I live a few blocks from a Trader Joe's and he is honestly being nice. Granted I don't go for authentic Mexican, I go to pick up something to stick in the microwave when I'm lazy. The tamales are bad, the masa is not good, I don't know what he was talking about, the guy that called it crumbly was spot on. There isn't anything Mexican inspired I get on the regular.
Nope he lost once he said the outside of the tamale look good! No is does not ! Not what a real tamal looks like from the outside. It literally look like it was just wrap for looks .
Lol none of them are legit because they grow in us! I mean it can be prepared by your grandma or mom but the ingredients are not the same lol btw Trader Joe’s it’s good is not Mexican food just like Taco Bell but whatever Texmex food is it, tastes good!
YEEESSSSS!! like bake the taquitos, steam the tamales and pop that burrito on a cast iron>>> i bet buzzfeed nukes their tortillas too instead of flipping them on a stovetop. trader joes is soooo good!! lowkey all mexican food is good spread the love :):):)
A seasoned electric panini grill works for this issue...good comment! I use a bamboo spatula to hold the panini grill up from squishing down and over steam.
I'm a Mexican from Mexico and that food looked good for it being frozen food... Comparing frozen food to home-cooked food is the dumbest concept ever. No matter what brand of frozen food you get it'll never be as good, especially if you just microwave it. They should've at least fried the taquitos and given them a little salsa for them, that would've totally changed the outcome. Those looked pretty good for American tamales; every Mexican tamal I have ever seen has been closed (or almost closed) on both sides. And burritos do exist in the North part of Mexico, but they don't normally come with rice and whole beans. BTW, y'all need to stop saying "tamale"... the singular noun is TAMAL.
@Ginger Yup, there are lots of Anglicized words, pick your fights, that's not one. English is about 1/3 French, but words change spelling, meaning, and pronunciation is almost unrecognizable.
I can't watch these videos, it's just too frustrating, Buzzfeed. It's not an actual 'taste test' if you're not going to prepare the food properly before putting it in front of people for them to try.
it's also highly exaggerated. Like...obviously the comparison point is not a meal made by grandma. It would be like eating a digiorno pizza and saying "yeah this is WAY worse than the pizza i had in Rome last week"
Kenzie K. Trader Joe’s when they called it “Mexican food” instead of just “Tex Mex” which would have been more appropriate because it combines one food with American style
Frozen tamales apparently jaja no i love Trader Joe's but i would never buy frozen "Mexican food" only snacks and maybe alcohol and frozen hour's dourves.
I’m from ensenada and all the time in carnes asadas have burritos, the difference at least in my family is that a burro is with tortilla de harina and a taco is with tortilla de maíz.. not even sure if we made that up buuuuut they are for sure a thing in Mexico and sorry for the ones that think that was made up in the USA but tortilla de harina is not only a Mexican thing but more like a in the north of Mexico.. cause as far I known in Mexico City don’t eat tortilla de harina that much
You see burrito in Mexico nowadays but I remember when I was little I used to ask for some cause I used to get some at school and they had no idea what I was talking about
Clarification point: Burritos do exist in México and were created here, it´s a big tortilla usually filled with beans and shredded beef or other stuffings, its just no the chipotle, Taco bell version with rice, cheese, lettuce, etc.
Flour tortillas came with the Spanish They were only able to grow them in the northern Mexican climates but after a few hundred years they’ve adapted in those states to a staple In chihuahua I feel like you’re more likely to find a burrito over a taco Not because of America just because of the climate being able to grow wheat
Burritos are from Mexico, they were invented in Chihuahua, many even specify that in Juarez Burritos are much more common that tacos, and are sold every where, there are even some places that claim to be the inventor of it in Cd Juarez. Burritos tend to be a much more simpler dish here, with a flour tortilla, maybe some beans spread out and any guiso you may like (even a chile relleno, mole, etc) The Tex Mex thing is that monstrous thing you had... That gigantic tortilla, with beans, and all of that inside
@@Gee-xb7rt Well guess what? DF isn't all of Mexico. Like sweetie go out of the state and you'll see every states sells them. But what could I expect of the people that think quesadillas don't have cheese on them
Nothing was homophobic about her comment...just because she stated his sexual preference to describe him doesn't make it homophobic...it's just like saying " the guy in the beanie" or " the guy with the beard"
Actually they got a lot of things right, I’m Mexican and I have had Mexican food all my life and all of that “American Mexican” food was super wrong, it is not just that maybe it was heated in the microwave but the size and the color of the dishes was ridiculous, usa needs too stop copying things and making it their way they just are doing it bad
Out of all of them, the guy with the Cal State Dominguez Hills shirt has to be the most opened mind & I love it. He gave everything a try wasn't quick to judge Keep him on more try on foods.
