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This is off the mark in a couple of ways, recognizable burritos are and have been common in Chihuahua and along the border in that region, where flour tortillas (another item often mistaken as being of US origin) are common.

And tacos and burritos are noticeably Mexican / North American, not Latin American things. Totally foreign in Buenos Aires or Havana whether it’s a Taco Bell or taqueria.

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I'm from Chihuahua and I can confirm this, burritos are really common over here, but not so much in other parts of Mexico.

Burritos are the food you will get when you're in a hurry. You are late or you simply don't want to cook? if you have some leftovers and flour tortillas then you have burritos! You're on the road and you want something inexpensive and ready to eat? Just look for the old lady selling burritos on the street.

American burritos are kind of different though, we don't usually mix beans with rice, lettuce, cream and all that stuff. Instead we use traditional dishes like chile colorado, picadillo, chicharron en salsa verde, discada, barbacoa or whatever we have on the fridge ;)

> I'm from Chihuahua and I can confirm this, burritos are really common over here, but not so much in other parts of Mexico.

Similarly, I believe that pizza used to be regional Neapolitan cuisine.

True, but to the best of my knowledge the thing a Neopolitan pre-1900 would call pizza would have been described as a quick baked bread that was served with olive oil, basil, and a drizzling of crushed tomato sauce with maybe a chunk of mozzarella

Can you comment on the resemblance between a Burrito from Chihuahua and California?

I think a central part of the Pizza effect is not that Pizza didn't exist in Italy, but that it was radically changed by Italian Americans.

Not from Chihuahua, but I live in Baja California, and the last 2 decades saw a surge in popularity in Tex-mex style burritos, at least in my city, Mexicali. The US makes burritos really big with really crazy, heavily unhealthy fillings, stuff like boneless buffalo wings, rice and fries in the same burrito, smothered in creamy and hot sauces. For some it's delicious, for others it's disgusting. But they were definitely not this way originally. I would compare original burritos to tacos, in a rolled form. On the other hand, US style burritos are more akin to wraps, mainly because of size and ingredient variety inside and outside of the tortilla.

I think the main difference is the size, burritos in Chihuahua are not as wide and they are usually made of a single dish. I'm not an expert in Burritos from California but I've noticed they are filled with lots of things, different ingredients and dishes of what is considered Mexican food. Oh and also the way they're wrapped is kind of different, Chihuahua's Burritos are just a roll, they are not a wrap, if that makes sense.

In any case both look delicious to me and now I'm hungry.

Burrito from Chihuahua: https://images.app.goo.gl/wtVJjbk64WoiNsbi8

Burrito from California: https://images.app.goo.gl/PyfDbDbCkgqbupYA6

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