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I realized today that since moving to the West Coast, burritos are the thing i most consume over a week's time, to about 5-6 per week. This can be attributed to the number of taquieras locally and to how I'm on the go all day for work.

How about you? How many burritos do you eat per week?

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

3 per month, maybe. I eat more tacos than burritos now.

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

On average, I would estimate that I eat about 1/4 to 1/2 of a burrito per week (2-4 per month).

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

However, I have a girlfriend and standards and she has standards as well.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

One can't eat burritos for every meal. It's unseemly.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Besides, pizza.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

If frozen chimichangas count as well, six a week is pretty accurate.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

my burrito consumption is low. i live in england:/

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Shawerma, thai, chinese, vietnamese, bbq, pizza....

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

I do not understand the appeal of burritos.
0 per month.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Oops, you're supposed to take the foil off before eating them. I told you before.

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

I eat a lot more quesadillas than I do burritos. Quesadillas are my default "cooking drunk/late at night" meal.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

"standards"

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

Oops, you're supposed to take the foil off before eating them. I told you before.

Haha, I was drunk one night and so I went to Flash Taco, and was chowing down on my burrito when it occurred to me that the tortilla was a little different this time -- a little flakier, almost like phyllo. I was actually enjoying it until I looked down and realized I'd eaten half of the paper wrapper.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

Every workday
I have one (1) burrito.
That is about it.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

""standards""

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

oh oh i think i've been to flash taco! are there like three of them within a block of each other? open late? somewhere near (uh) ashland and division or something?

― g e o f f (gcannon), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

2-3 a week! Hold the dairy!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

winter: 6-8 per month
summer: 1 per month

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

altho, this probably depends on one living in a sizable urban setting.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

Geoff, you are thinking of something else! Which I only know because I stumbled past it (them?) drunk the other night while trying to catch a cab! I forget the name ... but you're right that it's near Ashland/Division.

Flash Taco = Damen/North/Milwaukee.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

I've gotten tired of burritos and hardly ever order them. Look at what the taqueria employees bring to the table on their lunch break: it's never burritos (usually rice, beans, corn tortillas, and some mole sauce or something)... that's very telling.

Maybe someday I'll get back into them, but I'm on a big tamale trip right now and burritos seems bland and hippy now.

― andy --, Monday, 11 July 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

Less than one a month. Philadelphia is not a good city for Mexican food. All the Mexicans in kitchens here are busy making textureless pizza.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

MEGASOY AHOY.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

realized I'd eaten half of the paper wrapper.

But on the upside, think of the extra fiber you got!

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Pleasant Plains and I may be on the same wavelength again. Jose Ole frozen chicken/cheese/green chili chimichangas...? Two or three times a week, two at a time, yes please.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

I do not understand the appeal of burritos.

Don't ever speak to me again.

I actually used to have one a week, but I'm on a health kick and haven't had any for a bout a month now.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

About 2 per week for me.

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

If you're careful about holding certain items, burritos can be quite healthy!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

tell me more, please.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)


One a week, wheat tortilla.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

why not get a taco (or 3) or an enchilada or a chimichanga? the success of burritos seems like "gringos like when you put a whole bunch of shit all in one thing, regardless of how it ends up tasting."
i'm honestly puzzled.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

four a week, made by me. when I go out for mexican I get enchiladas or something.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

Actually, lately I have gotten two or three tacos instead of a burrito. Although they def. pile in all that lettuce, beans, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream as much as they can onto a tiny corn tortilla.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

'Cuz burritos have built-in convenience that you get all of it in your hand, wrapped-up. You can't get that with enchiladas or chimichangas.

tacos are usually smaller, more numerous, and not as many kinds of ingredients(no rice, for example).

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

Oops, you are silly.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

But "real"

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

i am so getting a burrito tonight because of this thread.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

tell me more, please.

things to avoid: refried beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole (although it has "good" fat), and any other dairy based sauces. Substitute whole beans and/or rice.

chicken, especially grilled is much better than any red meat or pork.

Sometimes burritos are just too huge too.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

But Sour cream and Guac taste so good!

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

"i like refried beans. i would like to try fried beans, because maybe they are just as good, and we are wasting time."

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

see exactly. rice should not be in a tortilla with meat and sauce and beans and sour cream and guac and whatever else is in the kitchen! it's convenient, but the tastes and textures don't mesh and the tortilla is always a soggy bleh mess.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

Noooo! That is wrongness!

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

things to avoid: refried beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole

this is exactly the contents of my homemade burritos! (well except it's whole avocado, not guac)

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

There are no good burritos to be had in montreal and it sucks. Homemade: about every two weeks but it's not the same.

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

If somebody posted a recipe for good homemade burritos that would be good.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

arguing that chimichangas as better than burritos: c or d

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

also, a recipe for pico de gaullo.

rice should not be in a tortilla

LIES! OUTRAGEOUS LIES!

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

i love burritos. i don't eat them that often really, maybe once a month, but i try to have some variety (and health consciousness, haha) in my diet. the last mexican food i had (thursday or friday) was a quesadilla with chicken, grilled jalapenos, and scallions.

oh yeah and as far as i can tell the mexicans around here (60 miles north of the mexican border) like burritos too and seem to have no problem with them being "gringo" food.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes burritos are just too huge too. OTM

arguing that chimichangas as better than burritos: c or d

Apples & Oranges

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

I usually eat about 1 a week. but 5-6?!? Kingfish that can't be good for ya...

(also, is this the thread where we argue about which taqueria is the best?)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah and as far as i can tell the mexicans around here (60 miles north of the mexican border) like burritos too and seem to have no problem with them being "gringo" food.

yeah, same in SF. In fact, all the (primarily Central American) staff from Chipotle are to be found eating in the little taqueria on 2nd at lunch!

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

also, is this the thread where we argue about which taqueria is the best?

El Farolito or Cancun (Berkeley). I've heard people swear by Cactus, but I've never been.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

the last mexican food i had (thursday or friday) was a quesadilla with chicken, grilled jalapenos, and scallions

and on wednesday afternoon: two chile lime carne asada tacos (w/ flour tortillas).

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

note that most of the burritos are from the local Baja Fresh fastfood place, which does not use the refried beans in most of them. plenty of other junk, tho. so tasty.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

kingfish you cut off that quote of mine prematurely.
i don't think i've ever had a chimichanga actually. but i've had burritos. and they suck.
being a gringo, i have no problem eating some gringo food. i prefer lettuce and cheese and sour cream on my tacos, for instance. i dunno, maybe every burrito i've had has just been unusually bland and soggy.
how do you add a dif salsa or hot sauce to them without opening them up and having it becoming a huge mess?

xpost i've had a baja fresh burrito. BLAND!

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Argh, I hate you all. I wonder if I could get a chicken, dumplings and fried okra burrito around here...

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

ironically, this thread is making me want a burrito.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Baja Fresh! No!

xp

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

i like my burritos to have non-refried pinto beans. black beans never really taste right in burritos.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Oh? I LOVE black beans in burritos!

