You might be a Californian if...........?

[slobake]

You make crab melts instead of tuna melts.

 

[elgecko]

With avocado no less...I have a fat sack that my coworker kicked down. Now I play the waiting game as they ripen.

 

[SJLee]

You make crab melts instead of tuna melts.

You can also get that as an omelet at Hamburger Mary's.

 

[matante]

You don't say I-5, you say The 5, The 605, The 405 etc.

I'm in Colorado and I ****ing hate it when people say "The" before the interstate number. Probably because my ex's entire family would say it even though her sister was the only one to ever live in California. Their reasoning being "oh, well that's how they say it in California" ...ok then....

That's more of a Southern California thing. In LA we say "the 10, the 5..." but when it comes to Pacific Coast Highway, we say simply "PCH." It sounds funny to us when people from other parts of Southern California call it "the PCH."

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Haha, cig butts make me laugh. It seems that latest anti-smoking commercial I've seen is regarding littering. It shows a guy tossing a butt on the road, which then finds it way to the ocean and some fish dies. Then it tells us to stop smoking because XX% of litter is butts from ciggies and smokers kill the earth...

How about make a commercial that says stop littering instead.

There are a lot of cigarette butts in the water. I see them all the time when I'm surfing.

 

[gustobassman]

You might be a (female) *Southern* Californian if Ugg boots and short shorts (or yoga pants) are half of your winter wear.

Seriously. This is true.

Witnessing it will end up with either eye candy or severe blindness.

 

[Picktastic]

Lol. Good stuff, but pretty much all socal specific.

 

[FilterFunk]

Lol. Good stuff, but pretty much all socal specific.

Yes, and even much of that is stereotypical. Funny, but not especially accurate for California as a whole.

 

[SnowCal]

There are lots of great burrito places in our nieghborhood. Check out the chicken mole or carne asada at La Corneta. Don't be afriad of the taco trucks either. They are all around and most of them serve delicious tacos.

The burrito was invented in SF after all. South of the border, aside from tourist areas catering to Americans, Mexicans don't seem to know what burritos are.

And a huge +1 for taco trucks. It can be a little weird eating at a roach coach if you're not used to that but many offer good and affordable food. The exceptional ones around here get 30 minute waits going around lunchtime.

Californians also have a different idea of what a burrito is than most parts of the country. It's fun when friends from back home visit and I get to introduce them to real burritos.

 

[Einherjar]

The burrito was invented in SF after all. South of the border, aside from tourist areas catering to Americans, Mexicans don't seem to know what burritos are.

And a huge +1 for taco trucks. It can be a little weird eating at a roach coach if you're not used to that but many offer good and affordable food. The exceptional ones around here get 30 minute waits going around lunchtime.

Californians also have a different idea of what a burrito is than most parts of the country. It's fun when friends from back home visit and I get to introduce them to real burritos.

So what's a "real burrito" then?

 

[SnowCal]

So what's a "real burrito" then?

Do you have a Chipotles near you? Not a huge fan of them but they make real burritos. They're basically a fancy taco truck.

 

[sevdog]

The burrito was invented in SF after all. South of the border, aside from tourist areas catering to Americans, Mexicans don't seem to know what burritos are.

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Entonces usted no ha estado en muchas regiones de México.

Burritos duda se originó en México.

 

[Unrepresented]

Do you have a Chipotles near you? Not a huge fan of them but they make real burritos. They're basically a fancy taco truck.

Burritos shouldn't cost me >$9. Chipotle is therefore not a real burrito.

 

[gustobassman]

Burritos shouldn't cost me >$9. Chipotle is therefore not a real burrito.

Rubio's is starting to get near the $9 burrito mark too. Not a whole lotta food for the money.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

If you're going to chain for a burrito in SoCal then you're doing it wrong. I've had Chipotle's burritos before and I don't find them that special compared to other burrito shops around town.

 

[SJLee]

The best Mexican food places I've been to are very modest looking places with plenty of actual Hispanic folks eating there.

 

[SnowCal]

If you're going to chain for a burrito in SoCal then you're doing it wrong. I've had Chipotle's burritos before and I don't find them that special compared to other burrito shops around town.

Dang. I'm not saying that Chipotles is good. It's okay and it's badly overpriced. But I'm talking to a guy who isn't even in Cal. Chipotles is the only big chain I can think of that makes real burritos. When I grew up in the PNW I didn't even know what a good burrito was. I thought Taco Bell had monsters.

 

[gustobassman]

Dang. I'm not saying that Chipotles is good. It's okay and it's badly overpriced. But I'm talking to a guy who isn't even in Cal. Chipotles is the only big chain I can think of that makes real burritos. When I grew up in the PNW I didn't even know what a good burrito was. I thought Taco Bell had monsters.

So you're talking about the "mission-style" of burrito that became popular in San Francisco. The big, plump version of a burrito. I get ya now. Yes, Chipootle is probably the closest "chain" version of that style of burrito.

 

[Ziltoid]

You Californians take you burritos way too seriously.

 

[Unrepresented]

You Californians take you burritos way too seriously.

Important matters deserve serious discussion.

For those in the Bay Area, I was raised on Gordo's which is admittedly a similar formula to Chipotle, but neither has much in common with the typical SoCal burrito. I suspect it's a regional difference much like BBQ is around the south or pizza can be between NY and Chicago.