How America ruined Mexican food

I'm eating Mexican food in the US and Mexico -- but they could not be more different.
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[@christopherluvsaidan67]

Did this girl just say Burritos aren't really mexican ? Que tonta. Burritos are eaten in regions like Mexicalli and especially Senora Mexico. Flour tortillas are made in the state of sonora. That why there's such thing as tortillas de harina estillo Sonora

[@IndenturedYoutubeSlave]

wheat was induced by the Spanish and became the approved substitute to Amaranth after it was banned. Amaranth grows wild in north Mexico and is highly draught tolerant and held religious significance just like corn.

[@perez4947]

@@IndenturedKZbinSlavethe Spanish aka the ancestors of most Mexicans. And ancient Mexicans, the other ancestors of most Mexicans, have been wrapping food in tortillas for thousands of years.

[@AtomicBoo]

Siempre los chilangos y la gente del sur creyéndose los únicos "verdaderos" mexicano, pero no mi apa, les guste o no a los sureños, Baja California, sonora, chihuahua, sinaloa son parte de México tanto como su amada cdmx o sus oaxacas. Y los Burritos son un clásico sonorense como el taco de carne asada, uta que chulada unos burritos de machaca con papas, de frijol, de carne roja o un burro percheron envuelto en tocino de mi amada hermosillo. Arriba el Norte !

[@wendipineda2807]

I’m so sad at the fact she completely ignored the fact that the north of Mexico eats differently we have burritos, quesadillas, nachos etc. They are not Tex mex they should get someone else to do this review.

[@uptin]

Her point is that regardless of which side of the border the burrito was invented, burritos are not common throughout Mexico - I didn’t see a single restaurant in Mexico City, Escondido, or Oaxaca which offered them.

[@uptin]

@@WyssV Burritos are far more popular in the US than Mexico. That's the essence of what she's saying I think.

[@elgatomexicano12345]

We should get someone to do a documentary from the Food of North Mexico which is the reason for the copycat hard shell tacos and everything else. There's so many things that maybe from Mexico City but in North Mexico weed a lot of meat!!!

[@elgatomexicano12345]

You should visit North Mexico and different parts of Mexico they are very very different.

[@elgatomexicano12345]

Hard-shell tacos are called tacos dorados with yummy meat and lettuce and tomatoes that's how my Mexican mom always made them and our grandparents too From Mexico. there's so many different varieties but not with ground beef.There are burritos made with picadillo which is different. The point is it is Mexican. Not the silly things they make up about the tortilla over the taco not that .we also have gorditas Made with Masa not the way the silly way they make them.so the US has made it different but they originate from Mexico!!!

[@BeryIstanbulTips]

As a Mexican from the North part of Mexico, I can tell you that burritos are 100% MEXICAN. I am from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua (border city with El Paso, Texas) and burritos were originated there. Also you will find burritos in mostly every state in the North of Mexico. If you go to the capital city of Chihuahua, you’ll even find the famous “montado” which is a type of burrito but way bigger and with more toppings. There is even a small town called Villa Ahumada, between Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua (capital) famous for its burritos. Is a nice presentation but also there are many misconceptions. Mexican food is so vast and there are many regions, not just central/south of Mexico.

[@anamariarodarte1791]

Finally someone in the comments section clarifying about our burritos 🙏

[@spoonsfull]

Gracias!! Parece que su conocimiento sobre la comida mexicana es ridículamente pequeño.

[@BeryIstanbulTips]

@@spoonsfull neta, casi muero cuando dice que los burritos no son mexicanos, entonces los del norte no existimos o qué? 😅

[@lizainhamburg]

When I lived in CDMX find out that South Mexicans think burritos are Mexican- American. They don't know North Mexican culture and cuisine.

[@narciso19G]

I’m glad there’s other people calling this chick out on her shit. Her family must be a bunch of narcissistic chilangos 😂

[@ogarza3]

Burritos are mexican, in the North of México... but it is completely different from the baby size rice filled monstrosities found in the US. They are small rolled up flour tortilla tacos, with a simple filling like scrambled egg, or refried beans and pork cracklings, source: I grew up there

[@RivetGardener]

Si claro mi amigo! Gracias para arreglar este sujeto!

[@SoriaFzx92]

yes as a mexican from baja california ensenada we can say that the burritos are part of the basic food of my city principal mente in the center of the city anybody eats a burrito when they goes to the trabajo

[@ederllanes4541]

Y los burritos de machaca?

[@masterlee9822]

Flour is a old import from Europe that has been part of the European diet for thousand of years. Beef, cheese and bread that continued under christian Europe. Beer, wine, mead, apple pies, meat pies, honey cakes, stews are just a few of the food inherited by the later Christians along with the technologies that includes iron smithing, chain-mail, looms, spinning wheels , medicines, herbs and carpentry and all kinds of knowledge. Sugar canes is a much later ingredient for apple pie. Apples are connected to youth and good health.

[@ogarza3]

@@masterlee9822 and mexico was a Spanish colony, hence flour, but thanks for the info 👍

[@woodworkingfan1965]

Wow, this video showed an AMAZING ignorance of Mexican cuisine. True about the Americanization of tacos, but to say that burritos aren’t Mexican? Do some friggin research. Originated in Juarez in a burro-pulled food wagon. Then “let’s go to Mexico” really means “let’s go to Mexico City”. There are other places in Mexico each with their own traditions. You have no credibility now…

[@bl0rgus]

fr CDMX is like one of the most american cities in mexico lmao

[@GasPipeJimmy]

The dumbest video I have seen all week

[@MartinME3]

The shell taco they criticized is based on tacos dorados which if you find a video in youtube you will see how similar they are. Mexico is a huge country. Every region has their own dishes. People in Mexico City make quesadillas without cheese for god sake. That would be a sacrilege in my state of Sonora. Would I call that NOT Mexican food? Absolutely not.

[@ElMakz]

yeah Juarez, that is not the entire Mexico. Some shit in Juarez doesn't speak for all of Mexico.

[@jasonb993]

As a Mexican, burritos aren’t Mexican food. They serve it on border towns for Americanos and gringos. The Mexican equivalent would be big tacos or a sincronizada.

[@dlc.21]

Los nachos son de Piedras Negras (Coahuila) fueron creadas por un señor llamado Ignacio, de ahí proviene el nombre de "Nachos" no se porque esta chica dice que no son de Mexico...

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

Si fueron creados en Mexico, como la Cesar Salad and the Fish Tacos.

[@chihuahuakween2085]

Si! Mi mamá es de por allá! Y los chilaquiles y migas en mi opinión son como un tipo de nachos, y esos eran de los días de los aztecas.

[@chelleroberson3222]

True

[@5copfxqt]

Sin mencionar que en Piedras tenemos está festividad cada año del "día del Nacho" que dura tres días xD odio este video, y odio a la chica del video

[@spoonsfull]

You both are not Mexican, right? A Mexican would know that Mexican food is ridiculously vast and varied and the same dish can have lots of variations from place to place and that doesn't make it 'fake'. If you expect a single restaurant to carry all of it, then you really have the typical tourist expectations of Mexican food. Watching that girl wrongly claim that burritos are not 'real Mexican food like she's a connoisseur, made me cringe in second-hand embarrassment. Burritos, quesatacos, carne asada, huge tortillas de harina, etc. are typical northern dishes and even so, every region has its own variations. And yeah, Taco Bell is seen by most gringos as 'mexican food' when it's not; it's more like 'mexican inspired'. If the US destroyed Mexican food by creating their own versions, then I can't imagine how we destroyed japanese food since we add a creamy chipotle sauce as a topping for sushi, we deep-fry chiles güeros in panko, we make a dipping sauce based on soy sauce and Chiles jalapeños, etc. We have our own version of pizza, with jalapeños, beans, bacon, chorizo, onion, etc. and we dare call it pizza Mexicana. The same goes for Chinese food, which we love. These adapted foods are called fussion.Try again, guys.

[@uptin]

I think her point is that burritos are not common throughout Mexico... I didn’t see a single restaurant in Mexico City, Escondido, or Oaxaca which offered them.

[@uptin]

Of course she is Mexican, she grew up there.

