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Ok, so since my early days of sporting a Big Wheel, one of my favorite Mexican snacks was the burrito. I remember coming home after school that was my main source of sustenance before dinner was ready. Even now I am addicted to the Taco Bell burritos. However, no one in my family ever "made" burritos. I always ate them in restaurants or bought them frozen.

How many can you eat?

Some recipes which are thought of as traditionally Mexican by non-Mexicans, are totally unknown in certain parts of Mexico. One example is the Burrito which is basically a stuffed wheat tortilla - popular in the North but unheard of in the South where corn is still king.

The burrito epitomizes the cooking of what Mexicans call El Norte (The North), an 1,800-mile stretch of land that runs from the Pacific coast of Baja California to the lowlands of the Gulf of Mexico. This ranch-style food is hearty and simple and showcases the region's flavorful beef. It is the cooking of El Norte that is most familiar to Americans. Wheat-flour tortillas are a northern twist on the corn tortilla burrito wrapper.

While I'm here, I may as well give you all an definition of Tex-Mex food.

Tex-Mex is the name given to the mix of Northern Mexican and Southern US (Texan) cooking. Traditional dishes have been changed to create this cuisine and whilst some of the ingredients used are to be found in Mexican cuisine, often ingredients unused in Mexico are added.

CJ at 9/28/2004

Comments:

By Xolo, at: 10:14 AM

Growing up in Mexico City, I had never heard of burritos. I must have been 5 or 6 when I first heard of them while traveling in California. At first I thought people were going to eat little donkeys. Not a far stretch because I had also recently learned that some people in Mexico ate horse.

I was relieved to find out that it was only cow in a tortilla. Now why I thought it was acceptable to eat a cow (or maybe it was a bull) while eating donkey wasn't is another question.

Factoid: They do eat donkey in Italy.

By CJ, at: 11:43 AM

Interesting story there, thanks for sharing! As i was writing this I was wondering, do they have burritos in Mexico, I've really never heard of Mexicans making them.

By Daily Texican, at: 2:58 PM

spot lite burger in mcallen sells burritos 3 for a dollar. Damn, those things are good. I've never seen them in Mexico.

btw, the enchiladas you and I know are not the enchiladas the folks in central or southern mexico know.

oh yea, Taco Bell rocks. My friends say, that's not real mexican food. I say, really, I didn't realize that!? Who cares, I'll take those Nacho Supreme's any day of the week.