A few weeks ago a friend mentioned an eating establishment that was serving these great wraps. I launched into a sort of diatribe about how I really didn't like wraps. I don't like soft tacos and I like my panninis crispy. The statements were true, but narrow minded. I often pick up tortillas to make quesadillas and panninis. It is really fun to figure out what sort of things you can put between the crusts to create different flavors. So last week I was in a grocery (If you've been following, you know that I have recovered from surgery quite well, though there is much work to do yet.) .. I usually get corn tortillas, but there were only flour tortillas in front of me and for some reason, I picked up a package. This past week I didn't have the stuff that I thought I needed to make panninis or quesadillas, so I put together some slightly cooked zucchini, onions, sausage and Emeral's Essence, dressed it with fresh ripe tomatoes and wrapped them in a tortilla..... hmmm... I was eating a wrap!.. Today, I had some left over Panda Express and warmed it and wrapped it.... Not bad. Then LaBamba (www.labambaburritos.com) came to mind. I remembered that I do like their combination burrito and as I thought about it, I realized that we are again quibbling over words. So look at the picture above. Is it a seafood wrap or a fish burrito???? Ahah!!! You don't know, right???? Some of you will swear it's a seafood wrap and others are sure it's a fish burrito..... I think the only way to tell the difference is to look at the menu or the name of the eating establishment. You know that the wrap has become an eating craze especially at trendy places. While Taco Bell has been serving burritos (so to speak) for years, only in the past few years has anyone outside of California heard of a wrap..... right???? So there you have it; the lowly burrito is the trendy wrap by another name. And I, who refuses to be trendy, have been eating wraps for years without knowing it. So now you have my confession. My quick response that I didn't like wraps was probably my red neck showing. Go enjoy your wrap or burrito or whatever you (and your server) want to call it with my blessing. My only problem with either of them is keeping the juice that invariably comes out of them from dripping off my elbow onto the table. Bon Appitite (or whatever).
Oh, I got the image above from a Mexican restaurant site.
After this post went up, a friend from Colorado sent me a newsletter from "Tony's Market".
http://www.tonysmarket.com/retailer/store_templates/shell_id_1.asp?storeID=5CB723477B4E43F88024DB82BE9E5BBF
Check it out; here's someone who sells both burritos and wraps. Can you imagine the confusion of their clients????
