"Walking Taco" (Taco-in-a-Bag; Frito Pie; Petro's from Knoxville, TN) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE



> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Barry Popik
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:14 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: "Walking Taco" (Taco-in-a-Bag; Frito Pie; Petro's
> from Knoxville, TN)
>

> ...
> Supposedly, the whole "portable frito pie" thing started with
> "Petro's" at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.
> Jon Lighter (Univ. of Tennessee-based editor of the
> Historical Dictionary of American Slang) is in Knoxville, as
> is ADS-Ler Bethany Dumas.
> Anything for Knoxville!
> ...

And, as a dorm rat at UTK during that summer, I can confirm that
Petros were a staple in the cafeteria.  I ate my share, and some
of yours.
Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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