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is a burrito a sandwich?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by leo1, Nov 15, 2006.

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  1. leo1

    leo1 Active Member

    because it tastes like soap and i use soap for washing not for eating. fuck cilantro.
     
    leo1, Nov 15, 2006
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  2. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Love love love cilantro, and started buying it to use at home after I was introduced to it a couple years ago.

    Couldn't buy it, though, at the white-people's grocery store (Publix) in my hometown, had to get it at Wal-Mart or the slightly-less ghetto Food Lion.
     
    buckweaver, Nov 15, 2006
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  3. HoopsMcCann

    HoopsMcCann Active Member

    i hear barberitos is popping up all over the place. i haven't been there since there was just the one on clayton street in athens. pretty damn good if i remember
     
    HoopsMcCann, Nov 15, 2006
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  4. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    People who hate cilantro will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
     
    zeke12, Nov 16, 2006
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  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I guess this thread is kind of an appropriate place for this observation... I originally come from NY. I lived in Chicago for about 5 years. I was amazed at how many Mexicans there were in Chicago and how good the Mexican food was. Big Mexican neighborhoods, which you don't have in NYC. In NY, you have Dominicans. Puerto Ricans, too. But not so many Mexicans. My question, which has never been satisfactorily answered, is why have so many Mexicans found their way to Chicago, with its shit weather, but not NY, if they are going to ditch Cali, Texas and NM? The Mexican border is nowhere near Chicago.

    Tying it into the tread... Mexican food--at least cheap burrito and margarita type places--is the one area NYC really fails in comparison to Chicago. I became something of a burrito connoisseur when I lived in Chicago, my favorite being the place on Clark Street with the "Burritos as big as your head" sign. Is it still there?
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 16, 2006
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  6. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Chicago is closer to Mexico than NY. NY is closer to PR and the DR than Chicago. My guess is plain old geographic distance, but it's only a guess.

    Maybe Mexicans don't want to go to NY and get called "Puerto Ricans"? :-\

    I'd enjoy hearing a more informed opinion. It's a good question...I've always been mildly fascinated with immigration patterns. Why did so many Portuguese people end up in southern New England? Germans and Czechs in Central Texas? Russians in Nebraska? Sefardic Jews in New Mexico?

    One thing I do know, the Mexican presence in Chicago goes way back...
     
    writing irish, Nov 16, 2006
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  7. leo1

    leo1 Active Member

    immigration patterns often don't make sense on the surface. why do so many hmong and somali live in minnesota? not for the weather, that's for sure. often once a small group -- say a few hundred -- settles in a place and a local foundation or church or group starts some kind of outreach. or more simply, it's a snowball effect. not saying that's what happened in chicago but it makes sense.

    then again, sometimes they do make sense -- why do so many cubans live in south florida? geography, of course.
     
    leo1, Nov 16, 2006
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  8. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    There's a huge Colombian population in Northwest Montana. Makes NO sense, but there's a big enough group that there's a Caltholic service and a more evangelical one in Spanish. Doesn't sound like much, but the population of the town I lived in is only about 14,000.
     
    sportschick, Nov 16, 2006
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  9. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    I just had the best burrito I've ever had. (And I've had many.)
    New joint here in town.

    Steak Burrito.
    Cheese.
    Sour Cream.
    Jalapenos.
    Pinto Beans.
    French Fries.
    Hot sauce.

    Good Heavens it is good.
     
    Chef2, Dec 21, 2017
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  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    cranberry, Dec 21, 2017
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  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Had some tacos with it on there a week or so ago.
    Love me some cilantro.
     
    Chef2, Dec 21, 2017
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  12. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Hermes, Dec 21, 2017
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