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CONTEST NOW CLOSED - Holy Guacamole, It’s Taco Day!

Alan_K
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

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Hey Community,

 

Put down that sandwich, it’s Taco Day! The best part about tacos are the hundreds of variations at your disposal (plus they’re lost cost which you know we love). Are you going to start with chicken, steak, pork, or veggies? How do you feel about cheese, lettuce, salsa, guacamole, and cilantro? Whatever way you like your taco we thought we’d share a little history about where this amazing dish comes from. 

 

  • While the exact origin of the taco is unknown, Professor Jeffrey M. Pilcher at the University of Minnesota believes tacos came into existence in the silver mines of Mexico in the 18th century.  

 

  • The word “taco” referred to pieces of paper the miners would wrap around gunpower to create small explosions in the rock. One of the first written references to tacos is described as “tacos de minero” or “miner’s taco.” 

 

  • In the age of industrialization, migrants from all over the world travelled to Mexico and worked in taquerias. These taquerias were generally found in working-class neighborhoods and the food varied in style and flavor depending on the region or town. 

 

  • According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the title-holder of the world’s largest taco belongs to Mexico! The ginormous, delicious meat and cheese filled flour tortilla took six hours to make and weighed in at a whopping 750 kilograms (1,654 pounds)!

 

Food is always better when you know the story behind it, right? We’re curious how you like your tacos, so comment below by 12:00 pm ET on October 11 and tell us how you “dress up” your taco. We will select three winners at random who will receive a $50 Taco Bell eGift Card! Contest runs October 4 to October 11, 2019. Read Contest Rules before entering.

 

 

-Public Mobile Community Team

 

 

Contest Rules

Spoiler

Public Mobile Taco Day Contest
CONTEST RULES

  1. HOW TO ENTER & ELIGIBILITY
    No Purchase Necessary.  To enter entrants must share their favourite way to dress up a taco in the Public Mobile Community post. Only one entry per person accepted.  No other form of participation is accepted.  In the event of a dispute on the entrant identity, the person who is the holder of the email address specified on the online form will be deemed to be the entrant.

 

If your entry contains a person, other than the entrant, by entering the contest, you state that you have obtained consent from everyone in the photo. If your photo contains a minor (under the age of 18) parental or legal guardian consent is required.

 

Contest runs October 4 to October 11, 2019 at 12:00pm ET.


An Entry will be considered void and removed from the Community post if it contains subject matter that, in the opinion of the contest administrators, may violate community standards or is otherwise of questionable taste.

To be eligible, an entrant must be an existing Public Mobile customer and entry must be received on or before end of contest closing date and time. Entrants must be a Canadian resident who are 13 years of age or older and must be a member of the Public Mobile online Community. Contest not open to employees of TELUS Corporation, its affiliated companies or subsidiaries, its sales agents, its advertising and promotional agencies, and members with whom they are domiciled.  By accepting these Contest Rules, entrants agree that any and all liability related to this contest by TELUS is limited to the value of the Prize(s) as defined hereinafter.


  1. THE PRIZE
    There will be three (3) prizes awarded. Each winner will receive the following prize:


            One (1) Taco Bell $50 eGift Card


Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and with no substitutions, is/are not transferable unless set out in the Contest Rules and cannot be exchanged with Public Mobile for cash. Public Mobile reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a Prize of equivalent value if such prize becomes unavailable for any reason.  The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.


  1. THE DRAW
    A random draw for all Prizes will take place at the Public Mobile office located at 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario on or about October 11 at 12:00PM ET by a TELUS representative. Selected entrants will be notified on the Public Mobile Community. If the selected entrant cannot be reached within two (2) business days, or if the selected entrant does not meet any of the contest requirements, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.
    In order to win, the selected entrant must correctly answer unaided a mathematical skill-testing question and will be required to sign a standard release form. If the selected entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian must read and accept these Contest Rules.  Failure to answer the skill-testing question correctly, comply with the Contest Rules or sign and return the release form within two (2) days of receipt will result in disqualification and another entry will be selected until the Prize is awarded. Prize will be delivered to a Canadian address of the winner’s choice within (7) business days after prize has been awarded.

  2. PRIVACY
    By entering the contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for publicity purposes in all media used by Public Mobile, without payment or compensation. Entrants agree to TELUS’ use of the entrants’ personal information that may include contacting you regarding limited time offers, promotional offers and/or surveys. Full details are as described in Public Mobiles’ privacy policy located at publicmobile.ca/termsofservice.

 

  1. QUEBEC RESIDENTS

Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a Prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.


  1. OTHER
    All entries become the property of Public Mobile. Public Mobile assumes no responsibility for lost, damaged or misdirected entries during the contest period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software and failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Public Mobile on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or failure of handset or mobile web browser. Public Mobile reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this contest without prior notice. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are mechanically reproduced, forged, falsified, altered, tampered with, not in accordance with Community standards or unlawful in any way. Entries submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that an entry has been made in an manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified. Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and the decisions of the contest judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.

 

85 REPLIES 85

Newfiescreech
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Congratulations 🌮 to all 🌮winners 👍

danielj
Town Hero / Héro de la Ville

Contraguations @Beer@Steve15 , and @Triguy

Triguy
Mayor / Maire

Thanks for the fun contest !

Looking forward to trying some of the tacos at Taco Bell.

