Dense, filling and delicious a Mexican torta is a sandwich traditionally layered with beef, pork or chicken, cheese, mayo, avocado, lettuce and tomato. Defined by adaptability as much as recipe - the torta reflects the best ingredients of the region in which it’s served.
The one seemingly unbreakable law of the mexican-style torta is French bread, either telera (soft round rolls) or bolillo (torpedo shaped with a crust) perfect for texture and maintaining outside containment.
French bread on a Mexican sandwich - how did that happen? As with most history - actual events & myth married forming legend; leaving torta history in the hands of the teller. Our 
crackerjack research team has a hunch the torta is an indirect result of France's 1862 Invasion of Mexico. At war thousands of miles from home, French soldiers saw no need to deprive themselves good bread; building bakeries & introducing techniques long outlasting the invasion.
Ever wonder what you were celebrating on Cinco de Mayo? Of course you already knew it was Mexican militia men prevailing over the French at the Battle of Puebla which is why you always serve tortas at your Cinco de Mayo parties.
Mexican torta...there's others? South America, Italy, Philippines and even Mexico serve what's referred to by locals as a torta, with ingredients, technique and style unique to their country or regions within the country.
Why you care. You're playing the deserted island game with foodie friends - pick torta and free yourself from endless theoretical culinary monotony. Then drop your impressively extensive torta knowledge all while watching their faces knowing you're winning friends and influencing people.
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