BQ4 - Episode Two

Burger Time - Bean & Green Chile / Potato & Egg

Burger Time has been visited in BQ's past.  The quality, when vegetarianism is applied, was significantly diminished.  The beans were super bland; the potato and egg equally so.  We discuss BQ's utilization as a reference, and whether that could possibly be useful.  Daniel shits on vegetarian food some.  Not literally.  Kenny get's a shout out, but only because he tends towards plainer foodstuffs.  Pro's Ranch Market has a Burrito of the Month (January: Ancho BBQ Chicken), so Daniel went and ate it to mildly positive reviews.  Ben's rating gets garbled to humorous effect.  We discuss breaking through the bean wall with vegetarian burritos.

Ingredients: See above.

Ratings:
Ben - Breaking your toad, not doing anything...  Stepping on a frog.  Broken toads.
Daniel - Getting an eyelash in your eye, and not being able to get it out.  Super fucking annoying.

"This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" by Parry Gripp, used with permission.  http://parrygripp.com/

BQ4 - Episode One

Si Señor - Bean Burrito

We start our Vegetarian Trek with a trip back to Si Señor for their Bean burrito.  We got them to hold the cheese, and asked them to add green chile.  They got one of those things right, the important lack of cheese thing.  Green chile was not so much in attendance.  It's filling but lacking in spiciness.  Daniel's burrito develops a butthole, then poops beans out of it.  Ben proclaims his minority status as a born-again-vegetarian.  Our apologies for the massive burrito wrapper crackling throughout the recording.

Ingredients: Beans, (supposed) Green Chile

Ratings:
Ben - Taking something in to get it replaced when it's out of warranty and they replace it for free.  Getting a little more than you expected.
Daniel - Poker, 7 card draw, personally I find it kind of boring.  It's full of beans.

"This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" by Parry Gripp, used with permission.  http://parrygripp.com/

Burrito Quest 4 - Veggie Trek

We're back!  Neither Ben's vegetarianism nor Daniel's fatherhood could hold us back for long.  BQ3 is just a sad memory of failure.  Onward to BQ4!  The Veggie Trek will consist of 12 Vegetarian Burritos for 2012.  We've come up with about half a dozen spots to try and hopefully can cobble  together six more.  The rules are thus: Eat 12 Vegetarian Burritos in the next year.  Yes, this seems pretty doable, but wait, there is a catch.  If we order vegetarian and they screw it up, that one doesn't count toward the total.  So, join us on this brave and ridiculous journey into the world of meatless burritos.  New episodes should be along shortly.

Oh, and we found a lost recording from last June that was never posted.  Look forward (or backward) to that soon as well.

Burrito Quest, Lives?

Where oh where has Burrito Quest gone?  When Isaac left, Ben and Daniel tried to march on, but things got in the way.  Mostly Ben's newfound vegetarianism.  There is some hope that we can get back on track with a Vegetarian Trek.  We shall see.  In the meantime, here is a Burrito Quest: On the Road that Daniel recorded back in June.  It is, as far as we know (looking at you, Isaac) the only Burrito Quest: On the Road in existence.  It is also the only BQ episode recorded in the actual eatery from whence the burrito was purchased.  The firsts just keep coming...from the past!  Enjoy!

Qdoba (Brighton, CO) - Fajita Ranchera Burrito

Qdoba makes foil-wrapped burrito bombs.  They are large and made to order, a la Subway, right in front of you.  The endless combinations could be a quest in and of itself.  Apparently the tortilla itself adds substantially to the calorie count each burro.  Daniel's brother Jon steps in ably for added commentary, and gives an impressive rating for a guest commentator.

Ingredients: Fire-grilled red onions and bell peppers with our tangy Ranchera sauce (no beans), with black beans added.

Ratings:
Daniel - A chain restaurant that you like to go to.  It's pretty tasty but has a bit of a mass produced quality.  Maybe like Arby's.  I like Arby's.
Jon - Good sex.  I could have it three times a day.

