The Burrito. The Myth. The Legend.

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

You may have seen articles use "Mission-style" to describe a certain kind of burrito you can find at taquerias in San Francisco's Mission District. They're wrapped in foil, loaded with delicious stuff, and weigh almost as much as a newborn. But does the term "Mission-style" really mean anything? Reporter César Saldaña went to the neighborhood to talk with some long-time taqueria owners to find out more about these big burritos. Additional Reading: What Is a Mission-Style Burrito? Maybe … a Myth Read a transcript of this episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by César Saldaña. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, Christopher Beale and Brendan Willard. Additional support from César Saldaña, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Attila Pelit and Holly Kernan.

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0:00.0	from K-QED.
0:03.0	Hey everyone, I'm Olivia Allen Price, and this is the Bay Curious Podcast,
0:08.0	where we answer listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area.
0:12.0	I want to start off this week's episode with an icebreaker.
0:19.6	If you could eat only one food for the rest of your life? What would it be? Okay, I'm just going to say the first
0:27.7	thought, best thought, and that would be notches. It would be really, really good bread and butter. It's like there's no better
0:36.1	food than that. I will love to eat pot sickers for the rest of my life because you get
0:42.1	the carbs which is on the outside and then you get your
0:44.8	veggies and meat or whatever you want in the filling so you can be creative.
0:48.3	Fried chicken.
0:49.3	And why fried chicken what is it about?
0:51.7	Oh I love fried chicken. So good. Pasta. Because I'm Italian and it's in my blood. My blood is myonera and
0:59.6	mozzarella. This is probably one of the hardest questions I've ever been asked in my life.
1:04.0	I'm going to go with burritos.
1:08.0	I've never found myself like opposed to eating burrito or if anybody asks me to go out and get any of them.
1:14.4	So yeah.
1:15.4	Yeah, you're never like not in the mood for a burrito, right?
1:19.4	Those are the voices of some of my colleagues here at KQED.
1:24.0	For me, the answer is obvious.
1:27.0	It's a burrito.
1:28.0	I'm actually kind of shocked more people didn't give that answer.
1:32.0	Burritos have that perfect combination of carbs, protein, veggies,
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