Ultimate latchkey frozen burrito with the required condiments

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oldsdrvr@reddit

Slice of fake cheese melted over it with taco bell hot sauce packet was awesome

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LeanLeftLoveLife@reddit

WRONG WRONG WRONG NO KETCHUP. THE ONLY APPROPRIATE TOPPING IS A 12 YEAR OLD PACK OF TACO BELL FIRE SAUCE FROM THE BACK OF THE KETCHUP DRAWER.

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Lemonking_@reddit (OP)

I’m 1966. We didn’t have a lot of choices then. I’m old school Gen X. We find, we eat. Go out and play. Tasted great.

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I'm almost in total agreement with you here, but as a GenXer I have to point out that Fire Sauce wasn't introduced until the early 2000s, so we couldn't have used it on our latchkey burritos. We had to order them with red or green sauce back in the day. I was a green guy myself.

But ketchup on a burrito is an abomination regardless of when you were born.

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MaximumJones@reddit

Now that is living on the edge right there.

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kalitarios@reddit

I hope you at least microwaved it vertically in a mug so it heats evenly and not flat like a peasant so it’s cold in the middle and overcooked like cardboard on the ends

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PuffDragon66@reddit

Who the fuck puts ketchup on a burrito? 🤮

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ApplicationUpper9229@reddit

Nope. Not then, not now.

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MotherFL561@reddit

I used to microwave frozen tater tots, add some shredded cheese, top with salsa.
It was so good.

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elphaba00@reddit

That’s half the components of my tater tot casserole

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SamHandwich0@reddit

I litterally just ate refried beans, chopped onions, and taco rice in a flour tortilla that i microwaved for 30 seconds and then put generic taco sauce on it.

I thought to myself- i used to get this at taco bell in the 80s for like 49 cents.

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Anathama@reddit

Does anyone remember the pizza-flavoured ones? I used to put Prego spaghetti sauce, and shredded cheese on top.

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Purist1975@reddit

Ketchup is not a good substitute for picante/ salsa you animal!

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DLFG74@reddit

You forgot the craft single sliced cheese.

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screemingegg@reddit

What ever happened to Little Juan?

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subibrat85@reddit

57 and still do. Sometimes I will put a layer of refried beans and top with some cheese and enchilada sauce.

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delicousflavor@reddit

so glad i grew up in a salsa having home

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peppermentpattie@reddit

I like to put salsa on my eggs

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Poultrygeist74@reddit

Patio and Little Juan are two brands that I remember from back then. Always topped with Kraft singles and Pace picante sauce

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peppermentpattie@reddit

When I was a adolescent and teenager in the Early 90s the patio chicken burritos was soooooo goooood. Now these frozen burritos taste artificial.

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blunttrauma99@reddit

Needs a slice of cheese.

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The_Existentialist@reddit

I'll support you on tobasco, but ketchup is abomination.

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thewatchwinder@reddit

we had hot sauce. i cant imagine ketchup...but thats personal preference. now im craving one.

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R_437@reddit

I had these for lunch today, dipped in mustard and Tapatìo sauce (Allsup’s hot sauce is best- but I only had 1 packet. I air fry my burritos and add a few sprays of olive oil - or - I put them in a rectangular Pyrex, dump green chili enchilada sauce over them, top with diced tomatoes, cheese and green onion…sometimes jalapeños. 😋

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Lemonking_@reddit (OP)

How is MUSTARD and Tapatio a better latchkey combo? I use ketchup and Tabasco and the whole world ends here. Mustard is the abomination here, but I’m glad you found your ingredient.

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bizzy816@reddit

Where is the slice of American cheese????

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CommissionFeisty9843@reddit

Looking good! My new favorite sauce is mixing Old ElPaso Enchilada sauce with Tajín Chili Lime sauce for the Enchirito fix.

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wookiedberry@reddit

Microwave burrito and Pace Picante sauce. None of that New York City bullshit.

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intensenerd@reddit

NEW YORK CITY?!

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wookiedberry@reddit

Get the rope

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toqer@reddit

These days air fryer, chef's kiss.

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srboot@reddit

Nasty

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Zealousideal_Way_788@reddit

Probably put ketchup on hot dogs too

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freakymack@reddit

What about saltines and butter or peanut butter

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BuggeroffIm50@reddit

You forgot the pickles

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NosferatuPoodle@reddit

Tina’s bean and cheese burritos with ketchup goes so hard 😩

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Mr_Grumpy_Pant5@reddit

Totinos pizza requires Siracha 🤌

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dtoddh@reddit

One benefit of learning to cook for myself as a pre teen is that I'm pretty good at it now. What happened to you?

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Poo_Canoe@reddit

Yep this is a benefit. Along with all the other neglect we suffered. Had to get pretty good at everything pretty fast.

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WireNoob@reddit

Yum and tasty after school before play sports snack

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Xorm01@reddit

I still eat this way. Thank god for Tina’s burritos at wal mart for $1 each.

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BluesGraveller@reddit

Resers, yes? At least, that is the brand that was common in my neck of the woods during that time. Still common today.

However, in the 90's I upgraded to frozen chimichangas. Much higher quality of food.

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MCLordJuJu@reddit

I miss Reser’s Red Hot Burritos on a daily basis!

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Sometimesunaware@reddit

Those were my burrito of choice as well

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BluesGraveller@reddit

Good stuff!

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GroovyGmaIvy@reddit

West coast❤️

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BluesGraveller@reddit

Yep--Washington state.

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ziggy029@reddit

Good job heating a frozen burrito without an explosion and leakage everywhere.

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Biza_1970@reddit

1,000 degree molten lava filling after microwaving about 15 seconds too long.

