This is only a problem if you can’t roll a burrito…
Doing the important work
Submitted 11 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
and for the gluttons who overstuff their burritos so they’re difficult to keep closed.
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Guilty. It’s not about the amount I want to eat, it’s about reaching my ideal burrito/stuffing ratio.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Who cares if a fork tier burrito stays closed or not? It’s already on a plate.
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
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
Fermion@mander.xyz 11 months ago
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.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
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.
FatTony@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So do you use a fork or a spoon?
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
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.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When someone says their burritos won’t stay shut I immediately know that they don’t know what they’re doing.
phorq@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I bought a master lock for my burrito, it can be opened with another burrito.
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is the burrito picking lawyer and what I have for you today is delicious!
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I’ve picked like 10 locks since Christmas. Lpl and McNally have created a menace.
platypode@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
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.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My general rule of thumb is that I don’t eat Mexican food in places where there aren’t many Mexican people.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yup, made that mistake once while living in Vermont many years ago. As someone who grew up in socal, it was brutal.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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 🤷
JoShmoe@ani.social 11 months ago
I bet you didn’t know the burrito was invented in America.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Mission style burritos aren’t particularly Mexican, though. But they also shouldn’t be particularly hard to eat.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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.
farfarawaay@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
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.
MaoZedongers@lemmy.today 11 months ago
bro just use two overlapping tortillas for a larger burrito
Dabundis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pan-sear your burritos shut.
Chestnut@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dabundis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He will help c:
UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you are still having a hard time, a thin layer of cheese to form a crust seal never fails
TIMMAY@lemmy.world 11 months ago
At work we just lick one edge of the tortilla like an envelope before we serve it
Chestnut@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cheese in the seam or cheese in pan and burrito on top?
w2tpmf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Now you have a chimmichanga.
greedytacothief@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I like to crisp up my burrito in a pan after I roll it. if you brown the side with the opening first then the juices trying to escape soften up the tortilla enough to get cooked together. It’s like welding a burrito shut.
BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social 11 months ago
I use a dash of cheese in the flap.
w2tpmf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s no longer a burrito. That’s a chimmichanga.
jewbacca117@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Chimichangas are deep fried
Were just talking about a quick sear to seal the burrito shut
greedytacothief@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is in a dry pan, so no oil. A toasted sandwich is still a sandwich. Putting your burrito in a hot pan/griddle does not change it being a burrito
NaoPb@eviltoast.org 11 months ago
Sounds like a great idea.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Wouldn’t your hand work really well to keep the burrito closed while you’re eating it?
explodicle@local106.com 11 months ago
But that’s like a two-hand job now, and I’ve got this drink.
Guntrigger@feddit.ch 11 months ago
Two hand jobs and a drink? Sounds like you don’t mind making a mess.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why not use a small piece of Nori (the salty Sushi seaweed) and dip it in water and use that?
I did this for years
doingthestuff@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because I have opposable thumbs and have successfully eaten thousands of burritos without tape.
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I like Nori, but that’s a whole different flavour profile to most burritos
fidodo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s what this looks like
Gladaed@feddit.de 11 months ago
You’re telling me this ain’t nori? Why.
midget247@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I didn’t realise the Wolves fullback would be on lemmy, but I don’t think its surprising that he would tell you this
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
nori sticks to itself like Saran wrap sticks to itself, but would nori stick to a tortilla?
Nikls94@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If it’s too wet it might need some time to dry, moist is best. Like this dry moist state when your laundry is tumble-dried not quite to your liking.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I feel like nori would work, no?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Right? Japan has only been doing this 1,200 years or so.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Seems like the obvious answer.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 11 months ago
On this episode of redundant inventions that already have a better solution…
IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Edible” does not mean “good”.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The sticker on most fruits sold in American grocery stores that contains a bar code is nominally edible.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I buy fruit just for the stickers. I eat the stickers and throw the fruit away. I do it on TikTok for views. I’m edgy like that.
/s those were all lies that I just made up in my head. But I’m sure it’s possible someone would do that.
misterundercoat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Om nom nominally
Whisper06@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
It’s called not using a cold ass tortilla
Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Call me up when they invent edible zippers.
Donkter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
All zippers are edible if you’re very careful
And009@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Mmm, delicious
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
- have good technique
- really big tortillas
- you can wrap it in foil
Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
- If tortilla still isn’t large enough, make larger.
hglman@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Or have 2 burritos.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
a properly constructed burrito is wrapped in aluminum foil and can be eaten, even while walking, without making a mess.
edible tape sounds like something with useful applications, but i am sad for the people who believe burritos require this.
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Kids in college found a novel problem and then developed a novel solution for fun.
What did you do in college?
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
A proper burrito stays closed without foil, a steamed tortilla should get sticky enough.
C126@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
HotDogFingies@kbin.social 11 months ago
Uhhhhh, fuck no. Some children invented this shit out back in 1999. It was on Figure it Out. How fucking dare you.
PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Wtf Michelle Trachtenberg is in that?! I never really knew of her in those days I guess, not until Buffy onwards.
SpezBroughtMeHere@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Who the fuck doesn’t know how to hold a burrito?
MrShankles@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Thank-fucking-science, it’s about time
Neil@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
If your burrito doesn’t stay closed, the person making your burrito had no idea what the hell they were doing. This is a Chipotle problem.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, but now I can’t open it up to make sure that no one cummed in my burrito…
moon@lemmy.cafe 11 months ago
That looks like disgusting mold
pigup@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Corporate food has created unholy tasteless dry abominations called “tortillas”. They have convinced Americans that this is what tortillas are. They have played us for absolute fools.
Real tortillas are freshly made wet dough immediately squished and cooked before forming burrito. They are delicious and sticky enough to hold on their own. It’s perfect but not mass producible.
TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s not a burrito, that’s a clutch purse. Learn how to roll a burrito.
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wouldn’t have got the lettuce if I knew it wouldn’t fit Wouldn’t have got the cheese if I knew it wouldn’t fit Wouldn’t have got the peppers if I knew they wouldn’t fit I wouldn’t have got half of it Like, I’m okay with small mistakes If you’ve got no more chicken, I’ll take pork But I’ll blow my dad before I eat a burrito with a fork
Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
This is why it’s important to have a diverse college campus.
Coreidan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Maybe they can use that tape to keep their mouth shut so none of us need to listen to them
TylerDurdenJunior@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I thought it said “invisible” tape, and I thought that was the dumbest idea ever.
e1219@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I smoked pot with Johnny Hopkins.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Wait…
It’s actually called Johns Hopkins? I thought it was John Hopkins and people were pluaralizing John in a weird attempt to be funny
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Learn to wrap your burritos you suckface food noob.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
So, skill issue?
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 11 months ago
100%. I’ve never had this happen to me. It’s not even really that hard to get the hang of wrapping a burrito.
KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 11 months ago
iD-10-T error
misterfenskers@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Microwave or pan fry the tortilla until soft and malleable.
rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
are you gatekeeping burritos 😳
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 11 months ago
YES
wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
If it unwraps when you aren’t holding it, is it really a burrito?
moistclump@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That is a Shakespearian level insult.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am quite eloquent.