Why is a burrito called a burrito?!
Why is a burrito called a burrito?
Burrito is the spanish word for little donkey, so why is it that the food is called a burrito?
Answers:
The word burrito literally means "little donkey" in Spanish. The name burrito possibly derives from the appearance of a rolled up wheat tortilla, which vaguely resembles the ear of its namesake animal, or from bedrolls and packs that donkeys carried
Hamburger is called hamburger because in the late eighteenth century, the largest ports in Europe were in Germany. Sailors who had visited the ports of Hamburg, Germany and New York, brought this food and term "Hamburg Steak" into popular usage. To attract German sailors, eating stands along the New York city harbor offered "steak cooked in the Hamburg style."
i dont know
Why is a hamburger called a hamburger, it's not ham?
I read some where it was something to do with the resemblance appearance of the donkey's ear or the pack it carries.
because it was a way to disguise the fact you were eating a burro
I Really Dont Know! But Damn I Had One Yesterday And It Was The Bomb! California Burrito Baby!
Mid-20th century. From American Spanish , literally ‘small burro’, from Spanish burro. Early 19th century. From Spanish , a back-formation from borrico ‘donkey’, from late Latin burricus ‘small horse’, of uncertain origin: perhaps from Germanic. <*-*>
Probably from the shape of the pack the burro was carrying.
Authentic burritos are probably made from donkey meat. In Mexico that would be an expensive cuisine.
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