I feel like these buzzfeed videos are sponsored by some other grocery store maybe amazon/whole foods to get people not to shop there. I honestly love trader joes. I do think thier frozen food is much better than most and also I think thry do a really good job of having flavors from around the world. I have to give them a a for effort as well as many vegan and vegetarian options.Also as many have stated, buzzfeed stop microwaving everything for clickbait.
They really just said burritos don’t exist in Mexico... somebody gotta do better research. From my knowledge they are a staple in Northern Mexico. Also yeah nobody puts rice in burritos, period. It has no place in a burrito.
The thing is that Mexico's got lots of cuisines, lots of different dishes with as many variations as you can imagine depending on the state, town, and even family. Mexicans from the south don't recognize burritos as part of the staple Mexican food, just as maybe the ones from the north can't imagine another kind of dish as a representative. We're just that enormous and untravelled hahahaha 💙
Danie Galindo Yeah! We have lots of differences in how we prepare our food. I just feel bad that so many Mexicans in the US like myself are unaware of the burrito’s origins.
Not saying they’re trying to push any agenda but notice how in every single one of these videos, they include the shittiest dishes for the sake of showing how “inauthentic” it is
Both of those are actually pretty solid but of course buzzfeed isnt going to have them try them because these videos are just people bashing trader joes
Vegan masterchief no offense but that’s lie. tamales being accompanied with sauce is a tex mex thing and definitely not found in authentic mexican food, unless you mean like hot sauce which i guess sure.
@@carolinamorales1104 lol no, I mean I live in Mexico girl I know what I'm talking about, when you finish the thing you cover the tamales with the sauce from the meat so they don't stick each other, lol
@@aloleelibros lol I mean the first burritos had a chile relleno and like a pork en salsa type mixture. So none of the modern burritos really have anything of what's being thrown in there. Burritos were created in Juarez.
@@rsquaredpiful Of course you get better results with the preferred method - which misses the point of frozen food. You aren't meant to cater to the food/manufacturer's needs, the food is for your needs. The point of frozen food is to have food on hand to eat quickly, not to wait half an hour or more for.
7:25 Sorry i gotta do it, there was a dictionary entry from some town in northern mexico they have from like 1895(ish, if memory serves) that has "burrito" in it with a sub description that says a food item with meat and other things wrapped in a tortilla. And thats even before the story about that street vendor which BOTH predate the 1930 arrival of burritos in the U.S.... just goin around spreading burrito falsehoods... X)
It may not be authentic, but those mini beef tacos baked for 12-14 minutes are one of my fave easy TJ foods with the excellent TJ sour cream. I agree that the tortilla isn’t that crispy, even when you bake it extra like I do. The chicken version is worthless.
The Beanie guy was kinda snobby. His tasting buddy was the only one who was level-headed. Also, I'm Mexican and I've definitely kept TJ's tamales in the work freezer for lunch. Their chicken quesadillas are pretty good too.
Don’t know what a taquito is, I just know flautas. Taquitos is an American food. We absolutely have burritos. Just not overstuffed burritos. Burritos a Mexican food.
The first dish was Mini Beef Tacos. They are not trying to call them taquitos. The only thing the Mexican people complained about was that it's not a traditional taquito. Duh! It's not supposed to be a taquito. Those little mini tacos are BOMB
No offense, but often when I eat authentic Mexican food it is grizzled and the only flavor other than the basically unflavored meat is the hot sauce. One time, though, in Milwaukee, I went to an authentic Mexican restaurant and had homemade tamales. They were so good I shall never forget them.
Ramon Anaya She received her “authentic Mexican food” in Wisconsin where the people there are 85% Anglo-Saxon, 6% African American, and the rest of the people are Native American, well that explains it all...
