On 2008-08-22, George Cebulka > wrote:

> [American Spanish, diminutive of faja, band, strip, from Latin fascia,
> band......

Note the "band, strip", etc. The original was made with BEEF "strip" steak.
Now, fajitas include everything from shrimp to kangaroo. No doubt there is
a dog and cat version, too. Tell it to a Texan and he'll likely shoot your
ass off (of which case we can have gringo-ass fajitas!).

nb