The Breakfast Burrito Was Invented in New Mexico - Cooking in America

Welcome back to Cooking in America with Sheldon Simeon! On today's episode, Sheldon is hanging with Santa Fe native Clifford Endo to get a 101 on Santa Fe cuisine.
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[@gregstump4450]

New Mexico is a special and beautiful place. The food, the culture, the history, the natural landscape and geology are definitely enchanting! I see why it's the Land of Enchantment! Santa Fe is definitely one of the coolest cities anywhere. Can't wait to go back for a visit! My favorite food was definitely the Carne adovada stuffed sopapilla Christmas, it's like heaven on a plate!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Bang Bros New Foodcourt

[@BariFunny]

God, can Cliff PLEASE do a Native American cooking episode series! I never see Native American cuisine anywhere and would love to learn some recipes! Or at the very least working with Native American chefs and learning/sharing a thing or two about their cuisine

[@marmot294]

BariFunny check out Sean Sherman's cookbook The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen. All about Native American cooking.

[@BariFunny]

Thanks so much! I'll check it out!

[@UrbanSamuraiAlliance]

Great book.

[@tomfoolery8100]

lol is there not even a youtube channel with native americans cooking?

[@tomfoolery8100]

ok i found an eater video with native american food. they are making tacos LOL. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKTKkH2ulNB6mZI

[@bigbaddawg104]

New Mexico has been calling my name!! Two more years n ill retire and bring healing back to this weary soul.

[@peachcash709]

Hope you still move to New Mexico

[@tubulartuber]

Was there a season 4 of this show?

[@nou-jn6uz]

it's been 2 years, how have things been?

[@Katnip452]

Me, too. Moving to Santa Fe to retire, soon. “A place of healing,” I think he said in the video. Boom. 🌶️ 🙏🏼

[@tosht2515]

Happy Sheldon is back. Will be interesting to see an entire season in New Mexico.

[@dahveed284]

I love Sante Fe! The food, the culture, the people. The outdoors. Perfect.

[@muddhammer7834]

I love everything about Santa Fe except the locals and the transplants.

[@warrenparker7002]

@@muddhammer7834 Sooo… Everyone?!

[@mintvelvet3351]

New Mexico is so beautiful 😭

[@Ave1821]

I LOVE MY STATE!!!! Took me leaving New Mexico to appreciate it.

[@alicesrabbit7126]

I love how beautiful NM is, I love that you have almost every climate, I love how open it is, and THE FOOD IS FANTASTIC. I'm like you, I know I am moving, but I'm really trying to collect recipes before I'm out, because damn. I've been all over the west and all over the south, but there is nothing as good as Mexican/ New Mexican/ Native American food, period. It's delicious, but it freaking tastes just like home, so. Gotta get that collection! :)

[@scubawithatuba]

I'm from New Mexico and is makes me so sad that our food and culture isn't more popular. Especially the food, it's not the healthiest but it's a rare treat that is SO good!

[@Realgrande]

"healthy" is a subjective term but not accurate. I have many ancestors that lived beyond 100 yo. Some died early from Smoking and Drinking or accidents or wars but for the most part they cooked with lard and did not think about the "health" aspect. I think Longevity is programmed in the genes. From birth you are either programmed to live to be 100 or 60 but diseases and traumativ life events the lifespan is shortened. I am 73 yo and now know why my freinds and relatives are all dead and I am not. Drugs, Alcohol, bad life choices that I never made. They should all be alive today if they would have chosen a different lifestyle, but diet was no a factor in their health.

[@scubawithatuba]

I literally just said it's not the healthiest food which is a fact. Don't take it so personally...@@Realgrande

[@Realgrande]

@@scubawithatuba It is food, it is edible, no one died of eating food, Billions of people died throughout history for 2 reasons: Not eating food and voting democrat.

[@scubawithatuba]

That's a sad mentality. You obviously chewed on a lot of lead toys as a child. Get help.@@Realgrande

[@Realgrande]

@@scubawithatuba It is the most healthy cuisine in the world. Don't take it personally.

[@juliusmure8795]

I'm from Mexico and I'd like to go to New Mexico USA very soon.

[@Frostbyt3zGaming]

Sheldon AND Ciff? Top 10 Anime Crossovers.