Burritos did originate from northern Mexico, like nachos, border areas. Because migrant workers needed a portable way to carry their lunches and they (the workers who used donkeys) were called burritos… there could be some info mixed up there but yeah. It’s just that like most Mexican food it’s because very Americanized due to its popularity. The wives tale about nachos is a bartender in some border town asked the cook to make something for these white tourist ladies and he just threw together was was on hand, cheese and tortillas he fries, and the chefs name was Nacho (Ignacio)
Btw burritos are Mexican, we don’t eat them the way Americans do, but a taco with a spicy filling and flour tortilla it’s a burrito, and if you look up for where burritos where invented the real story it’s that a guy that sell tacos with flour tortillas in chihuahua, he used to sell he’s tacos in a small wheel wagon pulled out by a donkey (burro) so people called him the burrito guy and with the time people started to call his tacos burritos. That’s why we call them burritos now a day. As you can see it is a Mexican food.
Those weren’t taquitos... those were the mini tacos... and Trader Joe’s has both fresh and frozen. If you gonna make Trader Joe’s come up to bad at least give em’ a bad. What a way to make them look bad.
With burritos, I think people get the idea of “mission-style” burritos from the San Francisco area. Or maybe the kind of Tex/Mex kind but there are burritos in Mexico, just prepared differently.
The term burrito was popular in Guanajuato, a state in central Mexico. As the dictionary entry is the only hard and fast evidence we have to show where burritos came from, the idea that they originated in Guanajuato
Welcome to Spain where they have no idea what the dishes are called or how they are prepared. Its flautas not taquitos(thats why they are flute shaped), tamales never have sauce on before hand exept if you add hot sauce!
In Trader Joe's defense they have the 'flute" like taquitos. They have a good black bean and cheese ones in the freezer aisle. As for the tamales the maze is dry af, but they're good for a quick meal.
If you heat up the tamales with a wet paper towel it makes the masa not as dry and they are actually really good for being frozen!! I have two packs of the beef tamales in my freezer right now lol.
The guy with the beanie and the one with him were so much less annoying. It isn’t that disliking inauthentic food is a bad thing but the others tried so hard to be funny about it
In the northern part of the country burritos do exist but your burritos are north american if you add whole.beans and rice Burritos in mexico are filled with refried beans and cheese or refried beans and chicharron things like that not lettuce and rice
I love Trader Joe's Enchiladas! I wish they still had all chicken, beef AND cheese though. Also, I dig their salsas! Especially the triple roasted. And TWO things you give them to try? You can't judge by TWO dishes!!!
STOP SAYING BURRITOS ARE NOT MEXICAN. Mexico is not only Mexico city. Burritos are a thing in north mexico, literally the go to fast food your mom makes for you when she is in a rush. They sell them outside people's jobs. You make burritos out of leftovers. Breakfast burritos, anyone? Tortillas de harina are also very popular in north mexico. (Just no rice inside them, ew)
Actually burritos are Mexican, maybe not from the south but here in the north we do have them, not with rice and that much stuff but simple as in beans, carne con cchile, machaca y papas, etc.
The guy in the beanie is really cute 😊 Also, I’ve had taquitos from Walmart, and they’re long like the way they were describing them. I would always eat taquitos with sour cream 😂
In sinaloa we do have burritos it’s just not like the American version it’s a small flour tortilla with either straight beans or straight machaca which is grilled meat thats pulled with vegetables
I would still stay clear of this “Mexican” aisle or section if I went to Trader Joe’s. I’ll take my happy ass to El Super, Northgate, Cardenas etc. If I want a quick lunch meal since they prepare food at the grocery store Lol
The guy in the cal state dominguez shirt is the most legit, actually tasting the food and not instantly dismissing everything.
I live a few blocks from a Trader Joe's and he is honestly being nice. Granted I don't go for authentic Mexican, I go to pick up something to stick in the microwave when I'm lazy. The tamales are bad, the masa is not good, I don't know what he was talking about, the guy that called it crumbly was spot on. There isn't anything Mexican inspired I get on the regular.