"This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" by Parry Gripp, used with permission.  http://parrygripp.com/ 

BQ3 - Episode Eleven

La Posta - Red Chile con Carne
If our math is correct, this is Burrito Quest's 100th recording!  It is truly a momentous occasion, made more-so by Isaac and Amy joining us.  La Posta, while not quality-wise up to the task is, given their volume of customers, probably a decent choice for our 100th.  It is an old establishment that caters to the tourist crowds by the thousands.  We variously compare the burrito to assembly-line burritos, fund-raising enchilada lunches, and high schools full of buttholes.  Ben tries, in light of Tracy Morgan's recent anti-gay rant, to rationalize his previous comments about the man.  Isaac gets accused of having no friends but burrito friends.  Daniel argues, despite prior audio evidence to the contrary, that he does not, indeed, hate red chile.  Recent blog comments are discussed.  Many thanks to Traci, Nate, and Anonymous for the feedback.  Past burritos, mostly the bad ones, are fondly remembered.  Here's to 100 more!

Ingredients: "Rolled flour tortilla stuffed with...[red] chile con carne. Served with rice and garnish." 

Ratings:

Ben - A flashing yellow light at an intersection; it's kind of interesting but you forget about afterwards.

Daniel - A crappy universal remote control; it does a job, but probably not very well.

Isaac - Sitting on your testicles; it happens, you have to adjust, and it makes you cautious about sitting down the rest of the day.

"This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" by Parry Gripp, used with permission.  http://parrygripp.com/ 

BQ3 - Episode Ten

Taco Bell - Chicken Grilled Stuft Burrito

Taco Bell trek gets Stuft! That's right, 'Stuft!'  It's how you know they're hip.  This burrito is Taco Bell's second highest in caloric content, bested only by the beef version of the Grilled Stuft Burrito.  Daniel's go-to Taco Bell food, his opinion was preordained.  Ben eats it and hates that he likes it, kind of like a baby who's mad at his butthole because it hurts when he poops.  The idea of the Burrito Casserole raises it's ugly head again, this time horrifically solidified a bit more.  It cometh, the Burrsserole, like some herald of Armageddon.

Ingredients - "A large, warm, soft flour tortilla wrapped around grilled, marinated all-white-meat chicken, hearty beans, seasoned rice, a blend of three real cheeses – cheddar, pepper jack and mozzarella – creamy pepper jack sauce, and fiesta salsa, then grilled to perfection."

Ratings:
Ben - Getting a 1% raise.  At first it seems like it sucks, but then, it's a raise, but still kind of sad.  This is really a good thing?  But I'm angry that I'm happy at it.
Daniel - Skunk Ape. In the swamps of Florida there is a bigfoot, and that bigfoot is the Skunk Ape.  The ingredients in this burrito are cryptic, much like the cryptid that is a the Skunk Ape.

"This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" by Parry Gripp, used with permission.  http://parrygripp.com/ 

BQ3 - Episode Nine

Nellie's - Green Chile Banado

Nellie's, finally.  Nellie's is a family-owned Mexican food place that is popular enough that over the years they have actually trimmed their hours so that they are only open until 2pm.  In addition they regularly just shut down for two weeks at a shot for both Xmas and Summer Vacation.  None of this impacts the crowds of people one will regularly see waiting outside in the hot sun every day around lunch.  In fact, this is one of the restaurants that emboldened us to embark on Lunch Trek in the first place.  They do make a pretty good burrito.  Sage and Amy join us; Sage as a quester, Amy as a rolled taco eater.  Daniel could have asked his brother for a recommendation from Nellie's, but that would have been what we got anyway, so...  There is much discussion about the Rapture, and whether this episode would indeed have ever been heard.  Given the tardiness of this posting, the fears were justified.

Ingredients - Green Chile, Pork, and Cheese

Ratings:
Ben - Going to the movies, I never really want to go out of my way to go to the movies, but then I think 'I can get popcorms there.'  And then when I'm at the movies it's fun and I wonder why I don't do it more often.
Daniel - Riding really fast on your bicycle as a kid, it's really fun.  You feel awesome, and your a kid, and you're like 'Check me out!'
Sage - About 2 beers, I'm a little burrito drunk.  Got a good burruzz on.

"This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" by Parry Gripp, used with permission.  http://parrygripp.com/