A Burrito Is Not A Sandwich, Judge Rules

Boston Globe ^ | 11/10/06 | Jenn Abelson

[Oberon]

...selling fruit, mexican treats, and fresh and hot tamales out of a huge pot.

Mmmmm, tamales!

Now I'm hungry again.

[mak5]

Applying this judge's reasoning, Subway isn't a sandwich. It is meat, cheese and vegetables stuffed into one roll, not
between two pieces of bread.

[Froufrou]

Good observation.

[spunkets]

"A sandwich is not commonly understood to include burritos, tacos, and quesadillas,"

A taco is deifnitely a sandwich, so is a gyro. That is absolutely undeniable! Instead of talking to idiot culinary experts and chefs, they should have asked any real Mexican ma. They should have supoenaed a barkeep in a MX neighborhood, where the cerveza is served with salt and lemon. The tortilla, or pita is the bread and it's stuffed with whatever. WHatever means anything they have, or feel like tossing on the tortilla. The word taco properly translates as sandwich. A burrito is simply a variant of a taco, where the tortilla is rolled instead os folded and the filling is mainly bean based.

[Froufrou]

I hate to burst your bunuelos, but a Mexican sandwich is called a torta.

[nhoward14]

It depends on what your definition of "bread" is.

A Subway sandwich is an entire loaf of bread cut into halves.

A home sandwich is 2 pieces of a whole loaf that has been cut into 50 slices.

I declare the Subway sandwich to be more of a sandwich than a "real" sandwich!

[spunkets]

"Subway isn't a sandwich. It is meat, cheese and vegetables stuffed into one roll"

There's meat in those things? I'll have to up the power on my magnifying glasses.

[JRios1968]

Now, we need to solve that eternal argument: are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?

This one is a good translator...

[HungarianGypsy]

**Freeper Kitchen PING**

Because a burrito is not a sandwich, but this thread is making me hungry. Wait! Reminds me! It's nearly tamale time.

[spunkets]

"I hate to burst your bunuelos, but a Mexican sandwich is called a torta."

I've never heard that. I was told by various real MXicans that a taco is a sandwich. The tortilla is their bread, they use that to make a sandwich and the sandwich is called a taco.

[Oberon]

Wait! Reminds me! It's nearly tamale time.

Check post #21.

[Oberon]

I was told by various real MXicans that a taco is a sandwich.

Did they also tell you that their ancestors came from Colorado?

[spunkets]

"A torta is a Mexican sandwich, served on an oblong 6-8 inch firm, crusty white sandwich roll, called a bolillo or telera."

I thought so. A torta is simply a type of sandwich. The common MXican didn't have this kind of bread available. The common bread has been the tortilla.

[MotleyGirl70]

Sounds great! I'll be over at 6!

I printed it out to put in my recipe box.

[bad company]

Applying this judge's reasoning, Subway isn't a sandwich. It is meat, cheese and vegetables stuffed into one roll, not between two pieces of bread.

Yep just some dumbass judge trying to be cute. The burrito shop easily violates the spirit of what these agreements are for. They are as common as dirt and are meant to protect businesses from having competition from being moved in right next door. It clearly reduces the value of the lease.

[Froufrou]

Yes, I'll concede on the basis that a pita is ALSO a sandwich...once again, made with an unleavened bread much like the tortilla...

[lowbridge]

tomatoes fruits or vegetables?

It's a fruit.

Not that there's anything wrong with that /seinfeld

[spunkets]

" Did they also tell you that their ancestors came from Colorado?"

I was told their ancestors lived in MX, and so did they once.

[Oberon]

I was told their ancestors lived in MX, and so did they once.

Well, of course. It was an Aztlan joke.

[spunkets]

The pita is just the bread though.

Now I'm hungry...