[@uptin]

Its interesting you're not defending her for defending the authenticity, freshness of true Mexican cuisine. You a chipotle fan??

[@candacerain1]

@@uptin she's not very educated if she doesn't know about Northern Mexican cuisine. It's just like Manhattan Clam Chowder vs New England Clam Chowder. If you don't understand that reference, then educate yourself.

[@joseperez6224]

@@uptin who is she, I would like to follow her food page

[@yes1958]

"Burritos aren't really Mexican." They come from Northern Mexico. “Load ’em up!” could be America’s burrito-building philosophy. But in northern Mexico, burritos are often pared down to a single, yet complex, ingredient: a guiso or stew. Made with chicken, beef or pork, this braised meat makes for a flavorful filling. Early burritos may have first appeared in the United States due to braceros, migrant workers in the 1940s through the '60s.

[@strider_hiryu850]

very interesting.

[@Guwig]

It has always been difficult to locate the precise origin of burritos, so to simplify it is said is Tex-Mex, if you look at the video Carina gave a long explanation which was cut for the video

[@elgatomexicano12345]

@@Guwig there are more sites that you can find that will explain burritos are from northern Mexico.Our family is one-hundred-percent Mexican and we have always had burritos in Mexico.

[@Guwig]

@@elgatomexicano12345 ok, el termino burrito viene del término burrita del bajío, un término bastante antiguo de los 1800's (se puede encontrar el termino en diccionarios de la época), pero para ese entonces solo hacia referencia a un taco común pero enrollado, así que la leyenda del señor que los vendía en un burro es más una leyenda, pero en fin, fue varios años después hasta que se empezaron a ver los burritos enormes de harina, pero surgiendo en zonas fronterizas en una época dónde la división era vastante difusa y la cultura bastante fluida, y de echo Tex-Mex hace referencia a esta combinación que se da entre México y USA en estás regiones culturalmente difusas donde el producto resultante difiere de lo que encontrarás en los platillos más antiguos o tradicionales del resto de México, es decir la cultura fronteriza de México desde su mera concepción es una cultura mixta (no lo digo como bueno o malo, solo lo es). Y ya viste todo lo que tarde en dar la explicación para alguien que es 100% mexicano y que se supone ya conoce la situación, imagina para un extranjero que imagina que México es homogéneo, por eso es más sencillo decir, "¿sabés que? Si es Tex-Mex y se chingo"

[@christopherluvsaidan67]

They're mainly found in regions like Sonora, mexicalli

[@tehuti44]

If you are looking for authentic Mexican food at Taco Bell that is on YOU! Plus, just like any other country Mexican food can be regional. So going to one place in Mexico and sampling the food doesn't mean it is the same nationwide.

[@uptin]

The point of Taco Bell is that it was ranked America's favorite Mexican restaurant. So many of us grow up associating alot of that with "mexican food"

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

Indeed. Mexican food is very diverse.

[@GasPipeJimmy]

@@uptin So what!? Go to Mexico, ask what their favorite “American Restaurant” is and when they come back with something like McDonald’s, complain wildly about how the “Mexicans” have vandalized American culture. You suck!

[@Stupranos]

@@uptin it’s ranked high for convenience and price only. I mean someone getting off work at 1am and only have like $8 it’s good enough.

[@frisco9568]

@@uptin Btw your wife or gf is wrong about burritos not being Mexican

[@danielruelas2714]

Juan Méndez, a street vendor in Chihuahua, Mexico, invented the burrito. During the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s, Méndez decided to wrap his food in flour tortillas to keep it warm and transport it on his small donkey.

[@joaquinflores3547]

yea but this people are so ignorant that they don’t know that

[@alhitmi2]

The amount of wrong information in this video is unbelievable

[@tonyminutti5277]

Can’t believe he brought such an ignorant person to talk about Mexican cuisine!

[@AntonioSerranoMx91]

A mi me parece bastante preciso ¿podrías ser más específico?

[@miguelhuerta5826]

@@AntonioSerranoMx91 para empezar el título. Burritos fue primero describido en el libro "Diccionario de Mexicanismos" imprimido en 1895. La gastronomía del norte de México no es muy conocida por los del sur. Por ejemplo en sonora no comen tortillas de maíz Sen casi todo el norte las tortillas de arina son las populares.

[@DeviaNZe]

@@AntonioSerranoMx91 Los burritos son los más famosos en Chihuahua, y Chihuahua está en México. Lo qué pasa es qué se podría decir qué hay cuatro México, el norte, centro, pacifico y sur.

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

@@AntonioSerranoMx91 Absolutamente, Soy de Oaxaca, la cuna de la Nacion Zapoteca y la cuna de la comida Mexicana. Mi abuela vestia su traje de Tehuana, caminaba descalza y hablaba el Zapoteco.

[@ClocksRoad]

To actually know all mexican food you'll have to travel to every state of the country because believe me or not it changes so much, that's why everyone comment different opinions of what mexican food is.

[@hilaryhongkong]

I've been to every single state of Mexico and yes, this video is not entirely accurate.

[@TheNraveles]

@@hilaryhongkong it’s hardly accurate at all

[@joaquinflores3547]

@@hilaryhongkong its actually super inaccurate

[@Seven-_-Doves]

@@hilaryhongkong mega inaccurate to the max infact 100% guaranteed

[@wetguavass]

Mexican cuisine is the most varied in the world.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Burritos ARE Mexican, but not from anywhere close to Mexico City, Michoacan, or any of the most heavily populated areas of the country. They're very much a Norteño and border region thing, which is why they're popular in the US, due to proximity and osmosis. They're from Chihuahua originally, and they're a staple in Sonora and Northern Baja in particular. Flour tortillas have always been more common than corn in El Norte, since corn doesnt grow well in the region.

[@ramencurry6672]

Can you give them a break. They’re not perfect but they’re trying

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@ramencurry6672 Did you mean to reply to another comment?

[@ramencurry6672]

@@BroadwayRonMexico yes. I love menudo

[@grahamsmith6210]

that's not entirely true, they're pretty popular in Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Guanajuato too

[@Dana-ie2bh]

And vice versa, wheat does not grow well in the south of Mexico.

[@adamhymas4620]

I didn't know the Mexican food I eat in Juarez isn't actually Mexican food.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

I also didnt know the food I eat when i go down to Sonora isnt Mexican. Learn something new every day

[@timk1480]

I love how they show El Pollo Loco as an American brand as if it didn’t start in Mexico. I can’t take this video seriously.

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

American pollo loco is nothing like the one we have here but it is uniquely mexican.

[@creepnasty5370]

@@tunnelsnakesrule7541 telosico

[@khawkgirl]

My mom actually was friends with the guy who invented nachos. She worked as a teacher in Eagle Pass Texas during the 1960s. He was an old man named Ignacio who ran a taco stand in the border. He came up with the idea while he was working as a hotel chef then, sold it to the Frito Lay company. He didn't speak English and my mom didn't speak much Spanish so, his daughter would translate their conversations. My mom had so many fascinating stories about teaching in a border town during the 60s!

[@uptin]

woaaa no way! so cool

[@jeffmorrison2915]

Wow what a cute love story! Love knows no language barrier! Your mom's boyfriend knew the job!

[@khawkgirl]

@@jeffmorrison2915 They were just friends. Nacho was about 80 years old when my mom met him lol!

[@llstrikes2754]

I’m eating his invention right now

[@MartinME3]

Exactly. Nachos is just something a Mexican would come up with. Totopos mixed with whatever is left over has probably been done a billion times in Mexico for centuries. Mr. Ignacio probably just thought of the quickest thing he could come up with which led up to the dish becoming something else.

[@kidcarlomagno8855]

I'm gonna go on a long rant, but I don't care, I'm mexican and this is what I have to say: Burritos are mexican, they come from the northern part of the country, while the exact location is unknown, it is believed that it may have come from Sonora, though the term comes from Guanajuato apparently, it gained a lot of popularity in cities/towns close to the border though, so the americans changed the recipe a little bit and it gained a lot of popularity over there. Nachos are mexican as well, they come from the northern part of Mexico, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila specifically, chef Ignacio Anaya came up with the recipe when he had few ingredients in his restaurant and some american military men arrived to eat, that's why it gained popularity in the US, way more popularity than here in Mexico.

