Putting rice in a burrito is like putting pineapple on pizza

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Bread said:
It ruins a great meal.

Rice is a filler food and it has no place in the second greatest food of all-time (behind pizza), burritos.

Tell me why you disgrace such a heavenly food with this crap?

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I like rice in my burritos and I like pineapple on my pizzas.
 
Jest Chillin said:
It's a Taco Bell thing by virtue of the silly ass nature of putting french fries inside a burrito. It sits on a menu next to Cool Ranch tacos, Fritos filled burritos, bootleg ass Churros, tacos made with Pita bread and Burritos that filling wrapped with an actual quesadilla... and it's not at all out of the ordinary.

At best it's a "fusion" food that's on the silly side. At worst it's a chef creation similar to stuffing a Jack in the Box taco inside a breakfast sandwich. It definitely meets the criteria for a "Taco Bell thing."
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It's the local Mexican immigrants who understood the culture in San Diego and developed this menu item, something that is beloved by all who eat it. I've seen small Mexican joints in the SF bay area and Houston that had "California Burrito's" on their menu.
 
I really think a "gaf talking about pineapples on pizza" vs "gaf talking about porn" picture is long overdue for this thread.

pineapple on pizza is great, OP is a butt
 
Jest Chillin said:
It's a Taco Bell thing by virtue of the silly ass nature of putting french fries inside a burrito. It sits on a menu next to Cool Ranch tacos, Fritos filled burritos, bootleg ass Churros, tacos made with Pita bread and Burritos that filling wrapped with an actual quesadilla... and it's not at all out of the ordinary.

At best it's a "fusion" food that's on the silly side. At worst it's a chef creation similar to stuffing a Jack in the Box taco inside a breakfast sandwich. It definitely meets the criteria for a "Taco Bell thing."



What does this even mean? I've never even heard of a Taco Bell serving burgers or sloppy joes.
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I think you're missing my point. They existed before Taco Bell put them on their menu. Nobody in California considers a California Burrito a taco bell thing. They consider it a 2AM drunk in SD thing. Taco Bell is just trying to bite off an already existing phenomenon. Which is why the other person brought up a hamburger.
 
jres80 said:
Look, I think we should all just agree that Northern California doesn't know what they're doing with burritos.

I mean, lettuce? Come on.

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I'll tolerate some rice-likers. Maybe just give 'em a side-eye.

Lettuce is way out of bounds.
 
The best burritos are straight up meat, onions, cilantro, and some salsa, authentic style. But rice and beans don't exactly ruin it...it's just filler to me.
 
Can we as Californian's just come together long enough to realize that pretty much everyone outside of our state eats shitty burritos / Mexican food by comparison. Maybe New Mexico can compete. Texas's version of Mexican food is terrible.
 
Fenderputty said:
Can we as Californian's just come together long enough to realize that pretty much everyone outside of our state eats shitty burritos / Mexican food by comparison. Maybe New Mexico can compete. Texas's version of Mexican food is terrible.
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Texas has some damn good Mexican food, as long as you stay away from "TexMex" you are going to get a damn good Mexican dish.
 
Fenderputty said:
Can we as Californian's just come together long enough to realize that pretty much everyone outside of our state eats shitty burritos / Mexican food by comparison. Maybe New Mexico can compete. Texas's version of Mexican food is terrible.
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I went to L.A. and San Diego a couple weeks ago and all I ate was mexican, and I can honestly say a mexican place in Atlanta is better than all of them (that I tried, granted). Keep in mind, Cali isn't the only place Mexicans live in the U.S.
 
If you don't put rice in your burrito it tastes like shit, bro.

AllIsOneIsNone said:
I went to L.A. and San Diego a couple weeks ago and all I ate was mexican, and I can honestly say a mexican place in Atlanta is better than all of them (that I tried, granted). Keep in mind, Cali isn't the only place Mexicans live in the U.S.
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You ate at the wrong places.
 
AllIsOneIsNone said:
I went to L.A. and San Diego a couple weeks ago and all I ate was mexican, and I can honestly say a mexican place in Atlanta is better than all of them (that I tried, granted). Keep in mind, Cali isn't the only place Mexicans live in the U.S.
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Yes but on the whole this isn't true. That one place in Atlanta isn't bring Georgia up to Cali standards for Mexican. EDIT: I did leave myself a little breather room and said "pretty much everyone" after all :P
 
Fenderputty said:
Can we as Californian's just come together long enough to realize that pretty much everyone outside of our state eats shitty burritos / Mexican food by comparison. Maybe New Mexico can compete. Texas's version of Mexican food is terrible.
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That's why I'll tolerate rice-likers.

New Mexico can have an honorary prize.

Texas... -_-
 
I can verify that pineapple actually is great in burritos. So is rice.

I don't think I'd put rice on a pizza, but I might try it if it were offered to me.
 
ReAxion said:
This is not surprising at all, because you don't know what you're talking about.
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I know what I'm talking about just as much as anyone else in here. There are no burgers or sloppy joes at Taco Bell. Unless you're trying to make a joke about the fact that they use ground beef in their tacos.. which is just a lazy insult since hamburgers and sloppy joes have more to them than just having ground beef.

PartlyCloudlike said:
It's the local Mexican immigrants who understood the culture in San Diego and developed this menu item, something that is beloved by all who eat it. I've seen small Mexican joints in the SF bay area and Houston that had "California Burrito's" on their menu.
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And people all over love California Rolls but it still ain't real sushi. Doesn't really matter where it's served or who is serving it.