Nope he lost once he said the outside of the tamale look good! No is does not ! Not what a real tamal looks like from the outside. It literally look like it was just wrap for looks .
He’s not a real Mexican bro, whitewashed calling those Tamales good
Lol none of them are legit because they grow in us! I mean it can be prepared by your grandma or mom but the ingredients are not the same lol btw Trader Joe’s it’s good is not Mexican food just like Taco Bell but whatever Texmex food is it, tastes good!
@@Gio-xp1ds The guy in the beanie and jean jacket is the most white washed for sure. Probably doesn’t even speak Spanish.
Some of the texture issues are definitely cause buzzfeed microwaves everything instead of cooking everything the labeled “preferred” method
Buzzfeed does that cause they know it will make the food taste like sh!t and that is exactly what they want for their clickbait BS.
They should at least toaster oven the ones that should be baked (like the taquitos)
Helen Thias oven would make everything more crunchy that’s for sure
YEEESSSSS!! like bake the taquitos, steam the tamales and pop that burrito on a cast iron>>> i bet buzzfeed nukes their tortillas too instead of flipping them on a stovetop. trader joes is soooo good!! lowkey all mexican food is good spread the love :):):)
A seasoned electric panini grill works for this issue...good comment!
I use a bamboo spatula to hold the panini grill up from squishing down and over steam.
I'm a Mexican from Mexico and that food looked good for it being frozen food... Comparing frozen food to home-cooked food is the dumbest concept ever. No matter what brand of frozen food you get it'll never be as good, especially if you just microwave it. They should've at least fried the taquitos and given them a little salsa for them, that would've totally changed the outcome. Those looked pretty good for American tamales; every Mexican tamal I have ever seen has been closed (or almost closed) on both sides. And burritos do exist in the North part of Mexico, but they don't normally come with rice and whole beans.
BTW, y'all need to stop saying "tamale"... the singular noun is TAMAL.
@Ginger Yup, there are lots of Anglicized words, pick your fights, that's not one. English is about 1/3 French, but words change spelling, meaning, and pronunciation is almost unrecognizable.
gisforgary How much is Spanglish?
Yeah I think US born Mexicans are always crazier about food not being authentic lol
@@Addy262 Logically!!
I can't watch these videos, it's just too frustrating, Buzzfeed. It's not an actual 'taste test' if you're not going to prepare the food properly before putting it in front of people for them to try.
it's also highly exaggerated. Like...obviously the comparison point is not a meal made by grandma. It would be like eating a digiorno pizza and saying "yeah this is WAY worse than the pizza i had in Rome last week"
Yeah these were clearly microwaved and not cooked in an oven served hot
literally... and who said trader joe’s claims that their mexican food is completely “authentic”
Kenzie K. Trader Joe’s when they called it “Mexican food” instead of just “Tex Mex” which would have been more appropriate because it combines one food with American style
EXACTLY.
They’re so chill the Italians acted like they were eating poison 😂
Italians are such drama queens about their food it can be quite annoying watching them react to how other people cook their food
Because they fed them like bagel bites! I mean come on!
@@Gr1nd0r because our food is our culture
The Colour Green you’re trash
Trader Joe's is great when your white and you tried to boil water once but burned yourself.
Summing it up, Trader Joes no se puede casar. 😂
Too funny 🤪🤪
I love this 😂😂
Omg I understood this reference. I married an Ecuadorian, and every time I cook food, my mother-in-law tells him, se puede casar. Lol
No manches 😂 😂
🤣🤣🤣
It should have been titled “Buzzfeed employees microwave Trader Joe’s Mexican food instead of preparing it properly”
Lydia Holman this made me weak 😂😂😂
Its gross either way
So much this. Steaming those tamales makes them pretty good.
Who is Joe and what is he trading?
Conchiz Who is cardiac!!??? And why did he arrest my dad!????
Joe mama and BTW trader joes is actually a grocery store when I first heard about it I thought it was a trader named joe mama
Mexicans I think
Frozen tamales apparently jaja no i love Trader Joe's but i would never buy frozen "Mexican food" only snacks and maybe alcohol and frozen hour's dourves.
jopapa
I was born in Sonora and trust me burritos are a thing all over northern Mexico
My family is from Sonora too & we always argue that burritos are 100% an American thing.
