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In Spanish , fajita is a form of the word ''faja'' which translates to "belt" or "girdle" in English . Butchers along the Texas border with Mexico used the word to refer to the Diaphragm Muscle of a steer. The cut is known in the US as the Skirt Steak , and it remains popular for making fajitas. Researchers found references to Hispanic ranch hands eating this cut of beef in a tortilla with condiments as early as the 1930 s but the word ''fajita'' is not known to have appeared in print until 1975 . Fajitas are primarily a Tex-Mex dish. Ninfa Laurenzo (''Mama Ninfa''), a well-known and pioneering Houston restaurateur, is generally accepted to have invented the dish as it is made today, though at her restaurant, Mama Ninfa's in Houston, the menu calls it ''tacos al carbon.'' {Link without Title} Use of the word fajita has evolved from the term for a cut of beef to include the cooking method (thus chicken fajita) and also to define the grilled strips of peppers and onions that usually accompany the meat. This last step might be supported by the similarity of the word ''fajitas'' to the word ''rajitas'', diminutive of ''rajas'', a term used in Mexico to describe these strips. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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