There have been some posts lately about burritos and that got me thinking
about a few issues. I think that burritos are more what might be called a
"method" rather than a "recipe."
My "method" is to take 1/4 to 1/3 a cup (depending on the size of your
tortilla and whether you add anything) of your favorite chili recipe, put it
on a totilla, add any extra stuff you might want to add, chopped tomatoes,
avocado, a heavy pinch (probably about 1 Tbsp.) of grated cheese, whatever,
then roll up the totrtilla and heat it up.
I looked up the definition of "burrito," and most said it was a filling that
was rolled up in a tortilla. Most definitions suggested that the filling
was usually meat, beans and cheese, but not that these ingredients are a
requirement.
There are certainly a lot of things that are called burritos that do not use
the traditional ingredients that are called burritos. Most fast food joints
have "breakfast burritos," which are scrambled egss, bacon or sausge, and
perhaps cheese rolled up in a tortilla. I also googled for "dessert
burritos", and found several recipes, dessert burritos and basically
tortillas rolled around dessert stuff such as whipped cream, chocolate
chips, etc., instead of meat and beans.
How far afield of the traditional fillings can I go and still have a
"burrito?" For example, if I took a couple of slices of ham, some lettuce,
some grated cheese, some mayonnaise, and some mustard, rolled this stuff up
in a tortilla, would what I have still be a burrito?
What if I brought a pack of tortillas to a "pig pickin'" in NC and rolled up
some barbecue and cole slaw in them. Would I have some type of "barbecue
burritos?"
Well, it looks like I have typed in a screenful of text, so I guess it is
about time to go.
Brian Christiansen