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Originally Posted by florida joe http:///forum/thread/382174/jumpers/40#post_3335994
The word burrito means "little donkey" in Spanish, coming from burro, which means "donkey"
I have to ask...How in the world did folks come up with a word like burrito, which means a donkey and give a mexican sandwitch that name..I don't get it
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Burrito (disambiguation).
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A burrito
A burrito (pronounced ida Sans Unicode', 'Chrysanthi Unicode'; " title="Pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">
/b??ri?to?/ in US English,
[bu?rito] in Spanish), or
taco de harina, is a type of
Mexican food. It consists of a
flour tortilla wrapped or folded around a filling. The flour tortilla is usually lightly grilled or steamed, to soften it and make it more pliable. In Mexico,
refried beans,
Mexican rice, or
meat are usually the only fillings and the tortilla is smaller in size. In the United States, however, fillings generally include a combination of ingredients such as Mexican rice,
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salsa, meat,
avocado,
cheese, and
sour cream, and the size varies, with some burritos considerably larger than their Mexican counterparts.
The word
burrito means "little donkey" in Spanish, coming from burro, which means "donkey". 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.[1]>