a century. A taste for cabrito (kid goat ), barbacoa de cabeza (barbecued beef heads), carne seca ( dried beef ), and other products of cattle culture
504-665: The first-known uses in print of "Tex-Mex" in reference to food, from a 1963 article in The New York Times Magazine , and a 1966 item in the Great Bend (Kansas) Tribune . However, the term was used in an article in the Binghamton (New York) Press in May 1960 and a syndicated article appearing in several American newspapers on October 6, 1960, uses the Tex-Mex label to describe a series of recipes, including chili and enchiladas. The recipes included
532-420: The image had been used since 1988 on Toasted Heretic's cassette album Songs for Swinging Celibates . It's possible that Tayto could have been the first product to be advertised on Irish television, during Christmas of 1961, but this is difficult to confirm. Furthermore, Tayto had a number of popular advertisements featuring the tagline "They Ate The Wonder Of The World" in 1993 and the company also sponsored
560-467: The limited edition flavour Tex Mex . In the early 2000s, the company targeted the healthy eating market, with its low salt, low fat crisps, originally branded as Honest . Tayto referred to this range as the Happy & Healthy range . The healthy range has since evolved and Tayto have launched Tayto Lentils which is 40% less fat to target the healthy eating market. Tayto Snack's portfolio of brands in
588-556: The number of spoiled votes in the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency indicate that some actually voted for their mascot, but this is purely speculative. Tayto was fined during the campaign for littering, due to its fake election posters being posted in public places. In 2009 Tayto Ltd. published The Man Inside the Jacket , a fictional autobiography of Mr Tayto written by Maia Dunphy , Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara . Tayto indicated that
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#1732793668095616-610: The popularity of chile con queso (often referred to as simply "queso"), which is often eaten with tortilla chips (alongside or in place of guacamole and salsa ), or may be served over enchiladas , tamales , or burritos . Nachos , although invented in the US-Mexico border town of Piedras Negras, Coahuila , became extremely popular in Texas before spreading across the US. They were named after its inventor, Nacho Anaya . Tex-Mex circa
644-639: The rest of the country. It is a subtype of Southwestern cuisine found in the American Southwest. Some ingredients in Tex-Mex cuisine are also common in Mexican cuisine , but others, not often used in Mexico, are often added, such as the use of cumin , introduced by Spanish immigrants to Texas from the Canary Islands , but used in only a few central Mexican recipes. Tex-Mex cuisine
672-616: The rights to Tayto's technique. Tayto crisps are a cultural phenomenon throughout Ireland, so much so that in November 2010, Tayto opened their own theme park called " Tayto Park " near Ashbourne . The company is entirely separate from Tayto Group Limited in Northern Ireland , which has a similar product range. Tayto in the Republic of Ireland owns the name and mascot, and Tayto in Northern Ireland uses both under
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728-560: The suggestion of "cornmeal pancakes" in place of tortillas, which at the time were not reliably available to readers outside of the Southwest. Diana Kennedy , an influential food authority, explained the distinctions between Mexican cuisine and Americanized Mexican food in her 1972 book The Cuisines of Mexico . Robb Walsh of the Houston Press said the book "was a breakthrough cookbook, one that could have been written only by
756-565: The theme park on certain days. In February 2022, it was announced that the existing title sponsorship contract would not be renewed, with the park renamed to "Emerald Park" when the existing contract expired in January 2023. In 2006, Tayto tried to compel Irish band Toasted Heretic to destroy all copies of their album Now in New Nostalgia Flavour , which featured an image based on the trademarked "Mr Tayto" icon, although
784-477: Was taking a break from work to see the world, beginning the "Mr. Tayto's Bucket List" campaign. In November 2010, Ray Coyle (who owned Largo Foods and Tayto at the time), opened a theme park named Tayto Park near Ashbourne in County Meath The park remained under Coyle's ownership when Largo Foods and the Tayto brand became part of Intersnack. Factory tours were available in conjunction with visits to
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