[@AntonyJohn98]

GeekFitNYC dang it. Im late

[@UrbanSamuraiAlliance]

Ready for this? We also just hung out in Hawaii.

[@Frostbyt3zGaming]

Clifford Endo My man!

[@mr.nmtrue505]

Born and raised in Santa Fe New Mexico! Best food here in New Mexico, gotta have blue corn green Chile chicken enchilada

[@vatashapowdrell7121]

I MISS HOME!! I WILL ALWAYS REPRESENT NEW MEXICO THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT ❤️❤️

[@sky-walker639]

We love our Chile in New Mexico !

[@Nthouse12]

Such a chill episode -- see, this is how you host AND jive w/ a guest.

[@FooMoDee]

I grew up in the 505. More Navajo food needs to be shown. Fry bread is my soul food.

[@dmmness]

I love the food of Santa Fe. Cliff is right. It doesn't taste the same elsewhere. I love both sauces and always ask for both on whatever I am eating when I get the opportunity to stop through. Cliff, like I saw in another comment, please do some Native, true American episodes! Very happy to see Sheldon again. I am a big Cliff, Sheldon, and Lucas fan.! Keep up the great work!

[@gardini100]

the green chile sauce have such a fantastic flavor .the red is fine to ...but the green have such a flavor profile that suits me

[@markmccaleb4038]

Great video!! Howdy from Artesia, New Mexico!! You mentioned green chile from Hatch, NM which is in the Mesilla Valley in southwest NM. You hit the nail on the head there, but I would also like to mention that the chile in the Pecos Valley in Southeast NM is equally as good. Just wanted to throw that out there, and again Great video!! Thanks for sharing New Mexico culture

[@TahneeUdero]

Hatch is overrated. Pecos Valley all day. The heat and taste is much better.

[@memoryoftalon1900]

Instant like. Been hungry for this series.

[@cairo69]

Make a 100 more episodes of this series please thank you!

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I love what he said about integration vs. commodification regarding how Native Americans are represented in wealthy Santa Fe.

[@jeffpittman8725]

New Mexico is my favorite place. Love the Green Chilies!

[@kulkarniprabhanjan]

Clifford should do an documentary on Santa fe the city

[@mandrews412]

My parents are taking a vacation to New Mexico and I want to get some brownie points for recommending good places. That's why this show is awesome. Great host and very informative

[@alika124]

Hey Hawaii and New Mexico, fuck yeah. I got ties with both and they're both rad

[@saber2802]

I once time ate at a Japanese place in Albuquerque, they, of course, had green chili apart of their sushi and some other stuff, a really strange mix of Far Eastern and Southwestern foods.

[@brodyhill1449]

All restaurants eventually succumb to the hot and beguiling green chile.

[@nokoolaid]

Clifford I live next door in AZ and I really need to see Santa Fe. It's only about 7 hours from me, so someday I will make the ride.

[@UrbanSamuraiAlliance]

Do it. It's seriously worth it.

[@shaund5175]

Good lawd. I’m in Albuquerque and this makes me want to drive north. Good stuff

[@mouija1450]

I lived in Denver for 5 years. I can tell you that driving down Santa Fe or Kalamath in the fall was like a mild pepper spray smoke cloud experience. It smells great, but I think some of the volatile compounds get into the air and make my eyes water. The flavor of the chili is delicious, but it can be quite spicy depending on where you go. El Taco De Mexico on Santa Fe is my favorite. It used to be cash only, not sure if they use Square or other credit devices nowadays. Well worth having a meal there.

[@bluetoad2001]

oh man, this is where i need to live just for burritos and chiles

[@halmedrano]

"I'd just like to see integration more than commodification." Yeah, the food's excellent but there are lots of complex issues in New Mexico just below the surface. Excellent perspective from a guy who really knows the city & region.

[@artdog0100]

There seems to be a lot of diversity there. That ALWAYS makes the best food. 😍

[@CyberDocUSA]

Diversity = non white people is all.

[@chuchuchuchia]

artdog0100 So true. More minds and more backgrounds can only bring forth greater results

[@sanjay78926]

Cliff explain much better than anybody else. Nice Video.