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I have a fondness for spinach tortillas too, but I usually stick to plain.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I guarantee you guys, this thread will reach 250 answers by this time tomorrow.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Oops, dude:
Burritos, enchiladas, and chimichangas are meat in tortillas served/prepped in different manners.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

how do you add a dif salsa or hot sauce to them without opening them up and having it becoming a huge mess?

i'm weird actually; i don't eat burritos with my hands. i leave the thing rolled up, make one vertical slice down the center, stir in the sauce, and eat with a fork. geeta saw me do this once and she was baffled.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

He knows that, he's just being contrary.

xp

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

I don't understand the cred that El Fartolito has. Having lived right around the corner from it for 4 years, I quickly found it completely nauseating - way too much sour cream, no grilled chicken, super-salty tortillas, terrible service, bland salsa, no real variety in ingredients... and yet friends/bandmates/neighbors are always suggesting going there. Maybe I just got burned out on it...

my current standby is Tonayense - best from the restaurant, but their roach coaches retain the same flavor.

― Shake yMo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

My favorites are Cancun and El Farolito too!

I also like Baja Fresh though. I don't think the flavor is bland at all. I love the salsa bar (which could be useful if you think it's bland).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Burritos, enchiladas, and chimichangas are meat in tortillas served/prepped in different manners.

No shit??? really??? you're kidding, right??????????????????

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

Baja Fresh I've never tried (where is it?)

Cancun is good - I'd put it in the same strata as Pancho Villa, Zapata, Azteca, La Corneta (they're all kind of similar in approach).

what do people make of Balazo on Haight St? I've always liked it, even though it is overpriced and about as authentic as Taco Bell, they make some tasty shit.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

yeah the only good thing about baja fresh is that there's cholula on every table. i'm lucky in that there's a place in my area that makes a dozen or so fresh salsas every day.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

i eat about one a month:

burrito al pastor with refried beans on a flour tortilla. i like the more authentic places.

farolito is pretty good (i don't eat sour cream though). i ate at balazo once and the carne asada was almost all cartilage and gristle.

My favorite burrito thread is the hilarious one where andy calls out gringos who order burritos in spanish, that was a great thread.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't it about you?

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

what do people make of Balazo on Haight St? I've always liked it, even though it is overpriced and about as authentic as Taco Bell, they make some tasty shit.

Is this a sort of blue blace with candles? I think Alex took me there and I liked it.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

the salsa bar is what keeps it from being bland. mix about 3 different kinds together, slightly unroll the side and give it an even spreading, and then there you go.

now, baja fresh is overpriced, i'll grant you that. everything in there costs about a buck more thna it should.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

Baja Fresh is this mexican restaurant (now a large franchise) from Simi Valley started by this old religious white lady who thanked me for killing a mosquito hawk right before closing about 12 years ago in her Newbury Park store (the 2nd Baja Fresh IIRC).

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

Shakey, I don't know if there is a Baja Fresh in SF. There is one on Shattuck in berkeley and another in the plaza in El Cerrito...

xp

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

After I killed the mosquito hawk she held me by the shoulder and said this hearty "God Bless You"... it was really creepy!

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

There's arbitrary snobbery with regards to Baja Fresh simply because it's a chain. Their food is usually excellent (and often *much* healthier than many burrito places).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Wait, I like chain food almost as much as you, but Baja Fresh is not one of my favorites. I like their taquitos okay, I guess.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

Barney's is a chain! Bongo Burger is a chain! Cancun is a chain! Cactus is a chain!

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

My favorite burrito thread is the hilarious one where andy calls out gringos who order burritos in spanish, that was a great thread.

i've learned how to slide into a vaguely mexican-american/southwestern accent when i need to sound less whitebread.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Here's a taste of BRITAIN for you all:

http://www.nandos.co.uk/

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

no it's not cause it's a chain it's cause it's BLAND. plus they don't seem to able to get simple things like rice and beans right. other than cholula, the sauces they have there aren't very good.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Adam, those are mini-chains!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

there's also chains like Chipotle and Qdoba, owned by McDonalds and the Jack in the Box guys, i think.

so! we could debate about how rockist one is about one's burritos, w.r.t. "authenticity," etc.

The Chipotle burrito/fajita things are great, and weight down the stomach a lot less than half-a-kilo of frijoles in a tortilla.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

some of the yuppie burrito chains can be pretty good! rubio's! la salsa!

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Do you like sausage, oops?

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

i've had up to 4 burritos a week at times. i like em coz they're fast to eat when i'm in a hurry -- probably faster, cheaper, and better all round than a burger.

i guess it does get sort of dull eventually.

burritos are just so damn efficient.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

I don't like Chipotle because they're stingy with their salsa!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

They give free soda to students (or people who used to work for a school and have kept their old ID!).

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Also, I love the chips at Baja Fresh, they're so thin and crisp and complement the salsa so well.

Wahoo's is another amazing mini-chain, but I'm not sure if they have any in the Yay Area.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

who cares about authenticity?

if you mean chorizo, then yes. if you mean cock, then no not really.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Moe's is pretty good and it's a yuppie chain. It has like 6 different kinds of salsa, including the tomatilla one which is my favorite.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

I meant Polish sausages.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

i ate at baja fresh with spencer in...culver city?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

i ate at baja fresh with donut-e in...fremont, wa

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

i ate at baja fresh with maj231 innna NASHVILLE WTF

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Didn't you eat at Cancun with Alex, gygax and me?

Or did you just sit and drink your Sparks?

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

i have never eaten at nandos even though there is one on stroud green road, n4. wait, isnt nandos portugese?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

yes.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

i think i just drank a spark.

thats crazy really, why didnt i get one?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

who cares about authenticity?

well, i wasn't referring to you, actually, but just as a follow-up to the snootiness mentioned upthread about burrito chains...

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Apples & Oranges

Apples & Fried Apples

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

it has nothing to do with burritos, I just find it funny.

xp I don't know, but that has to be one of the biggest mistakes you've ever made

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

I couldn't give less of a shit about 'authentic' though I do tend to like the places with the crazy Mexican meat choices, like tongue and whatnot. Balazo is OK. The El Faro down the street from work isn't great but it'll do as a workday lunch place. Every taqueria has it's own best and worst items, and eventually you can learn what not order in one is precisely why you go to another. I'm jonesing for tamales right now.

Apples & Fried Apples Touché

As I've said before, I will even eat at Chevy's on a road trip if it means avoiding burger chains.

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

polish sausage is ok. brats (grilled directly then cooked in beer and onions) are better.

there may be some snootiness, but i don't think it's unfounded in this case. most every chain burrito/mex place i've been to has been shit. there have been many non-chain places that are also shit, but at least there's the chance to find one that isn't.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Taco Bell: Classic or Dud? (1 matching message)

baja fresh is over-rated.
started by some thousand oaks church lady.

and eff poquito mas while you're at it. safe/"fresh"/bland suburban mexican food = no fun.

-- gygax! (gygax0...), May 8th, 2003.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if I could get a chicken, dumplings and fried okra burrito around here...

Rock Hardy, where in the Bell South are you? I could go for chicken and dumplings and fried okra about now, but not in burrito form.

I'm more into tortas these days anyway, since I saw a show about them on PBS and all the taquerias around me sell them.

Chipotle's tortillas alone have about half an average adult's alotment of fat and calories. FYI!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

I am surprised I am the lone Tonayense loyalist! weird.

Rubio's makes great fish tacos.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh I am confusing Rubio's and Baja Fresh.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

It could be worse.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

If I lived in Santa Cruz, I'd eat at Jalapenos every day - maximum burrito consumption.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

Rubio's is a San Diego fish taco stand that franchised over the SW a few years ago.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

The phrase "FOIL SHIZZLE" appears on the Chipotle website.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Is Rubio's any good?

