There are Monday people. We don’t really understand them.
There are Friday people, which feels a little obvious.
And then there are Tuesday People, Taco Tuesday People. You start thinking about tacos sometime around noon. Maybe earlier. You have opinions about tortillas and you know which friend is ordering the margarita. You have a salsa preference that has become unnecessarily personal. You understand that Tuesday is not simply the second day of the workweek. Every week, millions of people across the country do something wonderfully simple at roughly the same time: We eat tacos.
At restaurants and neighborhood taco shops. At home, around the kitchen table or standing over a plate while insisting we’re “just having one more. In different cities. Different families. Different backgrounds. Same Tuesday.
Somewhere along the way, Taco Tuesday became more than a dinner special. It became a ritual. Something to look forward to.
So, What Exactly Is a Taco Tuesday Person?
If Taco Tuesday makes your week a little better, congratulations. You’re one of us.
Taco Tuesday People are the ones who suggest tacos before anyone else can.
Taco Tuesday understand the importance of ordering something for the table.
Taco Tuesday People have absolutely driven farther than necessary for a taco.
Taco Tuesday People have strong feelings about salsa.
Taco Tuesday People know.
Food has always had an extraordinary ability to bring people together. It doesn’t care what kind of week you’ve had or ask where you came from. And maybe that’s part of why Taco Tuesday has become such an enduring part of American culture.
Mexican food has given us some of the meals we crave most.
It deserves our appreciation.