[@chihuahuakween2085]

A native tribe in northern Mexico has eaten an early version of the burrito. The modern one we know today is mostly norteño style, with many variations between northern Mexico, southern U.S, and general U.S. My mom was born and raised in the very north of Mexico (she is from where nachos were invented), and most of the foods people complain are "American" such as flour tortillas and nachos, are very much Mexican. My dad is from very southern Mexico, and sure his experience was different, but he did have corn tortilla burritos, but never flour.

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

The original Mexican "burrito" was a small and thin dish which is still eaten in Mexico today. It was more akin to a rolled taco or "Taquito" if you will. The problem is, people mix up these two similar but different dishes. The burrito that people picture when they hear the word "burrito" today is the "Mission-style burrito" NOT the rolled tacos from Mexico. The "Mission-style burrito" is filled with beans, meat, cheese, and salsa and was invented in San Francisco’s Mission District, of El Faro. San Diego in Cali also lays claim to the creation of the "California Burrito" which is filled with carne asada, French fries, cheese, sour cream, and salsa.

[@hanajones4247]

No one thinks Taco Bell is Mexican food.

[@Guwig]

In America no body, but the rest of the planet they really think is Mexican, even latin countries, except mexico of course, in Japan they are convinced taco means ground beef

[@ofacekillah]

Just Anglos...

[@robertpatter5509]

It's the Anglo Saxon who thinks it's Mexican. Or feels it is Mexican. Feel is a better description for the Anglo. Being Effeminate and all. I guarantee they don't go to Mexico or talk to Mexicans.

[@uptin]

Most of us in the US grow up, with Taco Bell as our main association for Mexican food www.usmagazine.com/food/news/taco-bell-voted-the-best-mexican-restaurant-in-the-country/

[@uptin]

@Hana Jones read this!!

[@OpEditorial]

Before the cultural purists get bent out of shape over what is and is not "authentic" Mexico (and most of Latin America) has been influenced by Europe, particularly Spain, for about as long as North America has been a country. You'd need a time machine to really experience actual pre-Columbian Mexican food. Also on a side note, just because something is yummy, doesnt make it bad and it should be pointed out that *cheddar cheese* is originally from England, and at the end of the day if it's being served from the back of a truck, do you really care how true to it's heritage what you're eating really is?

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

Not just Spanish. We do eat some evolved forms of pre columbian foods here and a lot of Arabic inspiration in our cuisine here too. Burritos are actually from around the Mexican revolution so there wouldn't be huge Spanish influence in that.

[@IndenturedYoutubeSlave]

@@tunnelsnakesrule7541 early burrito are just much larger flour tacos that have the same filing of basket tacos that came from the spanish silver mines.

[@johnl.7754]

I don’t think it ruined it. It probably should just be given a different name (like Tex Mex or something else). Those that want real Mexican food should know where to find it.

[@edrumsense]

In deed, in south america we call Tacobell kind of food "tex-mex"

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

You hit the nail on the head. I'm from oaxaca

[@joaquinflores3547]

bro Burritos are from northern Mexico, in Sonora and Chihuahua and Baja California they make them l Everywhere, the birth place the burrito is Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua

[@juansilva5371]

The Americans and the Tex Mex cuisine did not ruin Mexican food, they only made flavorless and poor versions, as a Mexican I am not offended because at least they had the decency to add another term to their cuisine (Tex) and thus justify their mistakes

[@kevinswift8654]

@@juansilva5371 It's still good hermano

[@ohalistair]

This video is actually ridiculous. All these foods you claim "aren't Mexican" are very much of Tejano and northern Mexican origin.

[@joaquinflores3547]

yea burritos are from ciudad juárez I would be embarrassed to upload this type of content with all that misinformation

[@cw4959]

I actually don’t think “ruin” is the greatest word. Yeah us Mexican food is not Mexican food but the same can be said for every country. Indian food is wildly different in every country it is in. The same for Japanese food, Chinese food and every cuisine. Each country mixes local tastes and styles with traditional food and it means instead of one version of Mexican food you get 200 which is really cool. One of the most fun things about traveling is seeing each countries unique takes on a certain cuisine

[@kevinswift8654]

Absolutely, what's wrong with variety? I think mission style burritos are delicious, and I've been to Mexico and love their food, too.

[@swiggles4342]

Because the United States has absolutely no idea how to adapt cuisine, all they do is put a shit ton of ugly processed cheese on it and somehow they make it taste horrible, that's why people complain about it, and it doesn't only happens with mexican food, indian food made by people from the US, italian food, even german (Hamburgers, sausages) they do stuff like McDonald's, pizza hut, they just think about making profit out of it.

[@jonathanchacon3405]

Imagine going to taco bell for Mexican food. I normally go to taco bell for taco bell, maybe she needs to learn the difference. Also the first taco bell restaurant was across from a torteria, and the owner helped bell with making of the taco shells.

[@V8vortec98]

Mitla Cafe San Bernardino Ca

[@MartinME3]

they based it off of tacos dorados and taco bell's are extremely close. I know my family now buys those pre made shells sometimes because it is healthier than frying a tortilla. To us there is no difference. Of course it's not the same as a taqueria with al pastor tacos. "THAT IS A DIFFERENT DISH"......

[@Juice_Triggz45]

Just imagine. Like no one understands that taco bell is not real mexican food.

[@Anon0nline]

Actually Nachos are technically "Mexican" since it's inventor was Mexican and he lived his entire life in Mexico. They didn't get popular outside of his hometown until after his death when his grandkids brought them across the border to the USA. Every year they have "Nachos Day" in Piedras Negras, Mexico (the area he lived in when he invented Nachos). Nachos are called Nachos because Nacho is short for his name, Ignacio (Anaya).

[@alexm.tellez.4893]

I can't believe she said flour tortilla is not Mexican, it is Northern Mexican! Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, San Luis, etcetera.

[@baodo4435]

I had many flour tortilla in Northern Mexico, and when I went deeper in country then it was corn tortilla.

[@alexm.tellez.4893]

@@baodo4435 Yes but the flour tortilla in north Mexico is a heritage from Jewish "converted" to Catholicism, anyhow the kept their traditions including their Easter bread but in a different way to not to be suspicious to the holly inquisition. I agree, corn tortillas were cooked by natives way before that, but still flour tortillas are Mexican just not so common in central-south Mexico. Sorry for my poor English, I'm trying my best here to explain.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@alexm.tellez.4893 It was invented by "Conversos", but it took off with non-Jews in the region because wheat grows a lot better in Northern Mexico than corn does. Pueblo Indians mostly replaced corn with wheat as their main staple crop for the same reason

[@yes1958]

"Nachos aren't really Mexican." Nachos comes from Northern Mexico too! Ignacio Anaya, a maître d'hôtel at a restaurant in Piedras Negras, in Coahuila, Mexico, created nachos in 1940. By the 1970s, nachos were popular in America, though they had lost the apostrophe in “Nacho's especiales” and were still mostly found in Mexican restaurants.

[@Guwig]

Actually she said "not really a thing in Mexico"; "not a thing" is an expression that cold be used as "no es la gran cosa". So I think she is not saying literally that there aren nachos in Mexico but, they aren't a big deal.

[@baodo4435]

I had nachos in Mexico, and I enjoyed them with a nice cold Tecate :) ...

[@bottleofwater1675]

@@Guwig literally all movie theatres ive been to sold nachos

[@Guwig]

@@bottleofwater1675 de nuevo, no estoy diciendo que no exista, estoy diciendo que no es la gran cosa, más haya de cines o paleterias en algún centro histórico o zona central de una ciudad o en coahuila, no es que los encuentres tan seguido, es más, en una colonia cualquiera es más probable que te encuentres con un carro de jochos y hamburguesas que a alguien que te venda nachos. Así que no digo que no exista, digo que no es el platillo icónico que la gente piensa, es más bien algo que compras en el cine, quiero decir, cuántas veces has comprado comida tradicional en un cine?... Yo tampoco

[@dlc.21]

@@Guwig En el norte se consumen mucho, hay cosas que dependiendo de las regiones cambia, entre ellas la gastonomia, yo soy de donde se inventaron (Coahuila) y los encuentras por todos lados, ademas de que realmente si significan una parte importante de la gastronomia debido a que es una botana muy popular en el mundo.