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

i'm gonna get me some rubio's for dinner tonight.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Is Rubio's any good?

these things tend to vary from store to store, but the one near me is great.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

I eat at Rubio's often because there's one across the street from my work. The fish taco's are good.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.rubios.com/

and
http://www.lasalsa.com/

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Not a burrito, and the version I had on Saturday was with lobster, but a fine, fine 'wrap':

http://www.tallulasf.com/imgRESop/images/foodimages/dhosa.jpg

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

I work next to a Chipotle, but I never go in.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Chipotle's tortillas alone have about half an average adult's alotment of fat and calories. FYI!

I had heard this too, but according to one independent website, it's not the case: http://www.dietfacts.com/html/items/17882.htm

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

This is where I typically go for my faux-Mexican food fix:
http://www.planet99.com/pix/13865_1.jpg

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

"I eat at Rubio's often because there's one across the street from my work. "

are you one of those Christian sandwich-board carrying guys at Union Square? Fallen fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made the nations of the world drink of the wine of her fornications...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

I live in LA for starters, I don't get the rest of that!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

The building directly to the right of that taqueria is the video store I go to.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

FYI.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

corrugated alumninum is the exposed brickwork of this decade.

xpost

lack of commas, apparently.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Fallen fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made the nations of the world drink of the wine of her fornications...

Such a great line. BTW, Babylon, darling, if you keep drinking all that fornicatin' wine, of course you're gonna fall over, ya silly douche.

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

I recommend the SUPER NACHOS if you're not in a burrito mood.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

oops to thread about how only GRINGOS eat SUPER NACHOS.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

pullapartgirl, I'm in Am0ry, MS, about 30 miles south of Tupel0 -- NE part of the state.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

"Pardon me, but these SUPER NACHOS are far from authentic!"

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

I only eat the raw flesh of animals I've killed myself - everything else is BLAND and mediated. I also kill my own salsa.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

FYI - Baja Fresh's tortas are horrible. Avoid.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

I squeeze my sour cream from a sour cow.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

not enough of these joints serve flautas.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

n/a to thread to completely misread what i said.
oh wait he's already here!

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Yo soy muy gringo. No lo temo.

Spencer sobre el dinero

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

I also kill my own salsa.

i only eat free range cilantro.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

They're wiley critters!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

'Excuse me. Were these beans humanely killed?"

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

Your search - "wily cilantro" - did not match any documents.

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― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

Try Wiley E. Cilantro

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-09-16/goods_foodfeature-1.jpg

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

things to avoid: refried beans,

noooooo! that would fuck up the burritos i make. i will not give it up! don't make me fart on you1!!!!!
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― Ô¿Ô (eman), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

http://images.toronto.com/profile/e4/9e/874902p1.jpg

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

http://images.toronto.com/feature/13095/14.jpg

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

Haha, again Adam asked me for burrito nutrition facts!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

i have spent a small nation's gdp in $5 bills in that tiny basement.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

tamales >>>> burritos, though

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

I eat burritos a lot, too. Or so I'm told. I'm not telling you my favorite burrito places because every time I eat at them, they get "spoiled" a-ha ha ha ha....

But nothing like a good veggie burrito as big as an arm with avocado, shredded lettuce, beans, rice and sour cream.

― VM 9001 (dymaxia), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

tamales are a whole 'nother animal.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

it's raining pupusas

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Empanadas!!

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

puempaledaitiquitos

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Give me back the bong, dude.

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

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― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

In NYC I had burritos about 1-2 x per week. But then I realized that they were too big and I had to keep eating and eating and eating. Especially for lunch, the way that they are made is too too much. Now, I eat taco salad about 1-2 x per week. It is one of my favorite Tex Mexes. Especially when the bowl is made out of the taco shell. Especially in the summer. I like Baja Fresh and California Tortilla Co. I like Taco Bell, but I never manage to order enough stuff to fill up. There, the burritos are decidedly not too big. I could eat taco salad every day of the week. I wish I did. I also like chili salad.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

okay if i don't get a burrito right now bad things will happen.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

i've basically been eating one meal a day lately (yeah, i know this isn't good for you) so i'm not counting calories.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

But, see Jody, that's the thing. The one meal a day food pod known as the burrito contains many different food groups, much flavor and enough calories to carry one through the whole day.

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6662/6fca3bm.jpg

This burrito fed me for three days when I visited the Bay Area in 2001.

Of all the things in my life that I remember with fondness, that burrito ranks right below the kitten I had in first grade and right above my long-lost Panama Jack t-shirt.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

W w what kind of grammar school did you say you went to?

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

burritos don't interest me much as Mexican food. much prefer the various alternatives listed above. they *do* interest me, though, as Cal-Mex, as per burritoville. i fully understand liking other things better than burritos, but if you write off burritos wholesale, you've simply never had a good one.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

at this point, I probably eat burritos on a quarterly basis

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

¡chingados!

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

This burrito fed me for three days when I visited the Bay Area in 2001.

yeah see guac and sour cream just don't do it for me.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

can i be the first to coin "guac bukkake" w/r/t that picture?

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

craziness!
xpost

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

bu-guac-kke

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:51 (twenty years ago)

also,

POY BOMBX

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Burritoville's burritos could feed a family of four. How many calories are in those things? We used to order out and get those at work--and I'd have like a huge pit in my stomach after.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

GUACAKKE

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

i really don't think i could go a week without a burrito. maybe this will change when i move away from tucson.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

BUKKACAMOLE

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

sometimes i like to chew up my burrito and put the resulting paste between two intact burritos.

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)

isn't that kinda hard to fit in your mouth?

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)

that's what she said!!

wait...

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)

sf's mission vs. chicago's pilson BURRITO FITE

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

BURRITOE TYME

(baja fresh)

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

2-3 a week.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

With a week being 7 days (rather than the 5 day workweek) I prob eat about 12 of those little frozen burritos that you microwave. I found a decent brand that I'm sticking with. They're perfect for breakfast actually, when I don't feel like cooking.

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)

I lied. Korean BBQ is up for this week, however.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

pilsen, even.

i announced MEGASOY AHOY way upthread, dean. i had burritoville for lunch.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:03 (twenty years ago)

i am announcing POY BOMBX for me, one month in advance

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

oh coming to "visit" without hanging out with us again?

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

i am coming to visit manhattan again, yes

i make no guarantees one way or another about noise dudes or brooklyn!

i guarantee that i will visit burritoville

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:09 (twenty years ago)

man oh man, again with the "resulting paste"

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)

dean i think we'd make a special exception to visit manhattan if only to get burritos with you! not that you'd probably want to, i guess. but hey.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)

POY BOMBX FAPPLEBERRY 2005

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:13 (twenty years ago)

august should be a fun month.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

I used to be a really enthusiastic almost daily burrito eater and then I got tired of them. But what's weird is that while everyone's mentioning all the innards I find flour tortillas almost revolting in a way now. Corn tortillas are great but just the thought of chewing on that pressed flour almost make me ill especially where it's all bunched up at the end. And I have almost no food intolerances.

― carbon (carbon), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

I make a breakfast burrito every weekday for breakfast (eggs, salsa, cheese and hot sauce) and then have homemade burritos about 2-3 times a week for dinner (pinto or black beans (not refried), tofutti sour cream, avocado, salsa, hot sauce and nutritional yeast. 1-3 times a month I will go out for a burrito.

