Traditional Mexican burritos consist of tortilla, meat, and maybe some onion/peppers. So who invented the American "everything but the kitchen sink" style burritos?

by Bluest_waters

If you go to Mexico and order a burrito, you get a tortilla with meat and maybe some onions and/or peppers inside. That's it. Rice and beans are ALWAYS served on the side. No salsa, no cheese, inside the burrito etc.

but if you go to just about any American Mexican restaurant and order a burrito you get a tortilla shell with meat, rice, beans, salsa, cilantro, cheese, three different salsas, sour cream, guacamole, leg of lamb, glass of sherry, an Allen wrench, a basketball autographed by Darrell "chocolate thunder" Dawkins etc. etc.

So who invented the "everything and the kitchen sink" style of American burritos?

henry_fords_ghost

Folks, if all you've got to contribute it a link to the Wikipedia page for "Mission-style" burritos, know that it's been posted - and removed - about six times already. Please take a look at the subreddit rules before you go and create more work for us!

Col_Monstrosity

You might also want to try asking in /r/askculinary.

AshkenazeeYankee

Clarifying questions:

Is a "Mission-style burrito" the same thing as a prototypcially US-ian burrito that OP calls "everything and the kitchen sink"? If there is a distinction, what is it?