Square Wrap - Pretentious Burrito?
Today while driving, as I watched that long thin ribbon of asphalt trailing off into seeming infinity beneath a broad cloudy expanse of blue sky, I was struck with a sense of just how BIG the world really is and found myself pondering a Great Question of the Age... is the Square Wrap from Holiday just a Pretentious Burrito?
Before I delve into the particulars of that question, I feel as though I should tell you that my means of employment and lifestyle in general have resulted in a disproportionate percentage of my nutritional sustenance coming from gas stations. One might even go so far as to say that I am a Gas Station Food Connoisseur.
Square Wraps from Holiday are one of my favorite foods - the blending of sausage, cheese, egg, and peppers wrapped in a flour tortilla has Never Failed to satisfy my hunger or bring joy to my tastebuds placing it firmly in the Breakfast of Champions category.
But, is it pretentious? Does it have Delusions of Grandeur? After all, a Burrito is essentially a flour tortilla filled with meat, refried beans and an ever-changing assortment of regional ingredients wrapped in the shape of a cylinder with the Chimichanga being the deep-fried version the previously mentioned burrito.
Now, in my experience, what shapes constitutes a "cylinder" is open to a rather loose interpretation by the Tex-Mex Fast Food Giants (I'm looking at you, Taco Bell, Taco John's, Chipolte, and Del Taco!) resulting in some rather flat and (dare I say "square"?) burritos.
After much pondering (almost a whole hour), I reached the conclusion that in this case intent matters. Since there is no pretense of of rolling a square wrap into a cylinder to begin with, it sadly does not qualify as a burrito any more than than the burrito's open-faced tortilla cousin, the Taco.
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