[@breaananapie5413]

If you want authentic Indigenous food made by local Indigenous people, check out Jemez Feast or drive up to the Four Corners area and checkout the Saturday Shiprock flea market. Neeshjizhii, mutton (& dumpling) stew, blue corn mush, chiilchin, fry bread, roasted green chile, and more is pretty much almost always available. Also, most places that are great are along the highway. Most people having to commute a long distance to go to work will stop along the highway for breakfast and coffee (mostly always black), instead of waiting at a nationwide fastfood chain.

[@breaananapie5413]

Also, majority of these places won't be found on Google Maps.

[@roberto1512ish]

Love everything about his show!!!

[@axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139]

The smell of roasting chile its the best!

[@joeysantiago7175]

two of my fave eater hosts!! epic duo!

[@johnmadrid2497]

Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado is very similar in terms of the authentic south Western food. Red and green chili all day!

[@centpushups]

Sheldon is back. lets Rejoice

[@chuchuchuchia]

Never knew Santa Fe was so COOL

[@deanjones2056]

Love the Passion Cliff!

[@doberoner]

Where's the sopapillas?

[@brucewilson1958]

Love this food. Make it for myself often here in Iowa! My hope for this cuisine? Replace the Iceberg Lettuce with Cilantro, Parsley, Romaine, or Spinach.

[@relaxjaxx4167]

I need to make a stop in Santa Fe... oh mommy! The food look sooo good. 😋

[@Realgrande]

When I was growing up in the 1950's we called the "Breakfast Burrito" just BURRITO. The Viejitos told me what they and their grandparents, etc would eat going back to the 1800's passed on through the generations here in New Mexico and from 500 years in the Americas centered around Frijoles, Corn or Flour Tortillas with Chile added. Sometimes meat (Beef, Goat, Mutton, Elk, etc) would occassionally be added. When My mother would go to elementary school (kids almost never went passed the 5th to 8th grade) the parents would smear lard over a flour tortilla, wrap it in a hankerchief (which doubled as a "snot" rag), place it in the back pocket and eat it for lunch because schools had no lunchrooms back then. New Mexico and central Mexico are the only places where CHILE is spelled correctly, Texas evolved the Chili spelling in the 1800's. Records in the ArchDiocese of Santa Fe dating to early 1600's has the spelling "Chile" a Nahuatl (Aztec) origin. Native Mexican edibles terms ended with the "e" where as tangible items ended with "i". New Mexico: Chile, Posole, Tamale, Punche, Agave, Frijole, Gisantes. NM Spanish words: Biscochito, Empanada, Arroz, Lechuga. NM Indian: Chaqueque, Pecos. NM Moor: Alverjones, Alondiga Everthing that uses the "El".

[@elliottenriquez]

Woohoo, Santa Fe!

[@cshubs]

I live in Albuquerque. I wouldn't say a breakfast burrito is smothered-- you can't eat that on the go. But whatever, man. :-) I do love the food here. In a totally non-local food plug, I really dig a new place on Eubank that I hope survives the pandemic. It's called Firebird, and they serve Nashville-style Hot Fried Chicken.

[@HarleyIscariot]

I love living here

[@donneone]

All thing New Mexico are near and dear to my heart, that includes Red and Green Chili. This episode was Great! On another topic, Cliff or anyone, please answer what South Pacific island is your mother from?

[@jqyhlmnp]

Cheese Chorizo Potato Bacon Green chili Scrambled egg

[@alicesrabbit7126]

Yes! But, Large warm Tortilla Smothered in Red Chili

[@em0_tion]

This interview was so intimate :)

[@solidkingcobra]

good to see this back on

[@User-un4wt]

Ooh my grandma puts cubed up pork if you will, in her chile and it is soooooo good 😋 Edit: Put it in your red Chile to clarify lmao

[@TiempoNuevo-ew7ty]

That is right. Only Hatch Chile. It has a very unique flavor like no other.

[@billbirkett7166]

Santa Fe is a little on the pretentious side (but beautiful), but Albuquerque is an amazing city. You can find lots of pretentious wealthy towns throughout America, and maybe those towns have an objectively high quality of life--but something is ruined when enough Phd's and old hippies who sold out move into a place. But if you want to be in a place that is just nice and friendly where you can feel at ease and get some sunshine, most of the normal towns in New Mexico are a really great place. I hope that they stay normal and chill because too much of America's great places have been ruined.

