Posted on 08/17/2021 10:28:16 AM PDT by mylife
One of the beautiful things about burritos is that you can stuff them with pretty much anything. Some versions celebrate minimalism with just one or two ingredients, but then there are the burritos absolutely bursting at the seams with fillings—one of them being french fries, as is the case with the California-style burrito or the recently debuted White Hot Nacho Fries Burrito at Taco Bell.
But just because you can add fries to a burrito doesn’t mean you should. Do french fries truly belong in a burrito, or are they a distraction from the stuff that really matters? We have some strong opinions on the topic.
No frickin’ way do fries belong in burritos By Dennis Lee, staff writer I am staunchly against extra starch fillers in my burritos. Everything else is fair game, like veggies, beans, cheese, meat—you know, the usual suspects. But I’ve always felt like the addition of rice in Mission-style burritos (made extra famous by Chipotle) just serves make the burrito bigger than it should be, for no reason beyond aesthetics. It’s like dumping a bunch of water into a cocktail, and the result is that you’re sacrificing flavor for volume. Unfortunately, in the case of a Chipotle burrito, if you order it without the rice, you end up with a deflated and saggy-looking tortilla tube that feels skimpy, plus you’re paying full price. Boo! (Maybe I’ll stick to ordering the Chipotle quesadilla from now on.)
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Big burritos are definitely NOT real Mexican cuisine. You see that more commonly in the Mexican border areas with the USA. The real thing from Mexico tend to be a lot smaller.
I don’t want them in mine, but you do what you want.
Stop feeding your critter Mexican dog food.
Fries, no. Tater Tots, yes.
:) lol
I have had women sell me potato burritos when sleeping in the beach in puerto penasco that would blow your mind
I am not a tot guy but they have a place, a crunchy place...
in burritos
I will not speak to most of you about the joys of potato pizza, something that was born in depression times and hard to find now.
like scalloped potato’s and béchamel sauce with peppers, sprankled with romano cheese
when in Nogales, my buddy Mikey liked nothing better at a taco place in the field by a road than goat intestines’, the had everything, cabeza, innards, maybe 30 kinds of tacos.
I ate beef but potato aint wierd at all to this irish boy
“Might want to try real Mexican cuisine”
I have. It is exactly the same. Hole in the wall that sells every organ meat in their soggy corn torteas, including sex organs and lung. They don’t speak English. They don’t even speak spanish. They’re evidently from M. City, or the surrounding hills. I went in to the lawn fertilizer business next door, and the smell of mexican food overpowered the smell dried manure.
“Stop feeding your critter Mexican dog food.”
Funny you should mention dogs. Just shot one chasing a deer though the yard.
Come on down. I triple dog dare you to
bite into a extra hot (spicy) red chili
beef burrito. By the way, potatoes,
not a spec of rice. Every spot in the
country has what they deem the best
“Mexican” food. The only way to get
that true “Mexican” taste is to use
lard. Almost a taboo in this country.
The New Mexico state question is
(”red or green?). CHILI. The hotter,
the better. California can’t hold a
candle to the true cuisine labeled
“Mexican food”.
Leave California out of that picture
and let’s recognize Californias’
forte is the best seafood on the
planet.
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