Comments on: Burrito

By: Evan Owen

Evan Owen — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:52:04 +0000

When did [burrito] become a verb (as it was used in the film, “Up in the Air)? :oops: :grin:

By: leonard

leonard — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:08:26 +0000

I know what I want...excellent...your choice the picture comes from this [album]..ZZ Top - Tres Hombres - 07 - Precious and Grace :razz:

By: ursusarticus

ursusarticus — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:12:13 +0000

Burritos are more better because you can make huge ones that are a real meal by themselves. catch a chicken or a pig or tip a cow and cook it up and throw some salsa and other good things in there yummy!!

By: BillyB

BillyB — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:58:34 +0000

‘you ok… noticed the wierdness @ youtube… would it help if I unsubscribed (sosaut), or let me know if you want me to whoop someones ass, verbaly or otherwise. hey, you’re a good kid, you don’t need the hastle I know, but keep a cool head & ask Marina for help or advice.

By: mistress9nine

mistress9nine — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:20:36 +0000

It was never changed, it was the name we always used, somehow they called it Hungary abroad. I only know it has nothing to do with the huns who lived there.

By: cherrybomb

cherrybomb — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:03:28 +0000

What most people would call a burrito these days, I remember being calles a “zapato” (shoe). Anyone else remember that?

By: stokesjrj1

stokesjrj1 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:06:18 +0000

General Pushing the Cushin says tracks are just a form of long wheel so no new gnus for ewwssssssss

By: ragabashmoon

ragabashmoon — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:04:05 +0000

I like Chimichangas best :)

Also, what IS the origin of pizza, since you mentioned it? I always heard it was from “Pisa pie” named when a Queen was visiting Pisa, and wanted cheese in her meat pie, and normally they would have been like “WTF” but it was the Queen, so they ran and got her cheese and baked it with the meat. :P

By: cedrickzepp

cedrickzepp — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:40:06 +0000

Exacto…!!!

AsÃ como el mentado “Burrito” no es mexicano, ni siquiera es un taco, paradÃ³jicamente, los cacahuates japoneses ( japanese style mani) no es del lejano oriente… El cacahuate japonÃ©s es mexicano. En 1945, Yoshigei Nakatani lo creÃ³ y hasta 1980 dominÃ³ el mercado con la empresa NipÃ³n.

En la planta de NipÃ³n no se escucha el ruido de las mÃ¡quinas como es costumbre. La empresa estÃ¡ en jaque: renovarse o quedar rezagada. Y es que a decir de Claudia Chieko Nakatani, directora de la compaÃ±Ãa, permanecen vicios operativos originados de la estructura familiar de la empresa.

Su abuelo creÃ³ el cacahuate japonÃ©s a mitad del siglo pasado en un taller del mercado de La Merced en la ciudad de MÃ©xico; ahÃ mismo se ubicaban sus clientes. “Mi abuelo iba con su diablito a vender lo que habÃa producido en la maÃ±ana, el objetivo era sacar el dÃa a dÃa”.
[Fragmento del artÃculo de "El Universal"]

Saludos…!!!

By: pedantickarl

pedantickarl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:03:21 +0000

Hello daniel franco,
All that you say may be true, historically, but keep the following context in mind. The video is not a history lesson as such. It is a lesson on the word burrito and it’s etymology.

The theme of the video and key phrase occurs at 1:12 where Marina says, “Burrito first appears in the English language in 1934…”

Perhaps, it might be clearer if Marina had said, “The *word* burrito first appears in the English Language…”, however, the context of the sentence makes it clear that she is talking about the word.

I think you would agree with me, that the *English word burrito* and the *American burrito* as we know it did not exist in the 1800s.

The primary resource Marina uses is the OED and many other books.

Take a look at this link. It gives a time line of Tex Mex foods and cites many sources and book reading list. Scroll down to the heading called Burrito or click on the link Burrito in this URL.
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodmexican.html

Some of the sources are:
Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink
Oxford Companion to Food
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America