This is only a problem if you can’t roll a burrito…
So do you use a fork or a spoon?
Neither? The whole point of a burrito, at least one of these style of burrito that isn’t swimming in some kind of sauce, is that it holds together well enough that you can eat it while holding it in your hand without making a mess. If it’s poorly wrapped then yeah it’ll come apart and you might want a plate and flatware to finish the job.
It’s more a problem of the quality of the tortilla in my experience. With a halfway decent tortilla, I have no problems. Some grocery store tortillas are too stiff and don’t stick to themselves in the slightest. You can masterfully roll them, but the moment your grip loosens, it all turns to chaos.
Yeah you have to heat up the shell a little. Even the barrel-scraping Target store brand burritos can work if you steam/nuke them the right amount.
The amount of cracking in that pic indicates they took that shell right out of the fridge and rolled.
and for the gluttons who overstuff their burritos so they’re difficult to keep closed.
Guilty. It’s not about the amount I want to eat, it’s about reaching my ideal burrito/stuffing ratio.
roll them in al foil, it keeps them warm while you roll others, and steams the bread slightly making a stretchyer texture.
Hmmm
Tell that to every Mexican joint nearby that stuffs their burritos so full the moment you fork into it they explode in a overly soapy mess from all the cilantro.
Well, if you were eating it with a fork anyway the I don’t see the problem… A lot of Mexican places (as opposed to Tex Mex) will also pou salsa or queso or something over the burrito, which then obviously requires a fork, but it’s also different from the burrito pictured.
And you know you can just ask them not to put any cilantro on? It’s a garnish that typically isn’t added until the very end and a lot of people can’t stand the stuff, they probably won’t mind leaving it off
Who cares if a fork tier burrito stays closed or not? It’s already on a plate.
The entire thread conversation is clearly not about plated burritos.
Learn to wrap your burritos you suckface food noob.
are you gatekeeping burritos 😳
If it unwraps when you aren’t holding it, is it really a burrito?
No. It’s a failure that shames your entire bloodline.
You are very right my edible friend.
I happen to be fat so…yes.
YES
So, skill issue?
iD-10-T error
Microwave or pan fry the tortilla until soft and malleable.
100%. I’ve never had this happen to me. It’s not even really that hard to get the hang of wrapping a burrito.
Wrapping no but it is hard to get the amount of innards right. I’m just too excited to eat all those good guts. But then I have a burrito bowl, oh well.
suckface food noob
That is a Shakespearian level insult.
I am quite eloquent.
Very
Maybe they can use that tape to keep their mouth shut so none of us need to listen to them
This goes against the spirit of burrito eating. The mess is part of the fun.
Who the fuck doesn’t know how to hold a burrito?
People with mobility issues for example… Not everything is made to solve issues of fully functional people
Very true, it’s mostly harmless, but people are quick to ridicule stuff without considering the useful applications for others- that if they think are dumb they can just not use. And it’s usually the least annoying things. Straws, replacing cobbled sidewalks with asphalt or concrete, difficulty options in games, tab indentation, getting rid of historic trams/busses with high passenger areas, to name a few.
On this episode of redundant inventions that already have a better solution…
Thank-fucking-science, it’s about time
Pan-sear your burritos shut.
If you are still having a hard time, a thin layer of cheese to form a crust seal never fails
Cheese in the seam or cheese in pan and burrito on top?
Both, both is good.
I am lactose intolerant and I approve this message.
Depends on the type of burrito and ingredients. For breakfast burritos I put cream cheese in them, and then smear a bit on the inside seam and it works well to glue it shut. For a texmex style burrito you could use a bit of refried beans, or sour cream. If you’re wearing your burrito you can just sprinkle a bit of shredded cheese of any kind in the seam and when the cheese melts it’ll hold it closed.
If I’m wearing the burrito, I’ll usually just hold it shut!
At work we just lick one edge of the tortilla like an envelope before we serve it
He will help c:
Now you have a chimmichanga.
I remember an episode of figure it out on nickelodeon a long time ago that was exactly this.
Wouldn’t your hand work really well to keep the burrito closed while you’re eating it?
But that’s like a two-hand job now, and I’ve got this drink.
Two hand jobs and a drink? Sounds like you don’t mind making a mess.
Call me up when they invent edible zippers.
All zippers are edible if you’re very careful
Mmm, delicious
Is this a common problem? I’ve almost never had a burrito fall apart on me unless it outright rips–I once made the mistake of ordering a burrito in Scotland, and that was pretty formless, but it was also less a burrito and more an embarrassment hiding under an ill-fitting tortilla.
My general rule of thumb is that I don’t eat Mexican food in places where there aren’t many Mexican people.
I bet you didn’t know the burrito was invented in America.
I’ve got an urgent update about American demographics for ya…
Make Burrito Great Again
Not true. Small donkeys existed for millions of years before the United States 😛
That’s easy for you to say, but some of us like burritos and live in Europe!
And yes, you CAN get good Mexican food here. Nowhere near as good as in the US near the border, of course, but MUCH better than in the worst US places for it like idunno, Utah or Alaska or some such 🤷
Waited all summer for the Mexican place in Gardiner to open when I worked in Yellowstone. Gardiner is on the border with the park.
Anyway, myself and two friends, all of us from Texas, were very vocally disappointment. It was so bad. The pizza place was great though.
Utah used to be partly in Mexico territory before the recent unpleasantness and it has many good Mexican restaurants.
Ok, I guess I’ll change it then… How about North Carolina?
Btw, I love that you apparently refer to the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe as “the recent unpleasantness” 😆
Shhh, don’t talk about the war!
I’ll try…
Yup, made that mistake once while living in Vermont many years ago. As someone who grew up in socal, it was brutal.
I know next to nothing about Hispanic food in general, but I’ve gotten a few food truck burritos in southern California and it opening was not on my list of concerns.
For me, I tend to overstuff my burrito innards. As a result, I’m not able to fold in the ends over the heaping pile of innards so this tape would actually help me get that coveted wrap action without making me address my lack of self control.
bro just use two overlapping tortillas for a larger burrito
TWO tortillas!? In one burrito!??! This is forward thinking…
Or use bigger tortillas or make two smaller burritos for innards to tortillas ratio
I feel like nori would work, no?
Right? Japan has only been doing this for 1,200 years or so.
Seems like the obvious answer.
“Well, they keep shooting us for curing cancer, so…”
Finally some good fucking food