― h0t h0t h0rsey (Carey), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)

ok see the bunched part at the end is the one thing i like about a burrito. i love good flour tortillas.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:02 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I can't explain it, the tortilla used to be a really essential part of the experience. Now it's like why are you taking this really dry food and making it kind of moist but still able to bind. WTF. It just seems like an almost unnatural state for flour to be in. I feel pretty ashamed to say this because of course it's probably some western yeast hegemony I've internalized.

― carbon (carbon), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

BUKKACAMOLE

You people have soiled my memory of Juan's Super Burrito.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)

http://www.elmonterey.com/images/piof_hdrimg_burrmultipack.jpg

My household enjoys the second and fourth packages.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

oops, you sure seem to be "misunderstood" a lot. Maybe you should swallow that bite of burrito, oh sorry, AUTHENTIC TACO before you start talking.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

I had a burrito last night.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

It was a spinach tortilla stuffed with American cheese, mushrooms, baked beans, tofu, kale, crispy duck, and cilantro.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

I dug those shrimp burritos that Benny's discontinued about 2 years ago, consarn them.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

One of the greatest things about burritos is how you can feed a large group of people with disparagate tastes off one "burrito bar". Set out beans, meat(s), veggies, condiments, tortillas, and let everyone tailor their burrito experience to taste.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

n/a where did i say anything about preferring authentic mexican food? you're just being an ass.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Guess what I am making tonight for dinner.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

I ate three tacos and two burrito supremes last night (Taco Bell), washed down with a large Dr Pepper.

Total calories = infinity

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

Ally: babaganoush?

― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

No. Try harder!

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

Hypnotiq?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

You don't eat Hypnotiq, you live the lifestyle.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

n/a where did i say anything about preferring authentic mexican food? you're just being an ass.
-- oops (don'temailmenicelad...), July 12th, 2005 12:37 PM. (Oops) (later)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/naamme/wel.jpg

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

Ally, a little donkey?

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

Revenge?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

Chief?

― kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

OK that last one makes no sense.

THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUSLY BURRITO!!! THE WAY I MAKE THEM THEY'RE MORE LIKE BURROS THOUGH.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

'el burro gigante'! I haven't mastered the art of not filling the tortilla to the point of not being able to close properly.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Why, because they taste like ass? HO HO HO HO HO!!!

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

El burrazo!

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Nick, just when I was going to ask you over for a dinner party too :(

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

Oh no! I could have brought some SUUUUUPER NACHOS!

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

Well, despite the loss of SUUUUUUPER NACHOS, it does mean more margaritas...for me!

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Admission time: I once lived in a CO-OP in Berkeley called, get this, CASA ZIMBABWE - the decor was very gorillas-with-credit-cards. Anyway, the person whose duty it was to cook wasn't around by 7, so I saved dinner by doing a gigantic burrito bar by myself for like 70 people. I had like 25 pounds of beef cooking and I shaped it into the USA and invited people into the kitchen.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

am NOT arguing about burritos on the internet.
-- n/a (nu...), July 12th, 2005 3:25 PM. (Nick A.) (later)
-- n/a (nu...), July 12th, 2005 3:26 PM. (Nick A.) (later)
-- n/a (nu...), July 12th, 2005 3:27 PM. (Nick A.) (later)


-- n/a (nu...), July 12th, 2005 3:28 PM. (Nick A.) (later)


-- n/a (nu...), July 12th, 2005 3:28 PM. (Nick A.) (later)

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Spencer, you do realize what a shocking admission that is?

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

haha OMG Spencer no wonder you hate the Bay Area! Did you ever go to Burning Man?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

Dude, it was like $1100 for the whole semester! I got out of there pretty quick though.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Haha, "Casa Z" wasn't actually that bad. I will never ever go to burning man, ever.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

I must find this Casa

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

casa zimbabwe?? but spencer, you're so ... clean! well, at least you weren't at cloyne or the chateau.

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

http://www.usca.org/understand/thecoops/caz.php

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

I'm still trying to figure out what "gorillas with credit cards" means.

is it just me or does everyone in the Bay Area hate Burning Man now?

(Chateau Co-Op show we played w/Stratford 4 was one of my favorite shows ever. The fire dept came TWICE)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

one of spencer's happy customers:
http://www.idsnews.com/features/Housing%20Guide/coopprogram.JPG

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

Is that a gorilla?

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

- The Den of Neq't


????

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

When I was there, Cloyne was known for DMT availability (never tried it) and Chateau was known for a TB outbreak.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Your Berkeley is so different from my Berkeley.

I've never even really been on the campus!

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

South/West B-Town is my turf. It's real down here!

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

I'm down with the Southside. Lived on Blake and also Dwight, worked in E-ville. word.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

My Super Burrito, pictured above, came from Juan's Place in Berkeley.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

I actually knew that from the photo!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

hmmm...

whereabouts on Blake or Dwight?

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Close to Campus, cross-street Fulton. Not strictly West-sizzle, but I know the area.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

WINE MARGARITAS = CRIME

― cousin larry bundgee: the next generation, season two (bundgee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Spencer...lived...in a co-op? Oh my god, I don't even know who you are anymore.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

He's the Californian everyman!

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

It wasn't entirely crunchy, I swear!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

MARGARITAS ANTES PORCOS

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

General comments:

I've had carne guisada tacos before with rice in them, so rice is totally ok inside tortillas.

(Though they did look askance at me when I ordered them that way. Eh. They's tasty.)

I don't know very many Mexican/Tex-Mex places here that have burritos on the menu, but the most authentic-tasting "Mexican" national chain restaurant actually makes its trade on burritos. That would be Chipotle Grill. Chipotle has THE MOST AUTHENTIC-tasting food I've ever had from a chain that can be found outside a specific region of the country, even though their tortilla was a bit chewy. Regular flour tortillas purchased at a molino are light, pillowy, and soft. And bad for you too, sure, but oh they taste so good.

Last Mexican food I had: Two potato & egg tacos on corn tortillas for breakfast Sunday. I think. Yeah. The corn tortillas were mercifully homemade, so they were deliciously thick and hearty. Not like the stuff you get from a package at your local McMart, though those are good for home use & for making migas or chilaquiles.

Oh! And correction time -- enchiladas aren't supposed to have meat in them unless they specifically mention they've got meat. Enchiladas are supposed to be filled with cheese. That's it. And the best enchiladas have just a rich chili powder-based sauce on top, not actual chili. Though if that's what the restaurant wants to do... eh.

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

I don't know very many Mexican/Tex-Mex places here that have burritos on the menu

most of the mex places here do, except for the more high-end restaurants that specialize in seafood.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:45 (twenty years ago)

Once a month, like my peri -- oh wait.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: that obscure object of desire. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)

most of the mex places here do, except for the more high-end restaurants that specialize in seafood.

Oh yes. The AZ/TX divide. It's probably all in how the Mexican immigrants from the two states came from different parts of Mexico. Which is why CA Mexican food tasted very weird to me when I first had it (which is putting it lightly), and why I suspect NM Mexican food would taste more familiar to me.

Most of these local places, BTW, have a special section in their menus for nachos, though they're not the type with the fakey orange melted cheese-type topping (which I do like, actually). Most of these variations of nachos also include beans, BTW. I don't know why; that's just how things are, apparently. Hm.