Yo soy de tamaulipas
So true in Juarez also.
I’m from ensenada and all the time in carnes asadas have burritos, the difference at least in my family is that a burro is with tortilla de harina and a taco is with tortilla de maíz.. not even sure if we made that up buuuuut they are for sure a thing in Mexico and sorry for the ones that think that was made up in the USA but tortilla de harina is not only a Mexican thing but more like a in the north of Mexico.. cause as far I known in Mexico City don’t eat tortilla de harina that much
You see burrito in Mexico nowadays but I remember when I was little I used to ask for some cause I used to get some at school and they had no idea what I was talking about
It’s FROZEN food - of course it won’t compare to home cooked meals. Dude in the gray shirt, thanks for keeping your judgement more realistic 👏🏼
Clarification point: Burritos do exist in México and were created here, it´s a big tortilla usually filled with beans and shredded beef or other stuffings, its just no the chipotle, Taco bell version with rice, cheese, lettuce, etc.
Mariana Moncada it’s norther Mexican dish not from Jalisco
I was so confused when he said that, because I saw burritos everywhere whenever I visited family in Mexico
They were created in Texas I think
Burritos are considered TEX-MEX cuisine and they were created in the US.
Flour tortillas came with the Spanish
They were only able to grow them in the northern Mexican climates but after a few hundred years they’ve adapted in those states to a staple
In chihuahua I feel like you’re more likely to find a burrito over a taco
Not because of America just because of the climate being able to grow wheat
Mexican mothers rate each time others tortillas🙄😂😂😂😂
Dayana Salazar my moms tortillas are so good I eat them plain with nothing on them. Just a bit of salt, so good!
Yes!!!!! Also, they should do one with salsas. Everyone has their own sazon
We have burritos in Northern Mexico where they originated. They’re definitely Mexican. Thank you
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Yessss fkn hey if they haven’t been to Mexico maybe they shouldn’t say that there aren’t Mexican.
Burritos are from Mexico, they were invented in Chihuahua, many even specify that in Juarez
Burritos are much more common that tacos, and are sold every where, there are even some places that claim to be the inventor of it in Cd Juarez.
Burritos tend to be a much more simpler dish here, with a flour tortilla, maybe some beans spread out and any guiso you may like (even a chile relleno, mole, etc)
The Tex Mex thing is that monstrous thing you had...
That gigantic tortilla, with beans, and all of that inside
Yeah, here in Sonora we all eat burritos, you grow up having them as breakfast or dinner lol
Ik I was like since when are burritos not Mexican. 🧐
Thank you for saying it so I didnt have to.
Its border food, you won't find them in DF.
@@Gee-xb7rt
Well guess what? DF isn't all of Mexico.
Like sweetie go out of the state and you'll see every states sells them.
But what could I expect of the people that think quesadillas don't have cheese on them
They don't seem as picky as the Italians were with Italian food.
Italians are known as being dramatic
Just Some Guy without a Mustache yessssss. They were snobby
Because these people are Mexican American. Also Mexican food is generally less complex than proper pizza or pasta.
They even mention that it’s good wherever you get it, which can never be applied to the completely americanised types of pizza, etc..
mexicans aren't a loud, obnoxious people with overrated food ; )
Burritos are 100% Mexican, they were “invented” in Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua
100% true. Totally Mexican.
“I’ve been to trader joe’s once and it was by accident” 😂😂
Lol the guy with the beanie and his partner were fine but the other set of guys were mad overreacting
Thank u that gay guy was annoying
Kaitlyn Engelland dont need to be homophobic about it
Beanie guy is name Eli
Nothing was homophobic about her comment...just because she stated his sexual preference to describe him doesn't make it homophobic...it's just like saying " the guy in the beanie" or " the guy with the beard"
Actually they got a lot of things right, I’m Mexican and I have had Mexican food all my life and all of that “American Mexican” food was super wrong, it is not just that maybe it was heated in the microwave but the size and the color of the dishes was ridiculous, usa needs too stop copying things and making it their way they just are doing it bad
Was anyone else mesmerized by that guy’s natural contour
Gabby Camacho YES
Which guy?
Ahaha same!
