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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 19:51:07
Not as tough a choice as you might think when you consider all that can go into a burrito.
Meanwhile, what is going on with these burrito bowls? (Anybody heard of this Santa Fe Burrito place, which, it turns out isn't in Santa Fe but in Philadelphia...whatev) It looks like they stick all the burrito ingredients in a bowl and sayonara.
http://www.santafeburrito.com/food/burrito-bowls.html
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 08:39:26
quesadillas, cos they're way easier to make. but i'm sort of biased cos the only burritos i ever eat are nasty microwave ones, but i did have a really good one up north once. and then i threw up. but jimmy, it wasn't on purpose! 
 "How do you like that, Sir Harold?"
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 08:28:50
I think that burrito wins hands down. However, a nice quesadilla as a appetizer, with some jalapenos is a delight. But for a meal choice? Always a burrito.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 08:19:06
Sorry, Super, I feel about Napoleon Dynamite as Transmarine feels about Brian De Palma (see Martin Scorsese thread). I'm not hip so I don't get that movie. All those people walking around wearing "Vote for Pedro" T-shirts -- are they being ironic, iconic, what? I don't get it.
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| Superabounder |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 05:19:17
K, that was just a reference to Napoleon Dynamite making a "dang quesa-DILLA" (I had to watch it about 500 times with my son who now repeats the movie constantly also). There are plenty of good quesadillas down here too though.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 05:04:23
Super, who or what local joint is Napoleon?
darwin, you make a good and humorous point. In 1997 friends from Denver brought cornmeal and mole sauce to Vermont so they could cook Mexican for me.
Re: Super Rica. It wasn't first made famous by Reagan's staff but by the journalists who various media outlets assigned to cover his Western White House. All the different TV, radio and print reporters stuck covering his Rancho del Cielo spread on the hills above SB who'd come down for some civilization and good food.
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| Superabounder |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 23:00:57
Chipotle's pork is pretty delicious. I would go burrito over quesadilla unless Napoleon makes it.
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 22:30:03
Interesting. So, Ronnie's people put it on the map. One of the political sites I frequent had an interesting discussion recently about when tacos first appeared in different parts of the country. It was interesting to hear how people in NYC hadn't heard of tacos in the early 1960s.
I remember as a kid whenever we drove out west from Florida my mom would load up on corn masa for making tortillas and my dad would buy Coors because you couldn't get either of them on the East coast. Likewise I remember the first time there was a store in my hometown in Texas that sold whole bean coffee. It seemed so exotic when everything before was grounds out of a can. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 20:57:39
Actually, from what I heard, the Reagan press corps put it on the map. It's where they hung out and then went back East and told their friends, etc. Before the internets.
It is good though, as you correctly say, not superior to a number of little places.
Not that there's anything resembling Mexican where I am. Christ, the other day someone insisted on Mexican and, not wanting to be the party pooper, I agreed and what passes as horchata woudda made you laugh. I could have made it better at home. Anyway....
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 20:46:48
Yeah, I went to Super Rica a few times. That place is interesting, because I think it's good, but somehow it reached a legendary status. Whenever tacos come up in conversation that place gets mentioned. Try googling it. People act like its some Mecca of tacos, but I don't find it any better than some taco trucks.
I know it was in the LA Zagats, and there was often a long line of LA tourists waiting to eat there. But I don't know if that explains its status, or if it's older than other comparable taquerias, or because it was established by some UCSB grad who hyped it well or backed with some philosophy about prepared food (kind of like Alice Waters). |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 20:38:21
Oh gosh, I misunderstood. I just call those corn tortillas. Did you ever go to La Super Rica on Milpas in SB and watch the stout ladies who make 'em after you order? Delish. And better than burritos, oh yes.
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 20:35:41
I'm talking about soft little corn tortilla tacos. I love burritos, don't get me wrong, but tacos can be more subtle. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 20:16:39
No way. Taco...crunchy, difficult to eat, stuff spills out. Burrito...gooooood.
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 20:13:53
I don't think they're owned by McDonalds anymore.
Burrito over quesadilla. Now, Taco vs Burrito is a hard call. |
| coastline |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 19:59:24
Burrito bowls are tortilla-less. They're "low-carb" that way. Anyone got the Chipotle chain in their city? They're owned mostly by McDonald's, but they're pretty good.
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| floop |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 19:54:39
burrito wins every time |
