Put the Burrito in a Mug, Not on a Plate
Some ideas don’t get the credit they deserve in the first place. This was the case with Copernicus’ heliocentric solar system back in the 1500s, and this is the case today with this brilliant burrito hack submitted to us by a Reddit user.
When someone eats a burrito, they have a choice. You can hold the burrito all the time while keeping the structural integrity intact, or you can place it on a plate to let the filling fall out, the cake to creep out (if you were stupid enough to remove the foil) and shame rolls in. Shanani suggests a third option – to put the burrito in a cozy mug, pressing down on the sides and keeping the fillings upward. Of course, there were skeptics.
Don’t drink it. Like a hoser. While I agree that you shouldn’t sip your burrito, I must say I disagree with this anti-mug rhetoric. I’m a busy woman! I don’t always have the time it takes to eat a burrito, and I think resting your hand is okay. (My guess is that 6footseven, Deletrious26, and Stephwash never tried eating while parenting. I haven’t tried it either, but it doesn’t look like you can finish a burrito without interruption.)
Also, as Virginia pointed out on Slack, it’s a matter of digestion and purity: “Burritos fall into the category of foods that are so inaccurate to handle that I end up eating them too quickly and get a little sick because I put them back together. and taking it back is too troublesome. ” Right.
To test this tip, I ordered a breakfast burrito – even though it was already late afternoon because I was most comfortable outside the norm – carefully ripping off the first piece of tinfoil, taking a bite, or placing it in a mug. … I then answered some urgent matters, tweeted the lack of sour cream in said burrito, and fed my cat dinner to leave mine alone. All this time, the burrito remained in place, and the fillings lay exactly where they should have been.
Of course, if you eat enough burritos, it will roughly equal the height of the mug, but that’s okay. At this point, the burrito’s center of gravity has been lowered enough so that it can stand on its own, which means that the mug is no longer needed. Thank him for his service, put him back in the closet, and finish the burrito.