[@daniellozada3408]

Burritos are very Mexican but can only be found in the northern part of the country. I grew up in north central Mexico in a rural community or rancho and my grandma and mom used to make them for my grandpas lunch. Here in the states I’ve met ppl from southern Mexico and they never knew burritos existed. Every region of Mexico has their own way of cooking and their own dishes just like the states, food in NY is different than TX.

[@uptin]

So then should we say "Northern Mexican"!? Her point of the video is that Burritos are a staple in US. But not as common in Mexico.

[@elgatomexicano12345]

Not as common in Southern Mexico City because they are very common in North Mexico.

[@daniellozada3408]

@@uptin it would be like a foreigner visiting the NYC and going back to his homeland and telling ppl that in the USA bbq ribs or any other southern dishes aren’t as common as ppl think. Basically the same concept

[@daniellozada3408]

@@uptin if I’m not mistaken she said “burritos aren’t really Mexican”

[@MarcoFregoso93]

No, god no. Burritos are REALLY Mexican all over the country. I'm from Guadalajara, Jalisco and burritos are a thing there as well as in Guanajuato, Mexico City, Chihuahua, Baja California, literally all over the country, not just up north.

[@narciso19G]

Burritos were invented in Juarez chihuahua, Mexico. By a guy who used to haul rolled up tacos for sale on a donkey. Hence where the name burrito came from. Original burritos only have one filling which is of meat, chicken, beans or anything. You won’t find beans and rice together in your burrito and they will always be much thinner about an inch in diameter. Texans took the burrito and ran with it making it big and fat and adding all sorts of ingredients to just one. @uptin

[@uptin]

Interesting! I think her point is that burritos are a staple in the US but not common in Mexico.

[@narciso19G]

@@uptin well it depends on what part of Mexico you go to. It’s like going to Italy, different things are made in different places but a taco is still a taco no matter where you go. You won’t find all the Mexican cuisine in one city. Different parts of Mexico do things differently, so if you go to northern Mexico you will definitely find more burritos and especially from a guy selling them off the side of the road.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@uptin They're extremely common in Sonora and Baja

[@josechavez2521]

@@uptin please dont say they are not common in Mexico, we all eat/create them in our homes. Make them for lunch at work. And you can find excellent locations in the north that sell just burritos. I am sorry you didn't get the opportunity to eat them. I recommend Obregon, Sonora and their percheron. Cheers guys.

[@MartinME3]

@@uptin I have a Mexican birth certificate. I ate burritos at least weekly growing up. I miss those burritos. Mole is a classic dish in Mexico, but no one in the north would make it from scratch as they do in Oaxaca. It's not a main dish for us. Does that mean we are not Mexican? It is said the classic huge flour tortilla originates from the ancient tribes. The north has thrived on Flour rather than corn so Flour tortillas are a much much more important staple than corn by a huge factor. I do not even remember a single corn tortilla making store growing up, if you wanted corn tortillas you would have to make them by hand. Even now noone cares for corn in my home state of Sonora.

[@miketyler12424]

Who let that girl lie about my culture? I'm from monterrey nuevo leon (north mexico) and we eat nachos and burritos, we have one called campechana that it's a burrito with bistec cheese and Carne de trompo (pork meat) she needs to check north Mexican food too cause she is wrong if she thinks burritos aren't mexican, oh and by the way fajitas it's technically arracheras which is a well known Mexican meat cut

[@oskarblonde1]

Burritos is a mexican food. Every region in México has its own variation, Mexican Cuisine is so diverse, it doesn't exist something like 'real' every state every region every city every town every family had different food and at the same time sharing the same spirit. Mexico is complex.

[@arthorimim1220]

You guys really need to research more about Mexican food. Flour tortilla is very common and staple in North Mexico. Burritos are known in all mexico, but they are made in different ways like a handmade corn tortilla with salt then pressed with the a hand makes a burrito or a flour tortilla taco rolled is called burrito too in some parts of mexico. Nachos are very common and were invented in mexico. Texas used to be part of mexico and for that reason they still have the same roots in cooking , but developed according to the region where they live. Like real mexican food is a mixture between indigenous and other cultures around the world (Spaniard, japannese, libanese, French) so in order to survive it need to transform. Anyway I appreciate your work an I hope you guys learn more about foods.

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Not not in central Mexico

[@swiggles4342]

​@@alfredoalcantar8691what do you mean not in Central Mexico, I've been many times to CDMX and burritos and nachos are everywhere

[@olddirtygus]

La tortilla de harina fue inventada in Mexico

[@XxJohnLennon1940xX]

Esa ni es mexicana, como que los burritos no son mexicanos 🤨

[@joaquinflores3547]

el tipo este y la mujer no sanen nasa de comida Mexicana nunca an estado en el norte de Mexico

[@hilaryhongkong]

I've been to every single state of Mexico as well as Texas. I've been a permanent resident here and have been living in a local relatively impoverished area. 1. Flour tortillas were not what the Mexicas/Aztecs ate, but they are eaten by Mexicans and are Mexican. Flour tortillas are very common in Central Mexico and anywhere north of that. It's not true that corn tortillas are that much more common. The ones you buy at a Mexican supermarket also could be either. The ones you buy at a tortilla shop are more likely to be made from corn, yes. 2. Burritos are Mexican. Burritos are very common across Mexico and you can eat them off some local food truck. And they are eaten by Mexicans. 3. It's true that Mexican food outside touristy areas don't really use cheddar cheese and basically less likely to see any cheese in local places. 3. It's true that they don't really give you sides like in the US BUT many do offer you whole onions which you can get well consider a side. "Comida corrida" is also an extremely popular type of places that would serve you rice and beans and soup alongside your main dish (with tortillas) at a low price. So sides DO exist in Mexico. Taco places are not the only restaurants that exist in Mexico. 4. Hard shell tacos are Tex-Mex but hard, fried tortillas DO exist in Mexico. Tortilla chips are fairly popular and I guarantee you will see them in almost every single seafood restaurant in Mexico. Fried, harder shell tortillas do exist in certain parts of northern Mexico. In fact, I just went to a taco truck in Tampico a few days ago outside any tourist area (Tampico is not touristy to begin with) and they ask if we wanted tortillas hard or soft. The hard shell tacos are not the same as those from Taco Bell but to an extent they do exist in the north. 5. You talked about Mexican food yet you COMPLETELY omitted any of the moles?!

[@baodo4435]

I had Burrito in Mexico... and what is wrong with giving Mexican food an American flair? Other countries adjust taste to their taste buds. Tex Mex is the best. Most of all the US did not mess up Mexican food, they came up with a fusion Mexican American taste.

[@Guwig]

Well in many cases I'm not sure if you give a touch but rather a complete reinterpretation, I mean, most of the things that are in a hard shell Taco are not in Mexican cousin, but you are right, is not a bad thing and doesn't mean that you ruined, but it does affect the vision of Mexican food for the rest of the world, for you it's clear that you taco bell is not Mexican food, but for the rest of the world is not

[@baodo4435]

@@Guwig There are many true Mexican places to eat in the US, as there are Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc., just like in the rest of the world. Taco Bell is not Mexican food, it is fast food, and I do know some Mexicans from Mexico who enjoy it. Try McDonald's around the world and for sure every country has adjusted it to their taste. Tex Mex is really good food, and I have many Mexicans friends who agree with me. Hard Shell tacos are a Tex Mex style of taco and while I prefer the soft tortilla, I do have the hard shell ones from time to time. I think your comment not in Mexican cousin should be not in Mexican cuisine.

[@Guwig]

@@baodo4435 There are authentic restaurants in the United States, it doesn't mean that in the whole world is the same, China has more population than the United States, and I have heard of two authentic Mexican restaurants in all the country, Did you know that there they serve a taco that instead of a tortilla uses a KFC-style fried chicken breast with taco salad filling, same in Japan, they thing tacos are ground beef. So not every body knows how Mexican food is.

