Two Week Burrito Challenge: Day 17

Today I worked all day. I actually went in to work early. Left home around 10:30 am, got to work around 12:30 pm. Worked until about 10:00 pm.

I never thought I'd miss the things, but I realized half way through my shift that I left my disgusting frozen burritos at home. I want to finish them so that I can stop eating them.

Anyway, ran to a Maverick gas station after work and got.... The Bomb!

It was just so huge! It was like one of those ultra legit burritos from Rancherita's or Beto's. But oh, how disappointing. It was like an XL Taco Bell Bean Burrito.

I didn't see anything inside except a little bit of cheese and a strange brown paste which may have contained some kind of anything, but looked like one of the factory workers had eaten too much of their own product and couldn't make it to the restroom...

On a side note, I have written statements from several people who have spent a significant amount of time with me lately saying that I did abide by the requirements of this challenge for the required amount of time. 

I will be scanning these and sending them to Yishan!

Two Week Burrito Challenge: Day 16

Today started out being all full of hope and cheer and whatnot. We ended up going back to Costa Vida one last time before the big move.

Grabbed me some Sweet Pork Burrito.

After that we went home and finished packing everything up. A few hours later we finished and got in touch with someone who was gonna help us haul our crap. By then, I was a bit hungry again and decided to have another burrito! Contained refried beans, lettuce, salsa, and hot sauce.

After that it was all down-hill. We got to the new place and, long story short, found out that our new spot was basically given away to someone else. We were told this after we moved all our stuff in.

So we came home, disappointed and almost homeless, and in need of comfort food. Rancherita's. Shrimp Burrito.

Sad day. Good food is good, though, and good friends helped us through a lot of stuff. Part of me feels guilty about all the money we spent on food today, but I think it's OK since it balanced out all the crap. 

See you tomorrow.

Hopefully we'll find a place to live...

Two Week Burrito Challenge: Day 15...

So the challenge is over. All that's left now is to send Yishan witness statements that I followed the rules. I contacted him earlier to ask what method of verification he would prefer and he did get back to me. I will be working on that over the next few days and emailing it to him, rather than posting it here.

I'm going to keep going with the challenge for just a few days, though, just because I bought so much burrito crap when I started this that I still have a lot of it laying around. I figure if I'm going to keep eating this stuff, I may as well keep getting Gold for it.

Today I had a McDonald's Breakfast Burrito at about 1:30 am.

If you've never had a McDonald's Breafast Burrrito, don't. Disgusting.

I was hanging out with a friend later on and we went back to Costa Vida in Orem, UT. Had yet another Shredded Beef Burrito. I don't have a picture available at the moment, though one was taken, but I do have a video of me eating it.

That burrito filled me up pretty well, so I was good for the rest of the day. I did have one more burrito today, but not because I was hungry. I've been living in Provo, UT for about a year now and the whole time people have been telling me I need to try Beto's in Orem. I'm moving this week so I thought I'd run by and grab a burrito from there, too, since I may not get another chance for a while.

I got a Shrimp Burrito because I wanted to be able to compare it to the Shrimp Burrito I got from Rancherita's the other day. 

I actually liked the Rancherita burrito better. But Beto's does let you grab your own salsa, so I stocked up pretty good. Grabbed me some guac, too.

I also got a whole lot of the sweet nectar of the Olympian Gods Horchata.

It was a pretty good burrito. Tomorrow will be spent moving, mostly. I may end up going through a few more of my microwave ones. Can't wait to be done with those. I do have plenty of stuff left for the home-made ones, which I love, but it'll be a busy day. 

We'll see.

Two Week Burrito Challenge: Day 14!!!

This is it. The big day. Less than two hours till midnight and I can say I go out with a clean conscience and a filthy, filthy gastrointestinal system.

Woke up pretty late today. Made myself a burrito for lunch.

It had refried beans, shredded cheese, lettuce, salsa, and onion.

Later on, around 10 pm, I ovenned up some of those microwave burritos. I'm really tired of the microwave ones, but I feel like I have to use them up so I can just be done with them.