[@МарленБылздесь]

Es comida mexicana americanizada. Nada comparada,! ¡sin ofender! Grettings from Sonora, Mexico ❤️

[@jewelsymom]

I want all THAT FOOD! Amazing delicious and YUMMMMMMMM

[@sparrowhawk18]

Best crossover since marvel vs capcom

[@MinersLegendary]

Ayyy New Mexico

[@charleson11]

Smothered Xmas ❤💕💞

[@ViceSociety]

Oh man that food looks SO good.

[@haytguugle8656]

"... what makes it great, also limits it." SO true! There are many things that are similar. But people who know NM green chile can tell (and are usually disappointed by) the difference when it is not authentically local NM ingredients and preparation. There's simply nothing like it. ******** Love me some green chile!!!!! Real, NM, green chile!! 🙂

[@bionicsjw]

Great video. Thank you.

[@williambloom7391]

This guy is correct about green chile stew being NM Robitussen. If I felt a scratchy throat coming on, Frontier Restaurant in Albuquerque for a bowl and a tortilla. The later in the day, the hotter the chile was. Burn it right out of you.

[@dablldooya]

Way better food in Albuquerque. Plus crime. We have amazing levels of crime.

[@ShhItsSanti]

Christopher Gatley Santa Fe has was better food 😂

[@franklopez2702]

Lol

[@LukusCannon]

Best crime in the biz. Breaking Bad caused a boom in ABQ

[@rajath275]

You say crime in Albuquerque and all I can think is Mr.Walter White and his disciple Jesse Pinkman.

[@laorde]

Yea

[@S.Lander]

If only Palacio Cafe were open for dinner. Why not? Merry Christmas style!

[@pinklizards]

3:51 people in the background are there..3:54..they're gone haha

[@raffamiami8859]

That's some good eating right there 👍

[@satansamael666]

My only question is, what happened to The Meat Show???

[@bocanadanico]

Nick wanted to rest some bit and smell the flowers, follow him on ig @nicksolares

[@panzon3236]

Two different sauces here in LA in Spanish its called divorciados.. meaning Divorce in English 😎👍

[@fredr6926]

Good Man, Clifford Endo

[@luckyduckydrivingschool3615]

Very cool video. Well put together. I had no idea there was anywhere in New Mexico that looked like it could snow. By the way I'm eating a breakfast burrito right now at dinnertime LOL

[@lonewanderer4248]

All of northern New Mexico gets a lot of snow. It’s snows fairly often every winter in any city north of Santa Fe, even in the southern part is snows.

[@gabrielrooks9222]

Wow, I want to go try that.

[@alb5753]

Oh dope, Cliff is up in this vid!

[@UrbanSamuraiAlliance]

Oh snap. AL B all up in these comments. Good to see you!

[@cornelioatmeal]

Better format for him I think!

[@xman870096]

I was born in Santa Fe, grew up in Cerrillos. In the 70's I knew the location of every business from memory, no address needed. I knew everyone's name and who their parents were; everyone and everything was 'laid back' easy going. You could do business with a handshake. I go back to Santa Fe now and it's unrecognizable, the people I knew as 'native' New Mexicans are gone, replaced by people who came from somewhere else and turned Santa Fe into a cheap shell of what it used to be. Drugs and crime proliferate there like never before. Don't even get me started on Albuquerque; if I could only use one word to describe Alb. that word would be 'Cesspool'......

[@SHENDOH]

Nothing smells better tha the smell of green chili roasting

[@Lastings]

505 represent

[@erolegario]

Ummm, nope. It was at Northern Mexcan mom's house. In New Mexico, they are Spanish meztizos, Natives, Europeans, and others. A metaphorical flour Breakfast Burrito

[@pulseweld]

the latino version of "english breakfast"

[@michelleboldan5]

Love this

[@T3haw3som3g33k]

I'm pretty sure that's an interpolation of waka flocka's "O Let Do It" like halfway through the video.

