#0125 | burritos: an ode

Submitted by Eduardo in San Jose, California.

Here’s Eduardo’s story:

“I would like an ode to burritos because they are the most perfect food.

You can include any type of meat, poultry or fish in a burrito–steak, pork, chicken, turkey, shrimp–and it always tastes delicious. If you’re a vegetarian, burritos are great meatless, too.

Burritos have more vegetables than I eat in a typical day–lettuce, onions, tomato, sometimes corn.

Not only do burritos come in a tasty tortilla pocket–the good ones also have rice and maybe even some potatoes for good measure. Carbotastic!

Then there is the cheese–who doesn’t like cheese?–to say nothing of the sour cream. Dairy? Check.

Need more protein? Just pile on your preferred beans.

Then, to top it all off, there are the sauces. Hot sauces, mild sauces, green sauces, red sauces, moles and pico.

Burritos are clearly the champions of the food world. I defy anyone to make a case otherwise.”