I only had a little bit of my hot sauce left, too, so I decided to use it up on these burritos. I've been using this hot sauce on basically every home-made burrito I've had over this two weeks. I didn't think it would be too bad. 

I start out pouring a little on each bite, and I'm thinking, "This isn't too bad," but by the time I finish the first burrito, I'm really feeling it. I still didn't mind it too much. In fact, I prefer it that way. Why on Earth do you eat hot sauce if you don't like the burn?

So I'm like, "This is actually pretty good," and I keep going. I'm not sure if you can see it on video, but pretty soon into the second burrito I start sweating and it really gets to be burning pretty bad. I start having doubts, but I've got so little left in the bottle. In fact, at one point  look into the bottle to see how much is left and i'm a bit disappointed that there's so much still, but I did manage to finish it off.

I tell you what, though, soon as I was done with the burrito, I went straight to the fridge for some milk.

About 90 min. until midnight, and I'm feeling good.

Veni, Vidi, Edi.

Two Week Burrito Challenge: Day 13

Today I actually ate a healthy amount of food.

First, on my way home from work, I stopped at one of my favorite restaraunts. Wheeler's, in Mount Pleasant, UT. I got a burrito, of course.

You can't fool me, Styrofoam plate and
tiny container of not enough salsa...

Wheeler's food is typically stupid delicious, but I actually wasn't too impressed by the burrito. It was good enough that I didn't regret the purchase, but fool me once...

Let me explain the whole shoving-this-whole-burrito-in-my-mouth-all-in-one-piece thing. The burrito itself was about the same quality as the frozen ones I stick in the mirowave. It was pretty hard.

In addition, the cheese was clearly microwaved. You know how microwaved cheese turns into a solid sheet of vaguely edible rubber? Yep.

To make things worse, I got no knife, and a fork that was clearly made out of the same stuff those rubber slappy hands you get in vending machines are made of.

In short, cutting this burrito was a nigh impossible task. An obstacle of Herculean proportions.

Here you go...

Majestic.

Later on in the evening, I had a home-made burrito. By far, these have been my favorite. They may not look like much, but they're delicious, filling, substitutions are allowed, and what they lack in tiny containers of salsa, they more than make up for in a complete absence of economic/nutritional guilt.

This burrito had ground beef, refried beans, lettuce, onion, salsa, and shredded cheese.

A few seconds into the video, I start looking around for my bottle of Beware Hot Sauce that I've been using this whole week. Little did I know that this would lead me on an epic, life-changing quest to find my beloved hot sauce...

Later on,  I had one more burrito, same ingredients as before...

A moment into the video, I find my lost hot sauce behind a basket of something. Thus ended my quest.

It was a good day.

Two Week Burrito Challenge: Day 12

Worked all day today. Woke up at around 5:30 am, clocked in and worked until 10 pm. Just heated up a few more of those microwave burritos.

And the video...

These were actually the last two burritos in this package. That's exciting. As soon as I run out of food, I'm going to go shopping again and we'll see what changes I can make.

I think the reason I'm not getting as hungry is just because I've been too busy to think about it. I'm glad to be out of these microwave burritos. I only have one more package. I'm also glad that tomorrow morning is my last shift for a while. I'm most likely going to head home and make myself a real burrito.

That'll be nice.

Two Week Burrito Challenge: Day 11

This one is going to be quick because it's 1 am and in 5 hours I start a 16 hour shift.

I only had one meal again today, but boy howdy was it a good one. Sure filled me up.

I went to Rancherita's in Provo, UT. It's amazing. It's one of those places that serves up all their food in Styrofoam containers and they have that amazing hot sauce in the tiny, clear containers. I know you've seen places like this. They're everywhere and they're always named after some person.

Back in the Bay Area we had Adalberto's, Alejandro's, Baldo's and hundreds more. Here in Utah, I've seen Juanita's, Beto's, Rancherita's. I think the only exception to this pattern I've ever seen was La Charrita in Fairfield, CA.

Anyway, I love these places.

Had a Shrimp Burrito and, of course, a whole mess of Horchata. Should have asked for more of that salsa. Why do they even come in containers that size? They know I want more!