Hotdogs! (Formerly Tacos!)

[pmcd9]

Also: apparently a California-style burrito that you get in not-California is different from a California Burrito you get here in southern California.  A California Burrito is carne asada, cheese, and french fries.  Apparently a California-style burrito is any generic burrito + avocado?

Are the french fries on the burrito or served as a side dish?  Are there no beans on said burrito?

I think the main thing that distinguishes a California burrito from it's brethren is that the beans are whole rather than refried.  The beans are sometimes black rather than pinto (i've seen them both ways).  It also has rice along with the choice of meat and cheese, and can be had with any number of veggies added, avocado included.  It's also typically wrapped in aluminum foil for whatever reason.

A Mexican style burrito, for lack of a better term, typically is filled with refried beans and some kind of meat and cheese.  It's served on a plate topped with gravy and/or cheese and maybe onions.

[CortJstr]

Of course, I can't fathom gravy on fries, either. Cheese, sure, but cheese with gravy seems to make the choice of gravy even less appealing than just pouring gravy on them alone.

Oh man, gravy fries with an open face roast beef sandwich is Comfort Food. Also: Diner Food. Any diner that does not offer this dish needs to seriously reevaluate its life choices.

[jay-ell]

I hate ketchup, period.

I dip my fries in mayonnaise.

[Carlos del Vaca]

So we now have 3 threads proving hot dog sauce is pretty much confined entirely to western PA.

Western New York has something called "chili sauce" (not really close to chili as we know it from Texas or elsewhere) that they put on  hot dogs.  I think that's close.

You know what I sometimes like on my french fries?  Barbecue sauce.  SUCK. ON. THAT.

[Choop]

high five jay-ell. i guess it's a good thing i add so much pepper to my fries-dipping mayo, else i might be deranged and/or infantile. 

I think the main thing that distinguishes a California burrito from it's brethren is that the beans are whole rather than refried.  The beans are sometimes black rather than pinto (i've seen them both ways).  It also has rice along with the choice of meat and cheese, and can be had with any number of veggies added, avocado included.  It's also typically wrapped in aluminum foil for whatever reason.

what you're describing here is known as a Mission burrito, from its origin at a restaurant in the Mission district of San Fransisco. a standard Mexican burrito isn't nearly as overpacked and tightly-wrapped as a Mission burrito, and the refried/whole bean distinction you make holds true. we have a great local chain called Willy's that makes a great Mission burrito; the biggest i've ever seen was a three-tortilla monster at Taqueria Quetzlcoatl in St. Pete FL. Just about the size of a tall newborn.


re:mayor
if you make mac&cheese and don't add barbecue sauce you are MISSING OUT

[AugustWest]

You know what I sometimes like on my french fries?  Barbecue sauce.  SUCK. ON. THAT.

Salt and malt vinegar or death.

[littlefallsmets]

I'm not very much into gravy at all... maybe on a hot open faced turkey sandwich, that's about it for me.

But I can SEE why people dig it on meats and such, it's just not my thing, I find that the combination of fattiness and duplication of flavour just obscures the flavour of the meat.

Some people could see it as an enhancement, sure.

Just not on fries. On fries, I don't see the logic.

[theinevitable]

my former roommate famously ordered "a pizza chicken burger and disco fries" on new year's eve in brooklyn.

the reason the story was famous is that the waitress apparently said "you know it's not really a burger, right?"
"yeah"
"and... you know it's not really a pizza, right?"
"yeah."
"ok."

(chicken, on a bun, with marinara sauce and maybe some mozz cheese or something? i was not there, i was riding the subway for 3 hours and watching people puke)

[littlefallsmets]

I would not call that a chicken pizza burger, either.

Maybe "a drunk man's shitty chicken parm".

[greenkoolayd]

I've heard tell that mayo MIXED with 'chup is grelish on fries but I've never tried it.

OH MAN YOU GUYS

2 parts mayo
1 part ketchup
garlic powder
worcestershire sauce
a ton of black pepper

i have heard those things referred to as 'frysauce' by friends from out west(utah).

[pmcd9]

i have heard those things referred to as 'frysauce' by friends from out west(utah).

Yes, frysauce, I remember that shit.  It was the default condiment in Utah.

[Arachno-capitalist]

I enjoy this idea that condiment/sauce preferences are either right or wrong. Anyway, here is the correct dipping sauce for anything fried:
Mash a garlic clove in a bowl into a paste and add some salt and saffron if you have it.
throw in 2 egg yolks with some lemon juice and dijon mustard, whisk that.
1.25 cups of of olive oil added until smooth.
pepper.
I also sometimes add hot sauce because everything in life needs a little spice.
Bam.

[jay-ell]

Olive oil and salt are the proper condiment for fried calamari.

Oooh, now I want calamari. There is a strong possibility this will happen tonight, I am scheduled for some hoemance.

[greenkoolayd]

the biggest i've ever seen was a three-tortilla monster at Taqueria Quetzlcoatl in St. Pete FL. Just about the size of a tall newborn.


re:mayor
if you make mac&cheese and don't add barbecue sauce you are MISSING OUT

when i went to mexico i had a burrito the size of my forearm, but a baby-sized burrito would last me at least a week.

also, i usually have salsa on my mac+cheese

... I am scheduled for some hoemance.

good luck, sistahfriend.

[Drygioni]

Meyernaze BITCHES