[@baodo4435]

@@Guwig I am one of the lucky ones who has been able to travel around the world and really see how Japanese, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese food etc really is. I have found places in the US that are 100% true to taste and places that have changed the taste to how they think Americans will like it. Just like they do with American food around the world. The worse Mexican food I had was in Japan, looked Mexican on the outside and kinda had a Mexican feel when I went in, ordered a Tecate which was nice, but then the food can a whole different story :). KFC style friend chicken in with taco salad filling .. now that has to be interesting to try :).

[@baodo4435]

@@nancysmum I have been to Mexico many times and have had Mexican food from my different areas there. As soon as it gets a little safer to travel, you know the CV19 thing, I am going to go to Mexico City to make a street taco run... long one ... about three months. :)

[@wilm2109]

I wouldn't say ruined, it's not like traditional Mexican food ceased to exist. I'm Mexican-American myself and as much as I do enjoy menudo, chilaquiles, and tacos al pastor, I don't mind the occasional Cali steak burrito with fries inside. Tex-Mex food can be pretty good too!

[@kevinswift8654]

100%. I think it's fine to dispel the notion that what we consider "Mexican food" in the USA isn't generally authentic Mexican, it's Tex-Mex. But that doesn't mean we "ruined" Mexican food, any more than New York style pizza ruined Italian food. Chipotle and Taco Bell (for example) are delicious at a certain time and a place, it's apples and oranges.

[@masterlee9822]

You are a freak of nature, to eat something like that without throwing up.

[@willl18312]

@@masterlee9822 you are a degen

[@yes1958]

Tex-Mex was inspired by Northern Mexican food.

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

Yes but US modified because of time

[@s4tsug4i74]

So like, Texas?

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

@@s4tsug4i74 it's in the fucking name

[@Bbknuckles]

Tex-mex was inspired by the devil! That ish is so damn nasty 🤢🤮

[@tsukasa1608]

Texas was previously part of Mexico.

[@furenaef]

I like the American spin on Mexican food. Been to Mexico and I like their food too, but to say Americas ruined Mexican food is just too out there.

[@dl8571]

I mean, when you grow up eating traditional food from your country that's got history and soul behind it only for another country to make a imitation of it, modified into something different and call it "Mexican Food", it's no wonder why some people might take offense to it. For the record, I'm Mexican and even though I don't take the whole "America ruined Mexican food" argument seriously, I will never eat food from Taco Bell or any restaurant that doesn't offer authentic Mexican food, it's just not the same for me.

[@asdfghjkl-oo7lv]

Mexican food has more flavor tho. The salsas are also more tasty.

[@GasPipeJimmy]

It’s flat-out anti-Anglo racism, and like all racism, stupid.

[@kevinswift8654]

@@dl8571 I dunno, to each their own but as a North American (who lives abroad) sometimes I like a $20 burger, sometimes I just wanna go to Burger King. Different styles for different occasions.

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

Nachos are pretty common in MTY. Common at snack places, cinemas, and special tostitos boxes sold at Oxxo specially to be customized into nachos. Only tried ones from the cinemas and the snack places, never the Oxxo ones.

[@chubaca4830]

Incluso en el centro del país xd. Cuando vivía en el df solía llevarme burritos de lonche para la escuela. Los nachos son comunes pero como mencionas solo como snacks.

[@mikeg8276]

I’m Latino and find this video is annoying. The lady saying that a side of rice, beans, and cheese is “gross actually,” and the guy saying “this is what an enchilada is actually supposed to look like” is very condescending. Millions of people appreciate a Tex-Mex combo plate, and Tex-Mex enchiladas are real enchiladas. Just because it differs from what you find in Mexico City doesn’t make it inauthentic.

[@Netro1992]

I am at awe at how someone could get American, texmex, and Mexican food all wrong.

[@noematz5711]

Mexican food is a cultural heritage of the world, from this land, born ingredients like chocolate, vanilla, corn, tomatoes, etc. The country is so diverse, from green south, to deserts in north, where wheat are more common and floor tortillas are most popular

[@stevenserna910]

Americans usually understand nowadays that fast food chain restaurants don't serve "authentic" Mexican food. To eat authentic Mexican cuisine, you'd need to be invited to a Mexican living in America home, have them prepare the dishes for you, and eat them fresh hot. No microwaves, salamanders, convection ovens, etc...or you could go into Mexico beyond the border regions. I don't know why folks get so pissed off now, about Americanized foods. Gringos simply would not eat Lengua, Cesos, Barbacoa de rez, machitos, Cabrito, nopales, nor many other staple dishes of Mexicano origin. For those gringos that say they do, congratulations, but you don't make up enough commerce for a Mexican restaurant to prepare and sell it to you. Hey, not our rules baby. USA Capitalism dictates what sells, and what don't. Mexicanos/Chicanos wanted to be successful in their restaurants so they adapted dishes to fit Gringo palates, simple. Gringos bought the food, and El Chico, Taco Bell, and many other name brand chains became successfull. Every ethnic food that has become popular amongst Americans is because they have modified their cuisines. Do you actually believe Chinese restaurants in China serve, "General Zao Chicken"? Then why would you think that Mexico has a taco called a, "Crunch Wrap Supreme"?

[@briandiego8124]

I showed this video to my Mexican wife and she said there is alot of misinformation in this video and the creators really are wrong on their info. She actually got offended when they said Mexican food stuck mainly to corn, rice and beans. Stereotype much? I'll just leave it at that.

[@uptin]

it's interesting that she wasn't proud of this, like most Mexicans for praising real, authentic Mexican food. Is she a Chipotle fan?

[@uptin]

Also, all she said is that at the base of many dishes is Corn, the a heavily respected symbol in Mexican cuisine, which murals paying homage to corn everywhere. She also never said "mainly rice and beans" -- please do not spread misinformation Brian. Edit your comment again!

[@rubenvalderrabano]

@@uptin woow your responses are very rude, you are the one spreading misinformation, as a northern mexican I am also ofended by the contents of this video

[@briandiego8124]

@@uptinat 5:28 in the video . You're the one that said "Beef rarely is used in Mexican meals. That the main ingredients are really beans, corn and rice but you can thank Texans for beef in Mexican food." So maybe you should edit your comment. You're the only one spreading false information because that is not true at all. Maybe you should pay more attention to what you say. Secondly, I moved from America to Guanajuato. We don't have Chipotles down here so no, my wife is not a chipotle fan. Not to mention there's literally hundreds of comments that I'm seeing, saying how wrong your info is in your video. It's okay to be wrong but to be rude and open your mouth with false info just because you're too proud to admit you were wrong. I get your intentions are to show pride for Mexican food and that's appreciated but every person that does wrong, is righteous in their own eyes. Get your info from a reliable source bro and not from a pair of pretty eyes that doesn't know what she's talking about. Respect the taco! 😁

[@ohalistair]

@@uptin Weird that you're saying that "most Mexicans are praising it for real, authentic Mexican food", yet all I saw in the comment section was a bunch of Mexicans calling you out on your bullshit. 😂

[@HOGE_FINANCE]

A burrito isn't really an invention. If you have a tortilla with your food, eventually you dip it in your food. Same with a roll, eventually youll dip the roll in your stew. Only a 5 year old would think it's an invention.

[@ericktellez7632]

The problem is that in the north of Mexico we are very different to the point the people from the south think our stuff is American but it is Mexican, for example we do have tacos with flour tortillas and we use them about the same if not more than corn. Burritos were normal meals rolled into a flour tortilla which isn’t common in the south and center of Mexico

[@ssanc6]

They never heard of tortillas de masa?

[@FIr3BLZ]

As a Guanajuato descendant, I can strongly say that Burritos are Northern Mexican and ground beef, cheese, and hard shells, thick tortilla bread stuff are not Mexican

[@noskpain2792]

Do Central Mexicans have some beef with Norteños?

[@PyramidgodMeekman6]

Imagine not understanding fusion cuisine...

[@juliocesarzermenolotina3708]

Burritos are Mexican. Northern Mexican where flour tortillas are common.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

That said, they've become more common outside of Northern Mexico than they used to be (especially since there are places outside of the Northwest where wheat does grow better), but they're still really only a staple instead of corn tortillas in the North

[@LolonMatinez]

Los burritos sí son mexicanos, aquí en Chihuahua es lo que más se consume, y hasta donde tengo entendido Chihuahua es parte de México.

