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Every day I try and learn something new; usually through perusing the internet. Today, I learned why I tend to be confused by Chipotle.
The problem comes from the answer to the question "What's in a carnitas burrito?". Of course I always knew that the answer was "Carnitas", which is sort of a "no, duh" kind of reaction. Everyone knows that a carnitas burrito (the standard by which any burrito joint should be judged) has carnitas in it. But this left me endlessly confused when I started eating burritos in other parts of the country.
"Hey," I would say, having bitten into it, "What's all this rice and beans and stuff doing in here? I didn't order that." Because a carnitas burrito is supposed to have carnitas in it; carnitas, some pico de gallo, some guac, and that's it. All this rice and beans stuff was foreign to me, and looked suspiciously like a way to pad out a burrito on the cheap.
Today I finally bothered to look this up on Wikipedia and found out my answer. Apparently, the burrito that Chipotle and others serve is a San Francisco (or Mission) style burrito, a foil-wrapped burrito loaded with a dozen different ingredients. Meanwhile I learned to eat burritos in San Diego, which has its own style related to that of Northern Mexico, where the main difference between a burrito and a sausage was consistency rather then content.
So that's what I learned today: the rest of the country is doing it wrong. That's what you get when you trust Mexican food that comes from San Francisco.
The problem comes from the answer to the question "What's in a carnitas burrito?". Of course I always knew that the answer was "Carnitas", which is sort of a "no, duh" kind of reaction. Everyone knows that a carnitas burrito (the standard by which any burrito joint should be judged) has carnitas in it. But this left me endlessly confused when I started eating burritos in other parts of the country.
"Hey," I would say, having bitten into it, "What's all this rice and beans and stuff doing in here? I didn't order that." Because a carnitas burrito is supposed to have carnitas in it; carnitas, some pico de gallo, some guac, and that's it. All this rice and beans stuff was foreign to me, and looked suspiciously like a way to pad out a burrito on the cheap.
Today I finally bothered to look this up on Wikipedia and found out my answer. Apparently, the burrito that Chipotle and others serve is a San Francisco (or Mission) style burrito, a foil-wrapped burrito loaded with a dozen different ingredients. Meanwhile I learned to eat burritos in San Diego, which has its own style related to that of Northern Mexico, where the main difference between a burrito and a sausage was consistency rather then content.
So that's what I learned today: the rest of the country is doing it wrong. That's what you get when you trust Mexican food that comes from San Francisco.