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

There were some good burritos to be had in Redding — grilled chicken and roasted green chili at Senor Rosas, and spicy shrimp at La Cabana. Nothing here that I don't make myself.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

ok i ate a burrito at the santa fe cafe (calabasas) at my lunch break today and they put corn in it. wtf?!?!

― huell howser (chaki), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

on troubled days such as these, only burritos will provide us enough solace or surcease of sorrow

― kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

My Bay Area burrito this trip was at Pancho Villa. s' OK.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

xxpost dude, you can put anything in a burrito, that's what makes them so great. burritos are renowned for their versatility.

3 a week.

― matlewis (matlewis), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

What does Damon Albarn eat when he's in a hurry? BLURRITOS.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

If you make them with kitty cat meat you can call them PURRITOS.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

What do Mexican ravers eat? PLURRITOS.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/6/1660/320/tiny_donkey.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

What does Val Kilmer eat? DOORRITOS

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

What do you call Perry Mason and the O.J. judge wrapped up in a blanket?

HOT BURR ITO

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Burritos made with dog meat? CURRITOS

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

also see: FURRITOS

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

One of the Golden Girls would make jam by squashing the fruit with her feet hence her nickname:

BEA N BERRY TOES

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

English burritos you eat in the rain:

BURBERRYTOS

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

Usually 2 per week, very different from one another. I had a chicken burrito from someplace near my work yesterday and a really good one at La Cabanita last Saturday night. I may go for another one Friday night or Saturday or Sunday...down in San Diego. Sure would like to find a nice mole burrito someplace near 90026.

― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Thursday, 14 July 2005 05:56 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...
the local burrito purveyors now recognize me. is this a good thing?

― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 5 August 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

That depends, do they recognize you as "EL CHINGO MAS GORDO"?

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 5 August 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

well, i asked them, and all the counter girls said they just called me "Senor Pene Mas Grande."

They wouldn't tell me why, tho, or what that means. I hope they're not insulting me.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 5 August 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

I just moved to San Diego from DC and I'm eating between 3 and 6 burritos every week.
Usually lobster burritos at El Zarape.
I also have In N Out like twice a week.
Incidentally, I have put on 145lbs since moving here.

― TruthHammer, Friday, 5 August 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

Do you usually eat burritos while grieving, kingfish?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 August 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

I had a burrito last night for dinner and regretted it. Bleurgh.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 5 August 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

I rarely eat burritos - something about the big ol' flour tortilla just doesn't work for me.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 August 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Do you usually eat burritos while grieving, kingfish?

don't we all?

― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 5 August 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

BURRITO NIGHT 2NITE

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Friday, 5 August 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

My lunch today will be a frozen burrito and a can of Red Bull.

One day, in a hospital bed, I'll wonder if it was all worth it.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 5 August 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

I was watching LOST the other night thinking how, if I was stranded on that island, by day 30 I'd be wrapping raw, whole fishes in palm fronds and calling them "burritos". And puking all over Hurley's FUPA.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 August 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

kingfish i think what they're doing is like when you call a fat guy "slim". ZING etc

― oops (Oops), Friday, 5 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Important resource for San Francisco burritophiles:

http://www.burritoeater.com/main.php

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 5 August 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

omg LA needs that

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Friday, 5 August 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

i think what they're doing is like when you call a fat guy "slim".

it took you 3 hours for that one? jeez...

― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 5 August 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

I have never eaten a burrito. Is there something wrong with me?

― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Friday, 5 August 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

yes.

unequivocably.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 5 August 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

Never even had a taco...
Only been to Taco Bell once. Only went to the drive-thru. Only got fries.


These are obviously things that I need to change.


― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Friday, 5 August 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

What the fuck, Stan! That's enough to make anyone with a taste bud cry. You poor kid.

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 6 August 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

you can get fries at taco bell?

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Saturday, 6 August 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

ones in canada, yes.

loco burrito on graham: sunday and monday
burritoville on 23rd: tuesday

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 6 August 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

don't make your first mexican food experience a taco bell visit, please.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 6 August 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

indeed; make sure it involves flautas, too

― kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 6 August 2005 08:21 (twenty years ago)

I don't see it ending any time soon either, this lack of Mexican food consumption. I'll likely die never knowing what tortilla-based foods could have contributed to my pathetic existence.

― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Saturday, 6 August 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Where do you live, Siberia, Antarctica, North Korea?

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 6 August 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

3 times this week!

― ai lien (kold_krush), Saturday, 6 August 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

Burritophile.com

― rdrz, Sunday, 7 August 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

I dont think many australians eat burritos either fwiw, sure we have some mexican places but nothing much - seems you guys eat mexican like we eat chinese or greek souvlaki takeaways.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 7 August 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

update/correction: make it four times this week. four.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 8 August 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Mexican food : the U.S. :: Indian food : the U.K.

If you can understand that analogy, Trayce, you're in.

― The Edge Of America (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 8 August 2005 01:24 (twenty years ago)

we eat chinese like crazy too!
i pity anyone who has never had good mexican. best cuisine in the world.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 8 August 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

Only, I dont like chilli ;P I've told you this too! =)

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 8 August 2005 05:15 (twenty years ago)

trayce there is an outstanding mexican place in barkly st - 'bluecorn'. if everything you know about mexican food is old el paso and taco bill you're in for a spectacularly nice surprise.

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Monday, 8 August 2005 05:31 (twenty years ago)

(as was the case with me)

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Monday, 8 August 2005 05:31 (twenty years ago)

I've had mexican at Mexicali Rose, and I'm told its meant to be one of the best/most authentic mexican places in Melb, if not the country (perhaps hyperbole, I dunno heh). It was nice food! I do like mexican, but gimme good rustic italian any day.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 8 August 2005 05:34 (twenty years ago)

i come home to italian food: she's my wife. she always knows how to soothe me. mexican food is my hot-tempered mistress. sometimes she gets violent and hurts me...but i like it.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 8 August 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

Just to bring the average down, 0.

― mei (mei), Monday, 8 August 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Important resource for San Francisco burritophiles:
http://www.burritoeater.com/main.php

-- polyphonic (polyphoni...), August 5th, 2005 3:20 PM. (polyphonic)

I like the concept but I don't agree with the ratings at all!

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

It's like the Pitchfork of burritos.

Wilco! Radiohead! Wizard's cap!

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Mexican food : the U.S. :: Indian food : the U.K.

Not that I was the first one to make this analogy or anything, but this also occurred to me, especially when I was searching like crazy for a can of refried beans at Sainsbury's amidst dozens of jars of curries and packages of naan.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

having had a great deal of experience with the two in recent months i can safely say that i strongly prefer california tortilla co. to baja fresh

ct has more choices and doesn't try to overfeed you--there are a few things you can order that aren't supersized...everything at bf is more of a hearty meal

unfortunately bf is the one near my work

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...
My weekly burrito consumption might increase in the near future. There's a new Meixcan foodtruck at 16th & Callowhill in Philadelphia (right near a major INS office). I had a feeling they were going to have good food, and I was right. (Only thing: I shouldn't really be eating cheese, but I can maybe hold the dairy stuff in the future.) I had a wonderful sweet potato & black bean burrito. My experience with Mexican food is pretty limited, but I'm guessing this might be the most authentic that I've eaten.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

I ate at burritoville twice while in NY. No POY BOMBX though...

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

i was going to restart this thread today, too. burritos can have a calming effect.