Fenderputty said:
I think you're missing my point. They existed before Taco Bell put them on their menu. Nobody in California considers a California Burrito a taco bell thing. They consider it a 2AM drunk in SD thing. Taco Bell is just trying to bite off an already existing phenomenon.
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Nah I get your point. My point though is that it's not a classically authentic combination for Mexican food. Which is the gripe people have with Taco Bell in the first place.

I'm from California. Born and raised. Never once even heard of a California Burrito. But like I said in my earlier post, I ate at hole in the wall spots that cook with family recipes. That and food trucks before food trucks went gourmet and fusion. If someone would've told me to put French Fries in my burrito my natural reaction would've been, "You mean like Taco Bell?"
 
Completely agree, rice doesn't have a place in burritos. A variety of beans is the way to go.

Pineapple is amazing on pizzas though.
 
Jest Chillin said:
Nah I get your point. My point though is that it's not a classically authentic combination for Mexican food. Which is the gripe people have with Taco Bell in the first place.

I'm from California. Born and raised. Never once even heard of a California Burrito. But like I said in my earlier post, I ate at hole in the wall spots that cook with family recipes. That and food trucks before food trucks went gourmet and fusion. If someone would've told me to put French Fries in my burrito my natural reaction would've been, "You mean like Taco Bell?"
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To be fair, the "California Burrito" is really just a San Diegan thing that's started to spread throughout the state.
 
Jest Chillin said:
And people all over love California Rolls but it still ain't real sushi. Doesn't really matter where it's served or who is serving it.
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It's real, authentic San Diego Mexican food. And most importantly, it's fucking delicious, and in San Diego can be found on every Mexican restaurant menu including ones that serve traditional Mexican cuisine. It works. So delicious that Taco Bell, a multi-billion dollar company, copied it and probably wondered why they never thought of it.

California rolls are delicious too.
 
DragonSworne said:
Texas has some damn good Mexican food, as long as you stay away from "TexMex" you are going to get a damn good Mexican dish.
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It was difficult to find good non-TexMex Mexican food for me in Texas. Even the Mexican food that wasn't labeled as TexMex just wasn't up to snuff. But like California, the closer you get to the border, the better your chances of authentic food. That or you have to find a good Carneceria. There was a dope one in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area closer to Cowboys stadium.
 
Tbh as a Californian, I think this stems from fast food places like a Miguels or any place that serves a bean, rice, and cheese burrito(disgusting). I think my generation especially had these back in the mid to late 90s(in our school lunch programs - to be clear). It's sad because rice can be good with a burrito, there are places in LA that do it justice(La playitas).

So I don't rule rice out personally as an addition to my burrito personally. What I don't like is the combination of beans, rice, and cheese that is totally gross. Obviously I am not a tito's taco fan(for those that know what that is).
 
Jest Chillin said:
I know what I'm talking about just as much as anyone else in here.
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You must be very young. Look up the Bell Beefer then revisit your assertion that Taco Bell co-opting a food makes it theirs. It would've been more accurate to say Del Taco, they actually serve french fries. It still would be backwards logic.
 
Fenderputty said:
To be fair, the "California Burrito" is really just a San Diegan thing that's started to spread throughout the state.
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This I believe and makes the most sense.

PartlyCloudlike said:
It's real, authentic San Diego Mexican food. And most importantly, it's fucking delicious, and in San Diego can be found on every Mexican restaurant menu including ones that serve traditional Mexican cuisine. It works. So delicious that Taco Bell, a multi-billion dollar company, copied it and probably wondered why they never thought of it.

California rolls are delicious too.
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That makes it a San Diegan thing though. I was never talking about how one tastes. I've never had one to judge. Popularity =/= Taste in general though.

ReAxion said:
You must be very young. Look up the Bell Beefer then revisit your assertion that Taco Bell co-opting a food makes it theirs. It would've been more accurate to say Del Taco, they actually serve french fries. It still would be backwards logic.
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I am not very young. I've already explained why this "California Burrito" fits the definition of a Taco Bell thing and your vague allusion to a Bell Beefer doesn't fit the bill. I understand that as a San Diegan who is really familiar with the item, it's dear to you. But it's not Authentic Mexican food. It's fusion at best.
 
jres80 said:
Look, I think we should all just agree that Northern California doesn't know what they're doing with burritos.

I mean, lettuce? Come on.

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I'm from norcal and I've never had any lettuce put in my burrito by default or by any other means.

I'm calling this as socal nonsense bullshit.
 
Lettuce on burritos is great. Between people saying rice on burritos is bad and now people saying lettuce on burritos is bad, it makes me think that people just like really bland boring burritos.
 
jres80 said:
Look, I think we should all just agree that Northern California doesn't know what they're doing with burritos.

I mean, lettuce? Come on.

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You would have to go out of your way to find a burrito with lettuce, or special order it. It's not standard - at least here in SF.

And rice in burritos and pineapple on pizza are both excellent when done properly.
 
Jest Chillin said:
This I believe and makes the most sense.



That makes it a San Diegan thing though. I was never talking about how one tastes. I've never had one to judge. Popularity =/= Taste in general though.
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It's a fusion food. Nobody's yellin' at korean short rib burritos not being burritos.


Ahh yes, lettuce and rice, the two most exciting flavors in the world.
 
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