[@YoungMoney_1788]

I have to disagree on the part where the man said that New Mexican food has Mexican roots and disregards that Mexicans come from a lineage of native people and I can assure you that when new Spain was in the Santa Fe region that a lot of the Mexican cuisine and culture was partaking a huge roll as the centuries went on, if it’s the New Mexican, regional Mexican cuisine, its Mexican food that was preserved as the years went on in the region after the Mexican American war and cession of the west to the Yanks, the only thing that differs New Mexican cuisine from Mexican really isn’t a huge one I hope people can take that in and cope with it, my mom makes me these dishes quite delicious too but it’s still a form of Mexican food especially with tortillas as the main ingredient, and for those who want to get at me with a comeback on how they use flower tortillas in New Mexico, well they’re a very common thing in northern Mexico as well, let’s all just enjoy ourselves some delicious enchiladas and chiles rellenos, peace out everyone I didn’t have to go all in to explain that New Mexican food is another variant of Mexican food essentially and shouldn’t be dismissed as something unheard of or crazy, still want to visit someday and get to know the cuisine and all it’s native history

[@EtopiaCA]

Ima stick to stuffing whatever I want in my burritos and I'm not going to stop calling them that.

[@highdesertsunset3011]

Ahh PoPo's in Roswell and Martins Capitol Cafe are some of the best. Sadies is good ABQ and Monroe's

[@zeedevil4409]

Two fantastic chefs

[@marykyle6611]

NORTHERN New Mexican food. Legit.

[@GGRS]

Ayy Sheldon!

[@MidnightCravings]

I could go for one right now...or maybe two

[@kirbysybert8415]

CLIFF NEEDS A SHOW!

[@eater]

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[@kirbysybert8415]

THAT'S WHAT IM TALKIN BOUT!! HELL YES CLIFF!

[@brozors]

Cliff is so damn eloquent.

[@davidfu4327]

i live in NM and i never knew this existed

[@eater]

You should go!

[@therusticcollectionebaysto7028]

New sub ! Liked 🙏🔥✌️👍

[@aayushrivastava]

Ohhh... that's why the Green Chile Paper Dosa....

[@todorro]

Cliff in the wild!

[@nocando17]

Sheldon!!!!!!!! My Man!!!!!!!

[@thejompi]

So the difference between huevos rancheros and motuleños is that motuleños have quesillo, plantains and sometimes served on a tostada.

[@patacon54]

Motuleños are from the Yucatán, Rancheros are from the rest of Mexico

[@BlackHoleBrew42]

Green, baby.

[@kalemorris3543]

Whole no juice beans , that's the only reason as a new mexican i knew this place had it right

[@austinoldfield5251]

As a native New Mexican..... I’m not to sure I believe we invited the breakfast burrito.........?

[@Realgrande]

Actually it is more complicated than that. "Burrito" Flour Tortilla with whatever you want to put into it rolled up originated in the mideast. Wheat was first cultivated in the Tigris/Euphrates river valleys and spread to warm climates from Morroco, Egypt, Israel, Persia, etc. The Unleavened bread of the Jews is a tortilla. They still make "tortillas" in Egypt and other North Aftican Countries and also Greece. The Flour Tortilla arrived in Mexico after the Cortez counquest but did not grow well in the humid tropical climate of Southern Mexico but thrived in New Mexico with the Onate Colonist in 1598. The Corn Tortilla was here in New Mexico for over 20,000 years and the Pueblo Indians would mix the Corn mash from the Metate with Elk milk and toss it on a hot rock, then roll it up to eat with Beans (frijoles) that was cooked in a depression of a large rock with water in it. They would place hot stones that were in a fire into the bean water to boil the them. Add salt that came from the Salinas District east of the Sandias and maybe with Buffalo jerkey that was also placed in the hot water to soften it and roll it into a "Burrito". Sopapillas were brought to New Mexico in 1598 by the Griego family that originated in Candia, Crete. Juan Griego (Not his real greek name) was a soldier with Onate. The pita breads of Greece are Sopapillas. The Spanish Bunuelos (Navajo Fry Bread) are originally from Egypt.

[@xman870096]

Born and raised in NM; what he says about the food is true, if it's not made with New Mexico chili it does NOT taste the same!!! Some people try to make New Mexican dishes using Anaheim chili out of California and to a native New Mexican that is 'Sacrilegious', the flavor is just NOT there, don't even try to fool us, you will FAIL!!!