[@carlosbrito4631]

That girl is def NOT mexican or is totally lost in the huge variety of regional mexican cuisine there is. To even step on a “La Casa de Toño” as a feature in a documentary of mexican food is a shame.

[@707Berto]

America is a melting POT. Why expect the likes of Taco Bell to be authentic? I've spent 50 years listening to my parents go on and about how Americans do this or that wrong. Now I have to hear it from someone half my age?

[@groovytirma2409]

Yes

[@707Berto]

@@groovytirma2409 That's why I unsubscribed.

[@Guwig]

The problem is not that, the problem is what occurs later, The United States is the filter that many cultures go through before being exposed to the world, and that is where the problem start, what the United States sells is seen as a real example of those cultures, a Japanese or a Chinese or an Arab do not know that what you are showing is not a true portraits of a culture but a modification and that affects the vision that foreigners have about a culture and not only in food, that's why sometimes worth clarify the things, because not everyone knows what you know. Did you know that the Japanese are convinced that Mexican food is based on ground beef?

[@707Berto]

@@Guwig Lol, I'm a born in Japan Hafu. There's enough knowledge available now for anyone that seeks proper due diligence. Maybe what the US has exposed is ignorance?

[@Guwig]

@@707Berto but how many people they have the diligence to investigate? and those people, how many know that what they know is not an authentic picture of other cultures? how to investigate if you don't even know you should investigate?

[@jamienava6750]

Hey Americans, authentic tacos are made with corn tortilla, not flour. And absolutely no cheese!

[@MrAlfisher3]

This video is proof of why you can't believe everything on the internet. I guess Northern Mexico is not Mexico?

[@uptin]

You're missing the point -- regardless of where burritos were created (which is open for debate), Try finding a restaurant in most of Mexico that actually offers Burritos. YOU WON'T. I tried all over Mexico City, Escondido and Oaxaca. In the US, You will. Burritos are Tex-Mex, not Mexican. Can you agree?

[@MrAlfisher3]

@@uptin I can agree that most styles of burritos we consume (especially stateside) are Tex-Mex, but when she made the opening statement burritos aren't really Mexican, if this were a test that answer would be marked wrong, can you agree?

[@elgatomexicano12345]

You never went to North Mexico. This is where they were created.

[@elgatomexicano12345]

That's like saying let's think that nothing from the Northern states of the US cuisine exists . Only the Southern statesof the US is the representation of all the US cuisine.

[@bottleofwater1675]

@@uptin TEX-MEX refers to food from Texas influenced by Hispanics who lived there before it became part of the US. Buritos are from Chihuahua... burritos are Mexican not Tex-Mex

[@dondaddi5729]

Burritos are Mexican. It is Northern Mexican like Nachos. Everything that makes a Burrito is Mexican. History A basic burrito that has not been fully wrapped, with meat, refried beans, sauce and cheese Before the development of the modern burrito, the Maya civilization of Mexico used corn tortillas as early as 1500 B.C. to wrap foods, with fillings of chili peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, squash, and avocados.[6] Historically, the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern US also made tortillas filled with beans and meat sauce and prepared much like the modern burrito.[7] But these preparations could also be said to be the origin of the simpler taco, rather than the modern burrito. The precise origin of the modern burrito is not known. In the 1895 Diccionario de Mejicanismos by Feliz Ramos i Duarte, the burrito or taco was identified as a regional item from the Mexican state of Guanajuato and defined as "Tortilla arrollada, con carne u otra cosa dentro, que en Yucatán llaman coçito, y en Cuernavaca y en Mexico, taco" (A rolled tortilla with meat or other ingredients inside, called 'coçito' in Yucatán and 'taco' in the city of Cuernavaca and in Mexico City).[8][9] Some have speculated that it may have originated with vaqueros, the cowboys of northern Mexico in the 19th century.[6][8] An often repeated piece of folk history is the story of a man named Juan Méndez who sold tacos at a street stand in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez during the Mexican Revolution period (1910-1921), while using a donkey as a transport for himself and his food.[10] To keep the food warm, Méndez wrapped it in large homemade flour tortillas underneath a small tablecloth. As the "food of the burrito" (i.e., "food of the little donkey") grew in popularity, "burrito" was eventually adopted as the name for these large tacos.[6] Another origin story tells of Ciudad Juárez in the 1940s, where a street food vendor created the tortilla-wrapped food to sell to poor children at a state-run middle school. The vendor would call the children his "burritos", because burro is a colloquial term for a dunce or dullard. Eventually, the somewhat derogatory but endearing term for the children was transferred to the food that they ate.[6] In 1923, Alejandro Borquez opened the Sonora Cafe in Los Angeles that later changed its name to El Cholo Spanish Cafe.[11] Burritos first appeared on American restaurant menus at the El Cholo Spanish Cafe in Los Angeles during the 1930s.[12] Burritos were mentioned in the U.S. media for the first time in 1934,[13] appearing in the Mexican Cookbook, a collection of regional recipes from New Mexico that was written by historian Erna Fergusson.[14] In 1956, a frozen burrito was developed in Southern California.[15][16]: 192  Source Wikipedia.

[@MartinME3]

I am from the state of Sonora. That lady had no idea what she is talking about. I can point to you specific dishes Taco Bell bases their dishes on. The shell taco is based on a fried shell taco which is in fact loaded with ground beef or some other stuff. So no she doesn’t know. The burrito is claimed to be from my state of Sonora and there is a dispute with the state of Chihuahua for who came up with it first. It’s probably simultaneous. You can find examples of these dishes from these states in KZbin quite easily and you would see the resemblance. But we have our own dishes and we are very proud of them. Ours is 100% Mexican food too. On tacos dorados -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnisdoWemdJ4e9k These can be found anywhere in the north. Taco Bell's story references a restaurant that made and exists today still in LA. Now don’t get me wrong here. Taco Bell is a corporation and the fast food concept around it is definitely NOT the best taco dorado but It’s also not the worst. It’s fast food. And the day you are in a rush and you are running and it’s there and you are hungry it’s really not a bad idea to stop and eat there. Would I eat a taco dorado from back home instead…. Yea but hey what do you do….

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Wrong is all Tex mex and I’m from gdl

[@Schniebel89]

After the first two minutes I decided that I really like "fake" Mexican food 🤣

[@SilverAukahzy]

after the first minute I realized this video is bullshit

[@7manji]

I Remember in the afternoon at 6:00 pm waiting for the baker to bring the Birote to the store warm and I use to buy one and an Avocado and a Coca Cola it was Glorious. I remember going with my Grandma and my Mother to the Mail Office and there was a flour Tortilleria next door of the Postal Office and I asked every time for one Flour Tortilla to eat just warm with nothing in it, the best flour tortillas I ever tasted, there was no use for flour tortillas in my Mothers recipes, we always had corn Tortillas to eat, Burritos didn't exist in the region, but a cousin asked me once "I Invite you to San Juan de Dios to try a Torito (Little Bull)" I had no idea I was in my 20's, and they served us like a huge chimichanga in a ceramic Plate with melted cheese on top and lots of warm green tomatoes sauce a little spicy in the plate and that was glorious and the first time I tasted a flour tortilla with something in it. Kind like a Burrito but a thousand times better.

[@AngelBagatella]

I’ve tried to put this into context so hard hahaha. Mark my words, this video is gonna blow up soon. Keep it up! -A Mexican dude

[@uptin]

HHAHA it has 11M views on facebook.com/uptin in 10 days, insane.

[@ssanc6]

Que paso?

[@XiangYu94]

Hey in defence of these guys, I think Americans deserve to eat authentic Mexican food because its clearly a nutritious cuisine designed to be eaten daily, and to power you in a well-rounded way. I love Taco Bell as much as everyone here does, but there's a reason why I get bad shits after every visit - because the ingredients weren't chosen to fuel people in a hearty way: They were chosen to be marketable, cheap, and appealing only to your taste buds and not your GI tract. Y'all are so defensive about Taco Bell, gotta ask yourself if you are actually choosing to defend the brand or if the brand's advertising has recruited you to be an unwilling brand ambassador.

