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National Tortilla Chip Day celebrates the tortilla chip.
November 29, 1907 is the day the inventor of the Tortilla Chip, Rebecca Webb-Carranza was born in Durango Mexico. Later, when she was a child, her family immigrated to the United States.
The tortilla chip came about after her marriage to her first husband in 1931. The family owned a Mexican delicatessen in Los Angeles that made tortillas. Sometime in the early 1940s, the Carranza family had a party at their home. Resourceful, Rebecca had an idea. 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. The snack 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 wealthy woman monetarily, but wealthy in love of 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. Rebecca Webb-Carranza died on January 19, 2006 at the age of 98.
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