― kingfish 'doublescoop' moose tracks (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

2 this week, so far. i can always contribute to this thread.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

Crazy shit going down about shit not going down!

― Poo Poo Wheelie, Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

what things are you getting with cheese? i'm under the impression that putting cheese in everything isn't authentic. [note to fuckheads: i'm not saying authentic is better]

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm, well maybe it's no so authentic. So there cheese is there to fatten Americans and clog their sinuses? (Not that cheese has no benefits.) It looks like everything on the menu automatically comes with cheese except the enchiladas, I think. I have to say though that the burrito wasn't as smothered in cheese as some I've had. It also wasn't soggy like some I've gotten.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 1 September 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

my tuesday night burrito consumption:

http://static.flickr.com/23/40962083_0c78ff5271.jpg

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

there's no beans or rice so you purists can call it a "wrap" if you have to

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

that looks very good

― rainy (rainy), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

note my pink flannel bedsheet underneath the plate!

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

eating in bed = hideous pleasure

― rainy (rainy), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

and how.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

no sauce?

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

there's hot sauce on there.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

ingredients:

grilled chicken
chorizo
corn
poblano peppers
jack cheese
cilantro
cayenne pepper
s/p
hot sauce

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

I had another sweet potato/black bean burrito today (minus the cheese, alas). The burrito truck lady seemed surprised I like the sweet potato burrito, but she may have just been making conversation.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

oh is that it there, glistening?.
sounds incredible.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

sweet potato/black bean sounds like a good combination -- i don't usually like sweet potatoes but i think the beans would temper the sweetness really nicely.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

i worry about yr bed sheets, i don't think that paper plate can handle that burrito!


this week's count for me so far: 1

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

i doubled up on the plates. the sheet survived.

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

like i said, i don't normally eat burritos more than once a month or once every couple of months -- they exist in a weird space between being too much food for lunch and not quite enough food for dinner (although some places make super-gigantic ones that are perfect for sharing with someone).

― renegade bus (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

holy crap there's a new burrito cart near my office. HOLLA.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...
from yesterday, posted on drudge:

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20060502/i/r2048252209.jpg

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

six months pass...
Qdoba vs Panera -- when franchises fight!

Is a burrito a sandwich? The Panera Bread Co. bakery-and-cafe chain says yes. But a judge said no, ruling against Panera in its bid to prevent a Mexican restaurant from moving into the same shopping mall.

[...]

Among them was Cambridge chef Chris Schlesinger, who said in an affidavit: "I know of no chef or culinary historian who would call a burrito a sandwich. Indeed, the notion would be absurd to any credible chef or culinary historian."

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 07:03 (nineteen years ago)

I've recently been enjoying Wahoo's Banzai Burrito with Polynesian Shrimp (no beans please). Amazing.

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 07:11 (nineteen years ago)

two bean + cheese burritos w/ sour cream and shitloads of guac three-four nights a week for past two months. delicious every time

― if you ain't got the yolk, you can't emulsify the hollandaise (fauxhemian), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 07:22 (nineteen years ago)

I have a burrito about once a year at Glastonbury! It costs a million pounds and is never as good as I think it will be, see also ostrich burgz0rs chiz. Stick to the CURRY GOAT and tartiflette and you will be alright.

If I are making Mexican food at home ("chilli" doesn't count, even if you squirt some lime on it, right?) I make TACOS, which is chilli inside a strange large bendy crisp with some cheese on it. You can also have FAJITAS which involve peppers and WRAPS.

I think - in 2000?? - I went to a Mexican restaurant in Camden. I had a burger and got food poisoning.

I have, however, learnt from VERONICA MARS that when you go to "Tijuana", you call it "Tee Jay"! But she didn't say anything about burritos. I'm sorry.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 09:01 (nineteen years ago)

I mean come on, it's a step up from my previous knowledge about Tijuana is that "it goes Tamla". Or, vice versa.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

salad burrito: classic or misguided hippie utopianism?

― get bent, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:10 (seventeen years ago)

i have feta cheese and hummus as the binding agents, croutons as the internal starch, lavash as the tortilla.

― get bent, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:12 (seventeen years ago)

my girl just bought a george foreman grill. can i make burritos in those?

― ^@^, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:17 (seventeen years ago)

sure!

― get bent, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:18 (seventeen years ago)

i've made quesadillas on the foreman and they came out great!

― get bent, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:19 (seventeen years ago)

OK, now I eat at Wahoo's like 4 times a week.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 8 February 2008 00:04 (seventeen years ago)

who the hell grills burritos

― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 February 2008 00:04 (seventeen years ago)

Taco Bell?

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 8 February 2008 00:12 (seventeen years ago)

They also stuff them.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 8 February 2008 00:12 (seventeen years ago)

i heart wahoo's

― get bent, Friday, 8 February 2008 00:53 (seventeen years ago)

I had a burrito today!

― G00blar, Friday, 8 February 2008 00:55 (seventeen years ago)

burrito for lunch yesterday, one for dinner on super tuesday too

― kingfish, Friday, 8 February 2008 01:38 (seventeen years ago)

Wahoo's is like the best semi-fast food ever.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 8 February 2008 01:55 (seventeen years ago)

jbr that sounds like a veggie shawarma.

― Steve Shasta, Friday, 8 February 2008 02:07 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Jonathan Gold FTW

Dear Mr. Gold:

I have a friend in town from Berkeley who loves burritos. What do you suggest? I'm thinking of ignoring her habit and forcing her to go to for mole at La Tia instead, but she seems set in her ways.

--Erica, Los Angeles

Dear Erica:

Bay Area residents tend to have peculiar ideas about burritos, which they regard as monstrous things wrapped in tinfoil, and filled with what would seem to be the contents of an entire margarita-mill dinner, including grilled meat, rice, beans, guacamole, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, orange cheese, and probably a lot of other things that neither God nor man ever intended to see the inside of a tortilla, much less the soggy steamed pup-tents that are but mandatory up north.

If you want to show your friend that San Francisco has no patent on the oversize burrito, you could always drag her to El Tepeyac over on Evergreen, where the Manuel's Special or Hollenbeck, which is to the Mexican-American table what a giant plate of spaghetti and meatballs is to the Italian one, is massive enough to feed a family of four for a weekend. If you want to show her the burritos that generations of Angelenos have snarfed after Dodger games, there's always the original Burrito King on Sunset at Alvarado, although the chile verde isn't quite the elixir I remember from the misty days of Fernandomania.

But if you would like to prove that Angelenos had been eating burritos for decades, when the Mission was still an unreconstructed Irish neighborhood, take her to Al & Bea's, a block down from the new Hollenbeck police station in Boyle Heights. Al & Bea's isn't fancy, and your choice of burrito is basically limited to red and green, but what it churns out by the hundreds is the lean, classic Los Angeles burrito: refried beans, a bit of cheese, and a ladleful of stew if you want it, a reminder of the burrito's origins as a way to turn a bit of the previous night's dinner into a delicious, transportable taste of home.
--Jonathan Gold

Al & Bea's
2025 East First St., Boyle Heights, (323) 267-8810.

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:12 (sixteen years ago)

:( I LIKE my burritos to have every possible condiment and vegetable in them (minus cilantro, mind). Give me the SF version, pls.

― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:17 (sixteen years ago)

i like em both ways, alot. basically i just love any kind of burrito

― mark cl, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:22 (sixteen years ago)

due to my relocation to the West Side of St Paul, my burrito consumption in the last year is up like 100000000%

― i have a snake. thank u very much! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)

Some of us like those super burritos, Mr. Gold.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:33 (sixteen years ago)

My lunch today will be a frozen burrito and a can of Red Bull.
One day, in a hospital bed, I'll wonder if it was all worth it.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, August 5, 2005 1:03 PM Bookmark

Ha, it was less than two years later that that prophecy fulfilled itself.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:34 (sixteen years ago)

so was it all worth it?

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:41 (sixteen years ago)

The prophecy was fulfilled and so was I.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:52 (sixteen years ago)

gold is making a weak case for LA burritoes

― keem o sobby (jeff), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)

I found a place near my house that sells chile rellenos burritos with TWO rellenos in them (wrapped in beans & then MORE asadero cheese!). Fucking joyous.

― test drives at ur own risk i cant go with you too many bees (Abbott), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:56 (sixteen years ago)

now that Burritoville is dead (RIP), I do not eat burritos

― "the whale saw her" (gabbneb), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 22:50 (sixteen years ago)

My favorite lunch at work item is the burrito (made with whatever's in my fridge, so not very authentic in any way). My favorite lunch at home item is the quesadilla. Probably only buy burritos once, maybe twice a month...I'd shell out for chile rellenos burritos though.

― Maria, Thursday, 14 May 2009 01:08 (sixteen years ago)

I don't like rice in the burrito. The tortilla is enough starch.

My chicken burrito has caramelized onions (cooked in red wine and brown sugar), refried black beans, jack cheese and chicken shredded and moistened with salsa. Serve with huge dollops of guacamole and sour cream. Damn good. Can do the same with ground or shredded beef.

― Beth Parker, Thursday, 14 May 2009 02:04 (sixteen years ago)

six months pass...

http://fashionablygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/burrito-glasses.jpg

― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 12 December 2009 03:09 (sixteen years ago)

is that like beer goggles?

― tehresa, Saturday, 12 December 2009 03:10 (sixteen years ago)

I thought it was a roll of burrito paper.

― Ivan, Saturday, 12 December 2009 03:16 (sixteen years ago)

you know that part in trains planes and automobiles where Del Griffith was all "i haven't been home in years" and then Neal Paige thinks about it a lot, all voice echoing in his head and stuff

well i haven't had a good burrito in years

― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 12 December 2009 04:16 (sixteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

nm, dry spell broken

got a california burrito from my favorite taco shop in the World (victoria's on main and lincoln in el cajon) and took it to torrey pines state beach for the eating

http://i48.tinypic.com/dh3g4k.jpg

― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 20:04 (sixteen years ago)

a california is carne asada and fries btw, less a burrito newb not know it

― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 20:07 (sixteen years ago)

wait, so it has fries inside the burrito?

― mh, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 21:44 (sixteen years ago)

¡claro! eating the fries on the side would just make the burrito a burger i think.

― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 21:57 (sixteen years ago)

I think I've actually had a burrito from there - it was excellent. I was in El Cajon for all of three days.

― sarahel, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 22:06 (sixteen years ago)

really? down the street from city hall, next door to a chaldean market? it's my all-time favorite, my friend used to live in the taft apartments behind it and we'd always stumble over there to get our late-night burritage. el compadre on second street, right off the 8, is also good and features the popular drive-thru thru the a-frame setup. el cajon is my hometown, i'm glad you had a favorable visit, burrito-wise anyway.

― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 22:24 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

My weekly burrito consumption might increase in the near future. There's a new Meixcan foodtruck at 16th & Callowhill in Philadelphia (right near a major INS office).

This truck turned out to be owned and run by an Indonesian couple who had been taught by Mexicans. Obviously, my burrito consumption has increased substantially since moving to Albuquerque.

― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:06 (twelve years ago)

i haven't had a real burrito in months. i've had burrito bowls from chipotle, but it's not the same. must remedy soon.

― johnny hit and run paul lynde (get bent), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:17 (twelve years ago)

i think the last one i had was the carne asada burrito from the la estrella taco truck in highland park, the night i went to see william basinski and lucky dragons.

― johnny hit and run paul lynde (get bent), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:18 (twelve years ago)

Moving back to SF from NOLA on Saturday. I'm gonna miss the poboys, but taqueria Cancun here I come!

― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:29 (twelve years ago)

seven years pass...

Do french fries belong inside of burritos? What do you think?

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:15 (five years ago)

you know, there was a time when people questioned whether or not potatoes belonged inside french fries. nowadays, most people don't even know about that struggle. that's kind of where we are with french fry burritos today, i think

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:22 (five years ago)

Only if rice and beans vanish from the earth.

― Scampos Runamuck (WmC), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:24 (five years ago)

we should also ask ourselves, if a burro ate a burrito would that be considered cannibalism?

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:26 (five years ago)

I am specifically referring to the burrito style described here which is now seen all over (?) the country.

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:56 (five years ago)

If French fries belong in a kebab, they also belong in a burrito.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:25 (five years ago)

Anyway, only one ILX poster has the legitimacy required to weigh in on this.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:27 (five years ago)

your mom is a burrito

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:30 (five years ago)

xp -- I already did!

― Scampos Runamuck (WmC), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:31 (five years ago)

Mod socks... I hadn’t considered it.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:33 (five years ago)

No, of course not.

― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:35 (five years ago)

Anyway, only one ILX poster has the legitimacy required to weigh in on this.

― pomenitul

i knew my minor in burritos would come in handy some day!

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:42 (five years ago)

Anyway, only one ILX poster has the legitimacy required to weigh in on this.

― pomenitul

i knew my minor in burrito studies would come in handy some day!

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:42 (five years ago)

yes, i took one look at that crappy post, and decided to fix it by changing "burritos" to "burrito studies"

inside the ilx poster's studio

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:42 (five years ago)

the amended version has the greater wit, but it suffers from poor placement

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:44 (five years ago)

I do not understand the appeal of burritos.
0 per month.
― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link

One of the wrongest posts ever. One of nature's most perfect food groupings. Between breakfast burritos, quick lunches with beans and cheese in the microwave, and full on dinner ones with all the fixin's, I'm probably at 5-6 per week. Or more.

That said, the California burrito really does not look good to me.

― Orson Well Yeah (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:47 (five years ago)

as the horse Boxer says, I WILL WORK HARDER!

xp

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:47 (five years ago)

That said, the California burrito really does not look good to me.


wtf

― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:08 (five years ago)

it’s called a California burrito? Huh.

― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:08 (five years ago)

can I get fried clams in a burrito

― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:11 (five years ago)

I'd wolf one down if offered.

xp

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:12 (five years ago)

i know this doesn't even really qualify as food but I got one of these by accident a couple of years ago and it was genuinely one of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth:

https://www.tacobell.com/food/burritos/steak-rattlesnake-fries-burrito#:~:text=It%20goes%20a%20little%20something,spice%20from%20scorching%20your%20hands

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:16 (five years ago)

i'm sorry i don't understand the question

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:20 (five years ago)

Do french fries belong inside of burritos? What do you think?

