You're right. I find lettuce too spicy and overpowering.
Putting rice in a burrito is like putting pineapple on pizza
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Zen_Arcade
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Not really, lettuce puts out a pretty distinctive taste in a burrito and is a good match against the meat and cheese. Bland is the boring everyday combination of meat and cheese. Even cheeseburgers have extra toppings on them most of the time.I'm just here to speak the truth!
Lettuce and rice are like the two most bland things you can put in a burrito lmao
You're wrong OP. You are spitting on the holy tradition that is the making of the burrito. If your burrito doesn't have rice and beans, it's not a burrito anymore. That's like getting rid of any and all cheese and tomato sauce from a pizza. What's the point anymore in eating it without the fundamental building blocks?
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OP thats gotta be the worst opinion ive heard in a long time.
And pineapple is the best pizza topping, at the top of the food chain right beside bacon.
And pineapple is the best pizza topping, at the top of the food chain right beside bacon.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Both are delicious but I'll never understand the desire some people have of putting pineapple on rice 
Sure they do, I'm not advocating for burritos with just meat and cheese though. Meat and cheese are the two necessary parts of a burrito just like with a cheeseburger.
iShouldGoPro
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Where is that "opinions" meme when you need it
Some of the small towns in central Georgia and the Carolinas have some decent small Mexican/Hispanic food stands and restaurants. Lot of farm workers from South America work the crops and live there all year.
Edit: damn as soon as I posted that, an ad popped up for Clorox in Spanish. : )
Edit: damn as soon as I posted that, an ad popped up for Clorox in Spanish. : )
Massive Duck. C.M.
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This is what happens when you grow up blah
Extra Sauce
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Wrong on both counts homie.
Ignoring preference and taste the OP is factually incorrect.
Pinapple is a extra item for pizza. Not a default ingredient. A fairly uncommon extra as well.
Rice is a DEFAULT a ingredient in a burrito.
An accurate comparison would be rice on the burrito is like cheese on the pizza.
Pinapple is a extra item for pizza. Not a default ingredient. A fairly uncommon extra as well.
Rice is a DEFAULT a ingredient in a burrito.
An accurate comparison would be rice on the burrito is like cheese on the pizza.
Zen_Arcade
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Right, and why do you think they put lettuce on burgers? Because it's a good match against the taste of meat and cheese. I don't see why it would be a good addition to a burger but suddenly bland in a burrito when it's the same ingredients in a slightly different package.
No. It isn't. Not unless your only experience with burritos is Chipotle and Taco Bell.
The OP forgets a major aspect. Texture. Rice adds the texture to a burrito that makes it a burrito and it is why is a default ingredient that you otherwise have to substitute out.
Texture is almost as vital to food as taste. Would pizza blended into a shake still be the same thing? By the OPs logic it would.
Texture is almost as vital to food as taste. Would pizza blended into a shake still be the same thing? By the OPs logic it would.
Emperor Bohe
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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?
Fenderputty
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Burritos themselves are Americanized Mexican food though. I'm not sure that helps anyone's argument really since we're all clamoring over rather non traditional foods though lol.
I had some Sopes the other day that were bomb in LA. lol
lmao what? that's quite a leap there.
It's for texture, unless it's something like arugula. They're not putting arugula in a burrito.
Energy exchange will lower the temp of your burrito and you get slimy lettuce. The slightly different package makes all the difference.
The texture of rice does not contrast enough for this to be an argument.
Fusion Pizza
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If it's spiced up right ( and there isn't too much rice in the burrito) It's great.
titiklabingapat
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When did this happen, the thing that traditional burritos have rice? The Northern Mexican burritos that are actually found in Mexico do not have rice in them.
You deny rice has a distinctive texture?
Instead of lettuce put some spicy cooked spinach in there, pretty good in a burrito. .
I had a Dijon mustard and artichoke pizza with Parmesan cheese 2 years ago, I still think about it. Good flavors.
How did I insinuate this in any way?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Taking rice out of a burrito = putting pizza in a blender?!
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Couldn't agree more OP. Rice doesn't belong in a burrito. It's cheap ass filler and nothing more. Do people like sawdust in their burritos now too?
titiklabingapat
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Switch both and I bet you no one can tell the difference.
Also, burritos should be made to order, not in some factory style line.
Nah. NorCal doesn't know how to do mexican food either.
Zen_Arcade
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I'd say 90% of the time I've had a burrito it contained lettuce and this has never happened to me.
Supa Necta
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Agreed. I'm in WNY and have been for 4 years and nothing compares to San Diego/LA burritos of my youth.
That's a chance I'm not willing to take!
titiklabingapat
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I also notice most Mission style burritos use inferior tortilla. Most of them taste like the grocery kind, which almost tastes like plastic.
edit: I was right. The Socal burritos cook tortilla with lard. It's why it is the superior wrapping on an already superior socal style burrito fillings.
No. It will be stiffer because it's all meat plus your choice of salsa. Guacamole and sour cream are optional, but highly recommended.
edit: I was right. The Socal burritos cook tortilla with lard. It's why it is the superior wrapping on an already superior socal style burrito fillings.
No. It will be stiffer because it's all meat plus your choice of salsa. Guacamole and sour cream are optional, but highly recommended.
Jest Chillin
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Burritos are fairly recently invented but they're not Americanized. They're a staple of Northern Mexico. Yes, it's pretty much just variations of a taco but that's not all that dissimilar to like a Pizza vs a Calzone.
My wife has chimed in over my shoulder that she hasn't had decent Sopes since we left Cali. So enjoy the hell out of em.
Fenderputty
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90% of the burritos you eat have lettuce in them. My god man. That's almost bringing a tear to my eye. I would say less than 1% of the burritos I eat have lettuce on them. I've had more cabbage on my Mexican than lettuce.
Zen_Arcade
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Don't cry for me, I'm already deaddddd.
Seriously though, I like lettuce a lot. I actually miss it when my burrito doesn't have it.
Supa Necta
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YES!!!!!This is my go to burrito. No rice.
Look at that tortilla made with real lard and those sauces.
I'm sick of these stretchy tortillas.
How much to overnight me one if these?
Pretty much.
Fenderputty
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Both stand pretty tall on their own. No need for a comparison IMO.
I've never eaten a burrito with rice (mostly because burritos in general are not really a thing in central Mexico), but some kinds of tacos have rice in them and I think I like it for the most part :/
Also, I learned to enjoy pineapple on pizza as recent as last year, no joke. I don't like pineapple at all, so it's weird that now I can eat it as long as it has been baked on top of a pizza. Preferably in very small cubes..
Also, I learned to enjoy pineapple on pizza as recent as last year, no joke. I don't like pineapple at all, so it's weird that now I can eat it as long as it has been baked on top of a pizza. Preferably in very small cubes..
This is my go to burrito. No rice.
yo is that lettuce in that burrito? nice try you cant fool me.
Hell no. Nothing but guac and carnitas.
Fenderputty
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