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14-September-2008 18:38:42 - Burrito For other uses, see Burrito disambiguation. Mexican American burrito Mexican American burrito A burrito or taco de harina is a type of food found in Mexican and Mexican-American cuisine. It consists of a flour tortilla wrapped or folded around a filling. The flour tortilla is usually lightly grilled or steamed, to soften it and make it more pliable. In Mexico, refried beans, spanish rice, or meat are usually the only fillings and the tortilla is smaller in size. In the United States, however, fillings generally include a combination of ingredients such as spanish rice, beans, lettuce, salsa, meat, guacamole, cheese, and sour cream, and the size varies, with some burritos considerably larger than their Mexican counterparts. The word burrito literally means little donkey in Spanish. The name burrito possibly derives from the appearance of a rolled up wheat tortilla, which vaguely resembles the ear of its namesake animal, or from bedrolls and packs that donkeys carried.1 Contents 1 History 2 Varieties 2.1 San Francisco burrito 2.2 Breakfast burrito 2.3 Others 3 Research 4 International burritos 5 References 6 Further reading and resources History See also: Timeline of the Burrito Mexican popular tradition tells the story of a man named Juan Mendez who used to sell tacos in a street stand, using a donkey as a transport for himself and the food, during the Mexican Revolution period 1910-1921 in the Bella Vista neighborhood in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. To keep the food warm, Juan had the idea of wrapping the food placed in a large home made flour tortilla inside individual napkins. He had a lot of success, and consumers came from other places around the Mexican border looking for the food of the Burrito, the word they eventually adopted as the name for these large tacos. Burritos are a traditional food of Ciudad Juárez, a city in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, where people buy them at restaurants and roadside stands. Northern Mexican border towns like Villa Ahumada have an established reputation for serving burritos, but they are quite different from the American variety. Authentic Mexican burritos are usually small and thin, with flour tortillas containing only one or two ingredients: some form of meat, potatoes, beans, asadero cheese, chile rajas or chile relleno.2 Other types of ingredients may include barbacoa, mole, chopped hot dogs cooked in a tomato and chile sauce, refried beans and cheese, deshebrada and shredded slow-cooked flank steak. The deshebrada burrito also has a variation in chile colorado mild to moderately hot and salsa verde very hot. The Mexican burrito may be a northern variation of the traditional Taco de Canasta. They are eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner.citation needed Although burritos are one of the most popular examples of Mexican cuisine outside of Mexico, in Mexico itself burritos are not common outside of northern Mexico, although they are beginning to appear in some non-traditional venues. Wheat flour tortillas used in burritos are now often seen through much of Mexico, but at one time were peculiar to northwestern Mexico, the Southwestern US Mexican American community and Pueblo Indian tribes, possibly due to these areas being less than optimal for growing corn. Burritos are commonly called tacos de harina wheat flour tacos in Central and Southern Mexico and burritas feminine, with 'a' in northern-style restaurants outside of Northern Mexico proper. A long and thin fried burrito similar to a chimichanga is prepared in the state of Sonora and vicinity and is called a chivichanga. 3 Varieties See also: Cuisine of the United States Wet burrito style Wet burrito style The most commonly served style of the burrito in the United States is not as common in Mexico. Typically, American-style burritos are larger, and stuffed with multiple ingredients in addition to the principal meat or vegetable stuffing, such as pinto or black beans, rice frequently flavored with cilantro and lime or prepared Spanish-style, guacamole, salsas, cheese, and sour cream. One very common enhancement is the wet burrito also called an enchilada-style burrito, which is a burrito smothered in a red chile sauce similar to an enchilada sauce, with shredded cheese added on top so that the cheese melts. This type of burrito is typically placed on a plate and eaten with a knife and fork, rather than being eaten from hand to mouth as with the San Francisco variety of burrito. When served in a Mexican restaurant in the U.S., a melted cheese covered burrito is typically called a burrito suizo Suizo meaning Swiss, an adjective used in Spanish to indicate dishes topped with cheese or cream. Some cities have their own variations with one of the most well-known being the San Francisco burrito. San Francisco burrito Main article: San Francisco burrito The origins of the San Francisco burrito can be traced back to Mission District taquerias of the 1960s, however some assert that the original San Francisco burritos began in the fields of Central Valley farmworkers. Other researchers trace the ancestry further back to miners of the 19th century. The San Francisco burrito emerged as a culinary movement during the 1970s and 1980s, and more recently spawned the wrap. The typical San Francisco burrito is produced on an assembly line, and is characterized by a large stuffed tortilla, wrapped in aluminum foil which can include variations on Spanish rice, beans, a single main filling, and hot or mild salsa. The San Francisco-style burrito has become immensely popular throughout the US, popularized by eateries like The Moe's Southwest Grill, Chipotle Mexican Grill,4 Illegal Pete's, Freebird's, Qdoba, and Barberitos. Breakfast burrito Southwestern cuisine, New Mexican cuisine in particular, has popularized the breakfast burrito. An entire American breakfast can be wrapped inside a 15-inch flour