[@badrmods]

This is a much better quality than most videos keep it up i loved this video's style

[@uptin]

Thanks!

[@uptin]

I'm going to put more energy into these quality docs coming up!

[@GasPipeJimmy]

His regular videos must have been absolutely horrid.

[@Kandarako]

I think around 80-90% of mexicans cringe with the open line. She can meant that burritos are more popular in the US than in Mexico, but the fact that she says "are not mexican" is cringe material. there are things common to all of Mexico, but the usuall is that every state has their own cuisine. The reason "x" mexican food is popular in the US, usually is because is nortern-mexican-states-food. Almost all of tex-mex food is the mix between north of mexico and sout of the us styles. regardless, almost all mexicans know and make burritos, but also know that if you want to buy one you need to go to a specific restaurants, conveniences stores... or if you want the real deal, the northern region. The same is with "cochinita pibil". That is rarelly found in local restaurants unles you are in Yucatan Peninsula even when is traditional... or the tlayuda, that also you found an entire different thing in CDMX, but the real one is from oaxaca. (you need a oaxacan style restaorant or be in the region) Even the classical pozole you have green, white or red depending the region where you are (unless you are in a pozolería)

[@julliano2310]

Mexican, italian, and asian food have fallen victim to America's abomination of food modification

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

Italian and Asian food was brought to America by Italians and Asians immigrating to America. New York style pizza was more than likely invented by Italians and Italian families, same for Chicago and Detroit pizza. And the girl is very wrong about a lot of things. "Flour tortilla isn't used in Mexico" maybe not in central or southern Mexico but it's a staple up north, Mexico City is Americanized as hell. Go to any other big city, Monterrey or Guadalajara, and you'll find a better Mexican experience.

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

Authentic Mexican food still exists. Also, nobody thinks Taco Bell is REAL MEXICAN FOOD.

[@frisco9568]

Burritos are Mexican, I believe they’re from the northern region of Sonora. Soldiers during the Mexican revolution took burritos as a quick food for battle.

[@Guwig]

Wrong

[@frisco9568]

@@Guwig You know nothing about Mexican culture. Burritos were in fact invented during the Mexican American war, and possibly even before that in the northern regions of Mexico.

[@Guwig]

@@frisco9568 the term burrito derivates directly from burrita, a term described on the "diccionario de mexicanismos" by Feliz Ramos and Duarte on 1895, where it is identified as a regional term of Guanajuato (but actually was used on all the bajio) and is defined as a "rolled tortilla, with meat or other food inside, which in Yucatan they call codzito", on this area this burritas was made with corn tortillas and even today you can find this one in some towns in Jalisco (actually I've tried it). But anyway, the burrito you described was burn on Chihuahua no Sonora. A mí, de historia mexicana no me enseñas nada, no te metas con Sansón a las patadas

[@frisco9568]

@@Guwig Do you happen to have a link to these claims? Burritos are still considered a northern Mexican comfort food.

[@Guwig]

En cuanto a tu otro comentario que hiciste en el otro comentario dónde me dijiste "wrong " y que se enlaza con esto, di un comentario larguísimo dónde explico lo de el burrito, si es o no mexicano

[@danielkelly2210]

Wait, so the food at Casa Bonita in Denver isn't authentic!? Cartman is going to have to ask for more sopapillas!

[@caseyalan5398]

We didn’t mess it up bro… it’s our own spin on it. Every country does this.

[@reymundoarmendariz]

Burritos and flour tortillas are from Northern Mexico. Burritos come from Sonora and Chihuahua, specifically Juarez. Mexican food is regional like any cuisine in any country.

[@ccbowers]

So much misleading information in one video. You think you are defending "true" Mexican cuisine, but when you have misinformation in your video and dismiss Northern Mexican cusine as not truly Mexican, you have made a bad video that did not meet its goal. Read these comments and improve rather than argue that commenters "missed the point," or are "Chipotle fans." This video missed many points, and made many bad ones.

[@uptin]

Hey Chris! Thanks for watching my video. Did you watch til the end? Cuz your concerns are addressed toward the end. Mexican food is a variety of different foods from the North to the South, you're right. But the main point is that based on my travels, I learned that Mexican food is actually very healthy. But 90% of Mexican restaurants in the US are NOT. This is my personal vlog, with my personal opinions and experiences, I am not the New York Times, or Vox, and that is my goal, so this video 100% met its goal!

[@ccbowers]

@@uptin I watched about 75% of the video, but not until the end because it had misleading and false information. If the video is full of misinformation, and pulls it back at the end, it is not a good video. Being dismissive of Northern Mexican cuisine in an attempt to describe a "true" Mexican cuisine, to distinguish it from American versions is regionalist. It also spreads bad information to the public. I will now watch the end, but frankly it doesn't matter when the misinformation is already contained in the rest of the video. What you say your main point is, at what the video contains are not the same thing. Your intent doesn't match the execution, and you are reading it all over your comments section.

[@ccbowers]

So when I went back, I previously stopped when she was talking about the produce. So I watched the last minute or so about you discovering authentic Mexican food. That does not excuse the rest of the video. Just because some foods like tacos are less common in some parts of the country doesn't make them not Mexican. And no, calling something an "opinion" does not excuse inaccurate information.

[@alexnolazco7423]

Mexico is a big state. Depending on what part of Mexico you are in/from they make different kind of food. The burrito is not Tex-Mex. The burrito was made(introduced)when early Mexican immigrants barely came to America and were always working and were short on time and wrapped a whole full plate in a tortilla. The reason why beans,rice,veggies and salsa are a big everyday staple in a Mexican household. It took longer in time to sit down to have a full plate with tortillas but coming to America they had to cut time in half or more and have it on the GO! The corn story/facts are true. The reason why most restaurants/trucks don’t really have beans and rice for sides is because 90% of mexican’s always have that at home(always!). Even my parents always have rice and beans at all times here in Cali.

[@esoto7251]

Whattttt???... Burritos are not mexican??? that's what people of the south of México says, but is absolutely not true... They can't stand that we "norteños" (mexicans from the northern states) are as mexicans as they are, México is not only the south, but also the north of the country. It's true, you americans have your own style burrito, you add cheddar cheese and other stuff, but come to the northern states of México and try the original, the real mexican burritos... So please stop telling lies, because it is offensive to us, of course burritos are mexican, as well as flour tortillas.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Cheddar (or more often a mix of Monterey jack and cheddar) is just used because Queso Chihuahua isnt readily available here in the US, and it has a kinda similar general taste it brings to the table when mixed with other ingredients. Queso Chihuahua is certainly a common thing to find in burritos in Sonora

[@seangauthier8144]

They obviously didn't go to Mexico for really, there was no yellow tint.

[@meq4282]

I wouldn't necessarily go saying that America "ruined" Mexican food or that it's not "real" Mexican food considering the fact that parts of the US WERE Mexico for a longer than they've even been incorporated into the US. It's not like American Chinese food or American Italian food where the whole cuisine was brought by immigrants, the US has an actual Mexican heritage that predates the country. It really is just like another regional difference like food in Mexico City will be different than in Chihuahua or Baja California, doesn't make Tex Mex or Southern California Mexican food not "authentic" it's just a regional difference based on influences and available ingredients in the area. Mexican-American culture is so integral and so important to the heritage of the US and its food that it would be unfair to deny the Mexican-Americans whose families may have predated the borders the pride in the unique Mexican-American cuisine and culture that has taken shape in the US. Sure there's shitty adaptations of dishes, or maybe they don't make something like someone's grandma from Aguascalientes, but it IS authentic to its own identity.

[@HalfLatinaJoy86]

For tortillas, the corn has to be nixtamalized first. Its not just grinding and making it into a dough. The nixtamalization process also makes the corn more bioavailable for a certain B vitamin which prevents Pellagra disease since corn isn't generally digestible otherwise.

[@DylanBoynukalin]

such a great investigation!! great job!! Hopefully, there will be more of these types of videos in the future

[@uptin]

Thanks!