BEER
Town Hero / Héro de la Ville

@Alan_K wrote:

Sorry for the delay everyone, had trouble locking down the last winner due to some non-responses but here they are - congratulations to: @BEER@Steve15 , and @Triguy ! Enjoy the tacos guys - prizes are coming your way!


Thanks - now I have a reason to try out Taco Bell.

This PM service continues to be unbelievable awesome for me -- not only do I get discounts for auto pay, friend referrals etc, but now they  will also Heartbe feeding me ---

Steve15
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Merci Beaucoup!!!!

Alan_K
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

Sorry for the delay everyone, had trouble locking down the last winner due to some non-responses but here they are - congratulations to: @BEER@Steve15 , and @Triguy ! Enjoy the tacos guys - prizes are coming your way!

Sherbert
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Who were the winners out of all the messages and postings I never did see a posting on who the winners were? 

Alan_K
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

@BEER wrote:

Winners?


2/3 prizes have been claimed, just in the middle of redrawing the last winner due to a non-response. Thanks for your patience 🙂

danielj
Town Hero / Héro de la Ville

They always tend to take a little while in attempt to reachout to the winners to confirm and finalize things. Winners usally are posted within a couple of days after the close of the contest. 

BEER
Town Hero / Héro de la Ville

Winners?

tyedye00
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

Yes! Crispy fried shrimp is a must!

Jonavin
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

I love shrimp tacos with lime juice, avocado, onions, cilantro, tomatoes, jalapeno, lettuce and green salsas.

YVR
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

I love them all escpecially with sour cream and salsa

popping
Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité

I like both hard and soft taco.

Rizque
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Ya a standard kind of guy... But no sour cream.. Not a fan. 

danielj
Town Hero / Héro de la Ville

It does not matter what the taco has as long as long as you share some with someone you care about.

jodywhy
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

For me, it doesn't matter what the taco has as long as my husband makes homemade salsa! 

skrdan
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

I personally,am not a fan of Taco's cuz they're too hard and when you bite into them,they fall apart! What's the point?Might as well eat chips and all the stuff they put into on a plate.
I'll only eat a hard Taco if I'm in Mexico.

BUT,I like soft Taco's. Beef and chicken together with guacomole,cheese,sour cream,plenty of onions and hot sauce with lettuce.  Can eat 3 of those!

zxcvbnm
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

I dress up my taco in a sombrero. It's the only way.

Felixbthe1
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

Mushrooms and cauliflower on a taco? Absolutely not!

Felixbthe1
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

Cauliflower and mushroom on a taco? Absolutely not!

 

Tkat
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Beef/Pork/Chicken, Pico de gallo, lettuce, refried beans and avacado!

Jadebug
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

Nothing fancy.

Ground beef, cheese, onions, tomatoes, and a dash of hot sauce. 

ooakosiryan
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

I love me a good veggie taco!! Mushrooms, lettuce, cauliflower, tomatoes, onions, salsa, sour cream, queso fresco Smiley Very Happy

LaundryBasket
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Lettuce, cheese, onions, peppers, cheese, and lots of hot sauce!

Anonymous
Not applicable

Make my way to SoCal or Mexico and find some greasy hole in the wall and get the real thing "dressed up" with some hot sauce and lettuce.

lukevader
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

I love the taco with steaming hot seasoned ground beef, then a layer of shredded cheddar cheese then ice cold lettuce, tomato, sour cream and salsa. 

torontokris
Town Hero / Héro de la Ville

How do I make tacos?

 

Go to my local Taco Bell location... Order tacos enjoy. 

 

In case that doesn't qualify for the contest to meet legally binding contest rules....

1 soft taco hold the tomato

Just beef lettuce cheese and maybe some hot sauce. Extra melted cheese should be an option.

1 burrito (taco Bell just makes it perfect)

1 chicken taco (same no substitutions needed)

Tiprix
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

Simple... Ground beef, shredded cheese, lettuce,tomato, sour cream, taco sauce, and dollops of cheese sauce on top. 

sumblas
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Tacos are a blessing!

I have many combinations for taco dressings:

 

1. Chicken tacos dressing: ground chicken sauteed in taco mix and salsa sauce with spring onions, jalapeno peppers, sweet peppers, spinach, sour cream, and lots of cheese (cheddar or mozzarella). 

 

2. Seafood taco dressing: Any seafood (fish, shrimp, crab, octopus, or lobster) cooked with lemon and spices, avocado chunks, tomatoes, chunks, lettuce, a drizzle of hot sauce, and coleslaw.

 

3. Vegetarian dressing: 6 mixes of beans (includes chickpeas, red and white kidney beans, black-eyed peas, romano beans, and baby lima beans), sweet corn kernels, sweet peppers, hot and sour sauce, cheese of choice (spicy mozzarella jack) and cilantro lime rice(base).

 

4. Fruit Tacos: Pick a few fruit items (strawberries, blueberries, grapes, kiwi, etc.), cheese spread (base) or ice cream (ice-cream sandwich tacos), drizzle honey or caramel or chocolate syrup, and lastly sprinkle some nuts of the top like walnut, pine nuts, cashews, peanuts, almonds,etc.

 

5. Since this is Public Mobile and the fall season is here, we shall make Pumpkin Spice Tacos: pumpkin spice mix, cookie crumbles, whip cream....nevermind 

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

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