Allow me to direct your attention to this Wikipedia article on the San Francisco Burrito. I had no idea this was a thing. Hey, i’m from here, so it’s just always been assumed among my circle of friends that burritos are awesome but tend to be disgusting if you’re traveling. never thought about it.
Armed with this amazing and I’m sure infallibly credible article, I wonder why these nutritious logs aren’t considered part the California cuisine movement. In fact, it’s an outrage that Alice Waters hasn’t taken this under her culinary wing by now.
Some highlights.
- On technique: “Adding salsa to the burrito before each subsequent bite is a popular practice” (yep, totally do that)
- On history and politics: “One activist disdained the practice of charging extra for chips and salsa, for instance, as an anti-Mexican symptom of gentrification”
- On Fertilizing the delectable seeds of snobbishness: “There are also ‘salsa bars’ at many local establishments, allowing the diner to use different kinds of salsa to customize and enhance the taste of their chosen burrito.” Really? there are places in the world without salsa bars?? How plebeian.
