Feb24 Fun Holiday – Tortilla Chip Day
Honor the tortilla chip – the carrier of delicious dips – on February 24, Tortilla Chip Day.
Celebrate the delicious and crunchy tortilla chips on Tortilla Chips Day
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Tortilla chips were first popularized as a way to reuse misshapen tortillas by Rebecca Webb Carranza whose family owned the Los Angeles-based El Zarape Tortilla Factory in the 1940s.
Seved With Dip
Today tortilla chips accompanied by some form of a dip is now a staple party dish.
Usually made of fried yellow corn tortillas, tortilla chips can be served with dips like salsa, guacamole, or spicy guacamole. It can be incorporated in a more elaborate dish with cheese and sour cream such as nachos.
How to Celebrate?
- Have tortilla chips for all your meals today - have tortilla chip cereal for breakfast, crush them into your salad at lunch, and have nachos for dinner.
- Try making your own tortilla chips at home.
Did You Know…
…that tortilla chips and salsa are the state snack of Texas?
Tortilla Chip Day Observances
| Fun Holiday: Tortilla Chip Day Observances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Weekday | Date | Name |
| 2024 | Sat | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2025 | Mon | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2026 | Tue | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2027 | Wed | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2028 | Thu | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2029 | Sat | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2030 | Sun | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2031 | Mon | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2032 | Tue | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
| 2033 | Thu | Feb 24 | Tortilla Chip Day |