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boookworm0367@reddit

Or icy cold frozen spots if you didn't microwave long enough. So you add the 15 seconds and get molten like you said.

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SbMSU@reddit

Ortega taco sauce for me

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relpmeraggy@reddit

Pace picante sauce was mine.

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ceegee25@reddit

Leftover Taco Bell packets, 1 Mild + 1 Medium or Hot.

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tampaforfun@reddit

Add a slice of American cheese to class it up.

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202reno@reddit

I added 2

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Cbates767@reddit

1:30, wrapped in paper towel

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Intelligent-Ad8436@reddit

As my kids would say. Those slap!

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Im_Not_Evans@reddit

r/ketchuphate

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badhoopty@reddit

good lord i do the same f'n thing... you gotta put the ketchup on before the microwave tho so it kinda hardens up a little.

them el monterey burritos and chimichangas have got me thru some tough times.

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Fun-Position7750@reddit

Good. Good. Microwaved too. We didn’t have time to use the oven.

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Spreadeaglebeagle44@reddit

Wait that isn't drowned in Pace salsa!!

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FabAmy@reddit

Old El Paso was my jam.

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Texy@reddit

I just had one for breakfast

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thewormthatneverdies@reddit

Ranch and Redhot

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TraditionalBackspace@reddit

Blasphemy! Del Taco hot sauce packets from the kitchen drawer and ditch the hardware. Those are hand burritos.

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Junebugvandamme@reddit

I'll still buy 2 of the green ones on occasion & slow cook them in the oven. Your entire house will smell like armpits afterward, but if you dress them up with sour cream, guac, & hot sauce they kind of hit the spot!

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jB_real@reddit

If I was your parent, I’d leave you too

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stevecooley@reddit

Good lord, is that catsup?

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aliencardboard@reddit

gif

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CHNLNK@reddit

Your family could afford frozen burritos!?

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aliencardboard@reddit

Literally one of the cheapest foods around. 😂

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Lemonking_@reddit (OP)

These used to be 10 for $1. Yes we could.

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Super-Bacon76@reddit

-5 points for eating a burrito that size with a fork and knife.

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GuitarHeroInMyHead@reddit

Thank God my mother was a stay-at home mom. She wasn't the best cook, but she never gave us that slop.

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freakdageek@reddit

I still eat these now and then, but with a slice of cheese and the ketchup on the side (or more typically now, Tiger sauce iykyk)

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JacquieTorrance@reddit

Oh yeah, store brand Kraft singles all the way.

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Astronomer-Secure@reddit

I do the cheese slice too, but instead of ketchup I use taco bell packets.

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Majik_Sheff@reddit

La Victoria taco sauce was the best.

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Correct_Security_742@reddit

I stuffed my burritos with lettuce and cheese and salsa because school serves it that way

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GroovyGmaIvy@reddit

My ex-sis in law called it a cougar plate.

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

Used to fry em up like a chiminga 😋

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GaryNOVA@reddit

(Sad r/SalsaSnobs noises)

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Electronic-Ear2329@reddit

Hated waiting for 30 to 40 minutes for the frozen Patio burrito to cook before we got a microwave.

My middle school aged culinary skills were very limited with the only upgrade being a slice of American cheese broken in half and placed on top

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Butitsadryheat2@reddit

This could technically be considered a crime here in Phx.

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ArturosDad@reddit

Tucson here. Be right back, grabbing my handcuffs.

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Slitheytove1031@reddit

This wasn't something I had as a kid but, I loved these when I moved out on my own. And for whatever reason, the bean and cheese Tina's burritos always were better with mustard.

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some_body_else@reddit

Put them in a baking dish, cover with enchilada sauce and cheese, bake them until done. Might have to cover with foil to prevent the cheese from charring and the sauce from drying out.

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GAFOffRoadJK@reddit

Looks like a Tina's burrito.

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4158264146@reddit

Ketchup is fucking gross on a burrito

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Lemonking_@reddit (OP)

If you knew, this is not a a “burrito.” Are you Gen X for sure?

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4158264146@reddit

Not an El Monterey?

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BluesGraveller@reddit

Why, because your scrote is a shrivelled up sack?

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wolfysworld@reddit

On a “real” burrito ketchup would be really gross but on these bad boys?! Hell yeah, it needs even more ketchup and the bottom needs to be crisp. These are a blast from the past!

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Lemonking_@reddit (OP)

This one knows

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wolfysworld@reddit

I used to eat a couple a year just to reminisce but then had to give up gluten forever and now it’s just a fond memory. Thanks! I havnt thought of those in years; good times.

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EmbarrassedPrompt697@reddit

Tina’s?

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Lemonking_@reddit (OP)

Yes. Tina’s Red Hot Beef. High five 🖐️

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EmbarrassedPrompt697@reddit

🖐️ I used to eat so many of these!

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LastOneSergeant@reddit

Ah yes. I don't know who to blame. The microwave or the burrito, but they were always lava hot in some spots while still frozen in others.

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blindside1@reddit

Melt cheddar on top with some salsa.

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Moist_Sprinkles1063@reddit

Sriracha

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BuckyGoldman@reddit

If that is a Patio (brand) Burrito from the frozen 10 pack, I used to stop at my parents house M,W,F between college classes and work and have one for lunch. Always a soft wet tortilla, molten hot ends, and a solid center of bean-ice in the middle.

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The_Dude_2U@reddit

Sancho?

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AnnabellaPies@reddit

Where are you from that they put ketsup on a burrito? We did not do that in mid Michigan

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EarthenMama@reddit

You had actual prepared FOOD in the freezer? Here we were, testing out saltine crackers under the broiler with butter... (damn, those were tasty, though!)

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