Where do burritos originate from? Not Mexico.?!


Question: I have friends from different parts of Mexico ans they all say it is not Mexican. And now that I thought about it, every time I have been in Mexico, I have never seen a burrito on the menu at a restaurant. Are they Americanized Mexican food or do they originate from another country?


Answers: I have friends from different parts of Mexico ans they all say it is not Mexican. And now that I thought about it, every time I have been in Mexico, I have never seen a burrito on the menu at a restaurant. Are they Americanized Mexican food or do they originate from another country?

Burritos
Like many other popular Mexican-American dishes, burritos combine ancient traditions (filled tortillas) with contemporary ingredients spiced to suit tastes of the general public.

"The burrito, meaning literally little burro or donkey, became irreversibly linked to the tortilla-rolled packages. Burrito lovers David Thomsen and Derek Wilson believe that the modern burrito originated "in the dusty borderlands between Tucson and Los Angeles." The word burrito first saw print in America in 1934. It was sold at Los Angeles's famed El Cholo Spanish Cafe during the 1930s. Burritos entered Mexican-American cuisine in other parts of the Southwest around the 1950s and went nationwide a decade later."
---Tacos, Enchiladas and Refried Beans: The Invention of Mexican-American Cookery, Andrew F. Smith

I do know for a fact that the Aztecs had invented them.

LA

Latin America

Texas ( Once part of Mexico ) a heavy Mexican spanish speaking/latino State.
Tejas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrito





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