A burrito is rice's second home.

Rice's first home is an Asian's rice bowl. But this post is going to focus more on the second dwelling.

For a couple of weeks now, a very awesome and intelligent lady I know has been insisting, quite foolishly, that rice never belongs in burritos.

I see myself as someone who is pretty open to other people's opinions, but this whole no-rice-in-burritos thing is a terrifying thing to believe in. Rice is the essence of a burrito. Rice is like the cellos of an orchestra, the backdrop of a homecoming skit, the drum set of a rock band. Without it, a burrito is incomplete. The rest of the ingredients (meat, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, etc.) create the more obvious flavorings, but without rice, all those ingredients just don't mix, particularly the texture.

If you bother to take the time to Google "rice in burritos," you'll most likely be presented with a link to a "Once and for all - rice in a burrito - Yay or nay?" forum. Yes, there are more comments on that page with people saying no to rice in burritos than people saying yes, but whether we're talking about politics, celebrities, sports, or fashion, the haters are always the loudest. If a statistician were to take that webpage's comments and create a table showing rice supporters and haters, he/she would conclude that the results are inconclusive due to enormous bias. Chipotle-burrito-size bias.

Besides, there's a name for rice-less burritos. They're called "wraps."

For another perspective on the controversial issue of having rice in burritos, visit Secret Asian's blog and look for her post on burritos.
http://asianslikerice.blogspot.com/