tortilla, accompanied by field-fresh, often very hot, green chile. Southwestern breakfast burritos may include scrambled eggs, potatoes, onions, chorizo, guisado, or bacon.5 Tia Sophia's, a Mexican café in Santa Fe, New Mexico, claims to have invented the original breakfast burrito in 1975, filling a rolled tortilla with bacon and potatoes, served wet with chili and cheese.6 Fast food giant, McDonald's introduced their version in the late 1980s and by the 1990s, more fast food restaurants caught on to the style, with Taco Bell, Sonic and Carl's Jr. offering breakfast burritos smaller in size on their menus. Others Jersey-style burrito Jersey-style burrito Cleveland-style baked burrito Cleveland-style baked burrito A burrito bowl is a burrito or fajita served without the tortilla wrap.7 It is instead placed in a bowl. Its establishment can be traced to the beginning of the low carb fad in the early 2000s. However, it does have carbohydrates, traditionally in a layer of rice at the bottom. It is not to be confused with a taco salad which has a foundation of lettuce, and a tortilla with it. The burrito bowl is found in some form at all the major national Mexican chains including Chipotle, Qdoba, Panchero's, and Moe's. Chipotle refers to it as the Burrito bol, sans the w in their menu bol is the Spanish word for bowl. Qdoba informs customers to: ask for it naked.8 Moe's menu states: be a streaker! Lose the tortilla!. Panchero's menu states to order just the insides.91011 A Chimichanga is a tex-mex dish that started when a Burrito was accidentally knocked into hot oil. However, today the two dishes often use different recipes. For author Linda Furiya, burritos evoke pacifying comfort food qualities that soothe the soul. Furiya offers a unique recipe for the Spirit-Lifting Burrito, containing Monterey Jack cheese, scrambled eggs, sautéed spinach, sesame seeds, black beans, rice, mung bean sprouts, sriracha sauce, cilantro and lime juice.12 Research Taco Bell research chef Anne Albertine experimented with grilling burritos to enhance portability. This grilling technique allowed large burritos to remain sealed without spilling their contents.13 This is a well known cooking technique used by some San Francisco taquerias and Northern Mexico burrito stands. Traditionally, grilled burritos are cooked on a comal griddle. Lean burritos which are high in protein and low in saturated fat have been touted for their health benefits. Black bean burritos are also a good source of dietary fiber and phytochemicals.14 International burritos Taipei-style Washington-style wet burrito References ^ Duggan, Tara. Apr. 29, 2001. The Silver Torpedo. San Francisco Chronicle. ^ Franz, Carl; Lorena Havens 2006. The People's Guide to Mexico. Avalon Travel Publishing, 379. ISBN 1566917115. ^ Bayless, Rick and Deann Groen Bayless. 1987. Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico. Morrow Cookbooks. p. 142.ISBN 0-688-04394-1 ^ Slodysko, Brian 2008-06-25. Chipotle serves up free burritos and drinks, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Retrieved on 2008-06-28. ^ Cheek, Lawrence. Oct, 2001. Rise and shine - breakfast - Recipe. Sunset. ^ Anderson, Judith 1998-05-24. What's Doing In; Santa Fe, The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-18. ^ Restaurant Guide, Associated Student Government, Northwestern University ^ Qdoba Mexican Grill :: Fresh Burritos, Tacos, Nachos, and Salads Made to Order ^ http://www.pancheros.com/pdf/menu.pdf ^ Burrito bowl appearance ^ Definition of a burrito bowl ^ Furiya, Linda. Jan. 24, 2007. Burritos can soothe your soul. San Francisco Chronicle. ^ Crosby, Olivia. Fall, 2002. You're a What? Research Chef. Occupational Outlook Quarterly. Vol. 46, Num. 3. ^ The University of Pennsylvania Health System. Breakfast, Dinner or Anytime Burrito. Adapted from the Cancer Nutrition Information, LLC. Archive URL: Mar 25, 2006. Further reading and resources Aft, Lawrence S. 2000. Work Measurement and Methods Improvement. Wiley-IEEE. ISBN 0471370894. Ellman, Mark; Barbara Santos 2003. Maui Tacos Cookbook. Pendulum Publishing. ISBN 0965224333. Fox, Peter 1998-07-02. Burrito Search Real Media. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Fox, Peter 1998-07-17. Burrito Odyssey Real Media. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Fox, Peter 1998-07-31. Burrito Real Media. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Fox, Peter 1998-08-12. Burrito Trail Real Media. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Fox, Peter 1998-09-03. End of the Burrito Trail Real Media. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Fox, Peter 1998-11-04. Burritos: A Search For Beginnings, Food, The Washington Post, pp. E.01. Gold, Jonathan 2000. Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles. Macmillan. ISBN 0312267231. Johnson, Lisa 2006. Mind Your X's and Y's: Satisfying the 10 Cravings of a New Generation of Consumers. Free Press. ISBN 0743277503. Sparks, Pat; Barbara Swanson 1993. Tortillas!. Macmillan. ISBN 0312089120. Thomsen, David; Derek Wilson 1998. Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro. Gibbs Smith Publishers. ISBN 0-87905-835-8. Young, Marc 2005-02-25. Bringing the Burrito to Berlin. Culture Lifestyle. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved on 2008-02-18. Wikibooks Wikibooks' Cookbook has more about this subject: Burrito Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Burrito Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Burrito Categories: Mexican cuisine | Tortilla-based dishes | Cuisine of the Southwestern United StatesHidden categories: All articles with statements | Articles with statements since February 2008 Views Article Discussion View source History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Deutsch Español Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本語 Polski Português РуÑ?Ñ?кий Suomi Svenska Türkçe This page was last modified on 22 August 2008, at 01:36
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