The first burritos I ever ate were frozen ones from the supermarket.
Our supermarket’s frozen brand offered three varieties:
- Red Hot (in a red wrapper),
- Mild (in a green wrapper), and
- Chili Dog (in a brown wrapper).
I loved the first two, but Chili Dog was introduced later, and I was unfamiliar with it the first (and only) time I tried one. I assumed it would be filled with beefy chili dog-style chili or something.
I'll never forget my shock the first time I bit into it – the burrito had a whole hot dog in it! It was a hot dog wrapped in beans, then encased in a tortilla and frozen. You would bite into it and pull the whole hot dog out.
It seemed very unnatural and wrong. I was probably 12 or 13 years old, and I think I shrieked out loud when I bit into it and pulled out a hot dog. It was messed up. I'm glad it never caught on.
[Originally posted on I'm Nacho Steppinstone, June 30, 2004]
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