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:20 (five years ago)

are ppl who live outside of southern california allowed to have opinions on mexican food? asking for a friend

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:20 (five years ago)

i mean "mexican" food

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:21 (five years ago)

they don't really eat burritos in mexico so much

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:21 (five years ago)

Everyone's allowed an opinion on 'Mexican' food, as long as you acknowledge the scare quotes.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:22 (five years ago)

New Mexicans, Texans, and Arizonans are allowed to, too.

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:22 (five years ago)

disagree

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:23 (five years ago)

Is 'Tex-Mex' fair game?

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:23 (five years ago)

interesting tactic to claim burritos for Mexico and then immediately put quotes around Mexico all while arguing for the primacy of a place that’s not Mexico

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:25 (five years ago)

sorry i'm so snarky but it's 1:30 pm and i haven't had my burrito yet

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:25 (five years ago)

next you're going to ask if fish belongs in tacos

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:26 (five years ago)

Chop, chop.

xp

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:26 (five years ago)

Californians claim primacy for everything.

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:26 (five years ago)

haha lol so true

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:27 (five years ago)

rumbled

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:27 (five years ago)

Like a burrito-less stomach.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:27 (five years ago)

ok this thread made me go buy a burrito with fries in it

you guys are gonna fucking shit bricks when you see it

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:47 (five years ago)

what u eat don't make me shit

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:52 (five years ago)

it will

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:52 (five years ago)

Pics or it didn’t happen.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:53 (five years ago)

you guys are gonna fucking shit bricks when you see it

lol we're not going to be the ones shitting bricks.

Burritos are awesome. I love burritos. They are like the easiest thing to efficiently eat the most things at once. They're like pizza wrapped into a tube.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:56 (five years ago)

https://i.ibb.co/sVcr3nZ/50957-D59-DDF6-4-C04-92-AB-EAAB3-E899385.jpg

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:58 (five years ago)

https://i.ibb.co/sVcr3nZ/50957-D59-DDF6-4-C04-92-AB-EAAB3-E899385.jpg

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:58 (five years ago)

Yeah but we can’t see what’s inside.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:58 (five years ago)

http://i.ibb.co/sVcr3nZ/50957-D59-DDF6-4-C04-92-AB-EAAB3-E899385.jpg

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:58 (five years ago)

ah fuck

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:01 (five years ago)

anyway notate your burrito thusly:

carne asada, shrimp, fries, cheese, chipotle salsa

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:02 (five years ago)

Put that Coke in there and we've got a deal.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:05 (five years ago)

--Glenn Frey

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:07 (five years ago)

ok i ate ⅓ of it and now i'm lying down moaning in pain

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:26 (five years ago)

all in one huge bite?

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:27 (five years ago)

Would you say that burrito defined a generation?

― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:33 (five years ago)

i think the chipotle sauce had a splash of heavy cream in it and i've been avoiding that lately

― the late great, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:45 (five years ago)

I feel like we need ILX poster "the burrito that defined a generation" to weigh in here, perhaps they are offended by the suggestion that their only value is delicious sustenance when in fact they can sometimes define an entire generation.

― sleeve, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:48 (five years ago)

I was thinking about burritos this week, I feel the call

― sleeve, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 23:48 (five years ago)

the best california burritos are pretty good, but I think I like regular rice and bean burritos (with choice of meat and cheese) better

― Dan S, Thursday, 3 September 2020 00:38 (five years ago)

this here fella is still lamenting the retirement of the celebrated Taco Bell® 7-Layer™, a food item generally regarded among my peers as having contributed significantly to the cultural zeitgeist

my nearest neighborhood shop makes a Costeño (grilled tilapia, mushrooms, cabbage, poblanos, corn, and sour cream) and I've been liking that lately when I feel like getting out of my typical California or Carne Asada comfort zone, cause I'm a basic bro who needs to bureet down on the reg

― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:03 (five years ago)

btw, like all mariscos burritos, the Costeño comes with a lime wedge wrapped up within the wrapper, which is always cute af

― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:04 (five years ago)

and the wrapper should always be yellow. some posers down the street wrap theirs in this bullshit blue & white checker pattern wrapper, like what the hell is this a friggin Rally's? go yellow or go home

― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:06 (five years ago)

holy shit, there's a burrito thread?!

― alpine static, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:08 (five years ago)

i would eat three or four a week if left completely to my own devices (i.e. if i were single)

― alpine static, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:10 (five years ago)

I like the idea of a Costeño burrito

― Dan S, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:10 (five years ago)

late great's looks legit though! weak white wrapper notwithstanding

― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:10 (five years ago)

agreed ^^

― alpine static, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:16 (five years ago)

and that Diet Coke looks sufficiently coooold

― alpine static, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:17 (five years ago)

it looks like any other burrito to me

― Dan S, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:18 (five years ago)

sounds like a personal problem

― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:21 (five years ago)

california burritos are the worst

― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:28 (five years ago)

the fries are usually reheated and gross

― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:31 (five years ago)

reheated not in a fryer, that is

― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:31 (five years ago)

Everyone has a different favorite and mine keeps changing. My current preference is for carnitas, refried beans, rice, lots of cheese, and tomatillo salsa, supplemented with pickled jalapeno slices and extra green salsa

― Dan S, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:32 (five years ago)

Are you me?

This is a good thread btw. Because burritos are good.

― pomenitul, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:33 (five years ago)

I made my own roasted tomatillo salsa last week, it was so good that I ate it up right away, will have to make it again

― Dan S, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:41 (five years ago)

sitting in a park eating a burrito thanks to you jerks. it's pretty good.

― lukas, Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:45 (five years ago)

I ate a pizza.

I AM NOT A SHEEP

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 September 2020 03:26 (five years ago)

Ur burritos wear masks

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 September 2020 03:26 (five years ago)

Anyway, only one ILX poster has the legitimacy required to weigh in on this.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 3:27 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

jon /via/ chi 2.0?

― peace, man, Thursday, 3 September 2020 11:22 (five years ago)

today i found myself sitting at my makeshift desk (a card table in the corner of a bedroom), tired and hot and stressed and wishing a hole would open up in the ceiling and that a burrito would drop into my lap.

this is a true story.

― alpine static, Friday, 4 September 2020 06:31 (five years ago)

If a hole appeared inside your roof
And a burrito fell through it, like POOF!
And landed on your lap real hard
You'd notice it

If after you had ate your snack
You felt a violent need to crap
"I really hope it's just a fart!"
You'd notice it

― Neanderthal, Friday, 4 September 2020 14:37 (five years ago)

Woke up craving a breakfast burrito. Out of potatoes. Found these bad boys in the freezer. Let’s do it. pic.twitter.com/Y8unL6DcpL

— Josh Scherer (@MythicalChef) July 19, 2020

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:29 (five years ago)

wish I had something even that 'appetizing' in my freezer atm

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:30 (five years ago)

lol he's making a break burrito with Friday's apps

― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:31 (five years ago)

kind of annoying when you try a new place and your burrito comes with sauce and cheese all over the outside instead of wrapped up in foil so you can eat it with your hands

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 28 September 2020 02:03 (five years ago)

one of my favorite burritos is covered in a thin tomato sauce

― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 28 September 2020 02:39 (five years ago)

0 burritos this week
1 chimi eaten this week
it was not a quality chimi
but it was an ok chimi
and not a burrito
good night

― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 September 2020 04:03 (five years ago)

I eat 1 or 2 burritos per year. I have calculated that this amounts to 0.02876704447 of a burrito per week.

― Deflatormouse, Monday, 28 September 2020 05:09 (five years ago)


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