[@lizainhamburg]

I like the video und the porpoise is well intended. The girl is making a typical MISTAKE that South Mexicans do. BURRITOS ARE NORTH MEXICAN WERE INVENTED IN CHIHUAHUA is part of the culture in North West Burritos AREN'T Mexican-Amercan. The same as tacos, BURRITOS doesn't look like that and for sure the taste ist way to far of a original homemade burrito.

[@BeryIstanbulTips]

As a Mexican, born and raised where the burrito ORIGINATED (Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua) I can assure you that this video has a lot of misconceptions and wasn’t well researched. It has a lack of investigation but I need to admit that the video had a good intention, however the person guiding him into Mexican cuisine wasn’t the proper one because clearly she has no idea of what cuisine in different regions of Mexico looks like. 1. Burritos are 100% MEXICAN, originated in Chihuahua and you can find them in mostly every Northern state of Mexico. 2. Flour tortillas are a big thing in the region too, our abuelitas (grandmas) have the best recipe for them, recipes that had been for generations in the region. 3. There’s a famous little town in the North of Mexico called Villa Ahumada where you’ll find some of the best burritos filled in with chile relleno, asado, asadero con chorizo, frijoles con queso, machaca, papas con chorizo, barbacoa, pollo en verde y rojo, and the list can go on. 4. Just because someone is from central/south of Mexico and has never visited the Northern region and has no idea about our regional cuisine, it cannot be said that “burritos aren”t Mexican”. Same thing goes with the nachos, if I’m not mistaken they are originally from Coahuila, so yeah! They are also 100% Mexican. Burritos have been a huge part of our life since ALWAAAAYS, even during our break time from middle/high school everybody was running towards the entrances near the street to buy burritos from the lady outside. I don’t blame Uptin because at the end of the day he is not Mexican and he was there trying to learn something new which I applaud, but the girl “helping” him had a lack of knowledge on the topic 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@uptin]

@@BeryIstanbulTips Thank you so much for this! Really appreciate the open and honest feedback here. And you clarified something interesting. While yes, you're right it is Mexican, I guess she meant that its a staple in the US, but not commonly found around other parts of Mexico.

[@olddirtygus]

There has to be better research, food In the north, central and southern Mexico is different

[@groovytirma2409]

Let me address the elephant in the room: Carina is extremely cute!

[@alexescudero8262]

Does she have an Instagram?

[@enkryptron]

Taco bell is not Mexican food, it's commercialised Tex-Mex that has been adjusted to local taste: the same way American chinese food is different than the things they eat in China. And that is not necassarily a bad thing because foods evolve and adapt. America didn't ruin anything, I'm pretty sure you can get authentic Mexican food in various states. This is clickbait.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Americans didn't ruin Mexican food. We greatly improved it !

[@uptin]

hahaha

[@elvergudo2487]

Gringos ruined mexican food

[@tanya.soto111]

Tf they make white versions of Mexican food

[@NoNamePerson98]

Lol, you wish, American food is bland

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

I can’t stand when people go to a fast food restaurant like Taco Bell & complain that it isn’t AUTHENTIC MEXICAN cuisine. Like no shit, that would be like going to Olive Garden & getting upset it isn’t actually Italian. Duhhhh of COURSE it isn’t authentic-it’s fast food 😂😂😂

[@rossapolis]

1:23,5:07 Nope, cheddar cheese comes from England. It's named after the village that the cheddaring process was created (in the 12th century).

[@PierIsABaraReader]

It saddened me that Professor Utonium's voice actor (on the ad) contributed to the ruin of Mexican food.

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

Well except for flour tortillas, hardshell, cheddar, ground beef, burritos, etc. Most of what they show is fast food, so it's not gonna be a pure form of any type of food because fast food is something no one really eats if they have time.

[@buendodo]

Nachos ARE A THING In Mexico , we call them TOTOPOS!

[@rayntell3409]

Burrito are more for the rancheros who didn't have time to eat their food while they were busy with work. It is Mexican depending on the region.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Yeah, they were invented in Northern Mexico, since the flour tortillas more common there are able to be rolled/folded much more easily, making them a good convenience food for rancheros and other laborers

[@geo_enns]

Im Mexican and we have always had burritos, this KAREN doesnt know her facts.

[@jeffs4483]

So it was ruined because of the introduction of flour tortillas and yellow cheese? Who cares.

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

We literally use flour tortillas here in mexico.

[@siddhantnavaratna4998]

Speaking as an outsider to this whole thing, I don't think Taco Bell is a fair 'mexican' restaurant comparison to authentic mexican cuisine, its like saying McDonalds is 'american' cuisine.

[@juangarza5066]

Burritos are Mexican, but half of the US was Mexico, so it’s always been here. Northern Mexican food is similar to Mexican American food. A burrito is basically a flour tortilla taco. Flour tortillas were brought to Mexico by Sephardic Spaniards (because Spaniards used to send Sephardics to Southwestern USA (back then Mexico) and Northern Mexico to combat the Apaches, Comanches etc etc, since Catholic Spaniards used to send Arabs and Sephardics to fight their wars after the reconquista in 1482 , the corn tortilla originated from the Aztecs, Mayans and other natives. Northern Mexico is mostly Spaniard, Sephardic and Arabic influence. Southern Mexicans are more native and they have more native type food. And nachos are basically totopos. Spaniards didn’t actually stay, but Sephardic and Arabs that converted to Catholicism did, and they were the ones that used to eat flour tortillas, and used to do carne asada and that’s were fajitas originated. Even tacos al pastor was brought by the Arabs.

[@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970]

That girl is not Mexican. Every Mexican knows burritos are a staple of northern Mexican cuisine. And this is a southern Mexican writing. I am seriously disappointed in your lack of research. Your messagr is correct, but the arguments are weak (and lies if we go to the "burritos aren't mexican" chingadera).

[@HOGE_FINANCE]

The comments section is boring when yt is deleting all the comments.

[@rahimimusamuhdzakaria3445]

Authentic Mexican Food is not popular in United States

[@chrisgarcia5462]

People, just eat at real Mexican restaurants and stop eating at Chipotle & Taco Bell.

[@CristinaMaciasvega]

Muchos mexicanos no conocen toda la gastronomía, obviamente México es muy grande por eso hay tantísima gente del sur del país que juran que burritos, nachos etc etc no son mexicanos. Pero si lo son, son del norte del país. Del mismo modo la gente del norte solo conocemos comida del sur del país por la televisión, como los tacos chilangos que son con menudencias, o tortas de tamal, tlayudas, etc etc ...

[@wiseoldwizard]

*The burrito was invented in Cuidad Juárez so the wife's of the Mexican workers wanted to create a lunch that wouldn't make a mess in their lunch box while crossing to El Paso, so they wrapped all their lunch in a big tortilla and named it "El Burrito" meaning donkey which also means carrying a lot, so when they would work in El Paso and return back to Cuidad Juárez.*

[@derekk6906]

I live in the State of Michigan in the good ole USA. When we travel to the Southern USA we find Collard Greens and Turnip Greens , maybe Catfish on Menus. Popular in one region of the USA but very rare in another area of the USA. I am sure Mexico has similar taste variations depending on which region of Mexico you may find yourself.

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

Yup! I live in Nuevo Leon and as a whole we're definitely more inclined to grilling and eating meat with salsa and tortillas on the side.

[@masterlee9822]

Mexican food tastes so horrible it should be banned from the planet.

[@Ivan-jv4hl]

In Baja California "burritos" are called tacos de guisado. They came made of chicharron , eggs and bacon chorizo and papas, meat etc etc. But we in Mexicali do not use the term burrito. A Burrirto is made with the big Chihuahua tortillas called sobaqueras, regular working class people do not have tortillas sobaqueras at home everyday cause they're expensive.

[@nicelol5241]

In Guatemala we call gringas to burritos, that have sense LOL

[@Seven-_-Doves]

Burritos are 100% Mexican but chimichangas aren't

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Indeed, chimichangas are from Arizona. But that said, they did become a thing in Sonora as "chivichangas"

[@martinmi5]

Then I guess I don't really like "real" mexican food. I love cheddar and colby jack cheese. As long as we like the way it taste who cares?