Flying Burrito

Last night I had the pleasure of trying “The Flying Burrito Company”. It’s set up kinda like Subway....only with burritos instead. You just pick a tortilla and then the dude loads it up as you tell him what you want on it. Mine kept gettin bigger and bigger and the burritoman started gettin nervous, I could tell by the way he started gettin all manly and defensive. The look on his face said, “What...You think I can’t handle this burrito?..... I can roll any burrito you can come up with pal!.” But he was nervous, he got a twitch in his eyelid as beads of sweat formed on his brow. When he was done putting all the stuff on the tortilla, he held his arms out to the side and shook’em around like he was warming up for a big event, then he kinda looked around like he wanted someone to witness this. He grabbed the burrito at both ends and simultaneously folded and rolled with great skill, and as the back end of the tortilla made contact with the front, completing a full 360 degree tube of delight, the top burst open... and the burritoman groaned defeatedly. He walked back to the tortillas and put a fresh Jalapeno & Cheddar tortilla in the steamer, and stood there....... waiting in shame for the replacement. When it was done steaming, he put on a clean pair of plastic gloves, you know....... to get a fresh start. Then with a determined expression, he rolled.......his legs were in the right position, his elbows at exactly the right angle, even his face muscles seemed to be involved in the rolling of the burrito. As the back end of the tortilla made contact with the front, he continued rolling, until finally, there it was........... a culinary masterpiece..... a mexican miracle.......a flying burrito. He then wrapped it tightly in a sheet of aluminum foil and put my name on it. As he set it gently into the bag, he looked me in the eyes and gave me an almost imperceptible nod, as if he had just won an unspoken bet, as if I had challenged him to a dual, and though I was a worthy opponent, I was no match for him. I will definitely be returning to “The Flying Burrito Company”. The burrito kicked butt.

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