It’s called acanthosis nigricans and it’s a sign of diabetes in obese people and sometimes cancer.
Ana Forever31 oh wow...thanks for letting us know!
Burritos were invented in Juarez
Out of all of them, the guy with the Cal State Dominguez Hills shirt has to be the most opened mind & I love it. He gave everything a try wasn't quick to judge
Keep him on more try on foods.
Those weren’t even their taquitos, they were the mini chicken tacos
But isn't a taquito a mini taco by definition?
I feel like these buzzfeed videos are sponsored by some other grocery store maybe amazon/whole foods to get people not to shop there. I honestly love trader joes. I do think thier frozen food is much better than most and also I think thry do a really good job of having flavors from around the world. I have to give them a a for effort as well as many vegan and vegetarian options.Also as many have stated, buzzfeed stop microwaving everything for clickbait.
They really just said burritos don’t exist in Mexico... somebody gotta do better research. From my knowledge they are a staple in Northern Mexico. Also yeah nobody puts rice in burritos, period. It has no place in a burrito.
maya robles i found it too much carbs. The tortilla is enough
Many people even many Mexicans believe burritos are from Texas or the U.S and not Mexico. I don't know why.
WhAAAAAT NO RICE ON THE BURRITOS???? Mi mamá asi burritos de todos los left over.
The thing is that Mexico's got lots of cuisines, lots of different dishes with as many variations as you can imagine depending on the state, town, and even family. Mexicans from the south don't recognize burritos as part of the staple Mexican food, just as maybe the ones from the north can't imagine another kind of dish as a representative.
We're just that enormous and untravelled hahahaha 💙
Danie Galindo Yeah! We have lots of differences in how we prepare our food. I just feel bad that so many Mexicans in the US like myself are unaware of the burrito’s origins.
Trader Joe’s sells this ‘Mexican style’ corn and it’s my fave. It’s just roasted corn with some chipotle cream and cheese. I love it
Shouldve tried something a little more authentic. TJs carries chilaquiles and Chiles rellenos
Facts
Not saying they’re trying to push any agenda but notice how in every single one of these videos, they include the shittiest dishes for the sake of showing how “inauthentic” it is
Both of those are actually pretty solid but of course buzzfeed isnt going to have them try them because these videos are just people bashing trader joes
Lol if they cant do a burrito they cant do a Chile relleno
@@SuperMustache555 but it is inauthentic
Wdym burritos aren’t Mexican ? When I go to Mexico I be eating burritos everywhere I love the choriquezo ones
Please tell me where they sell choriqueso burritos? I live in Mexico City and haven't seen any :'(
Holly Wilborn I go to a smaller Pueblo so I get them in the plaza lol
Gotta be Melyssa Yeah where? Mexico is big so you have to mention the state and nearest city.
holaCarolina it’s in michoacan that’s all I’m saying lmao
Those weren’t taquitos in the first dish, they were the frozen mini tacos
They aren't Mexican tacos tho 😂
I'm Mexican and I've never went to Trader Joe's before
Same
i went with my mom and all the white people were staring at us
Foreals we shop at big saver or something lol
Mariah Martinez we shop at food4less and costco😂
You are missing out! My Mexican suegra loves going to Trader Joe's when she visits. She loves the chocolates, the popcorn and the lavender bar soap.
when that guy said that homemade tamales are normally covered in sauce.... chile who’s dry ass tamales are you eating???
😂😂😂
I like my tamales with sour cream
Actually real Mexican tamales are covered in sauce if you ask me, an authentic Mexican who eats tamales made by my grandmother
Vegan masterchief no offense but that’s lie. tamales being accompanied with sauce is a tex mex thing and definitely not found in authentic mexican food, unless you mean like hot sauce which i guess sure.
@@carolinamorales1104 lol no, I mean I live in Mexico girl I know what I'm talking about, when you finish the thing you cover the tamales with the sauce from the meat so they don't stick each other, lol
"the masa is just not cute" that made me laugh so hard lol
As long as Trader Joe’s is in the title I click in 3 seconds
Same
Are you his daughter?
That's kinda weird ngl
Burritos do exist in northern Mexico
That's where they're from.
I was born here in the bay area and my moma from sonora and yes burritos are from Northern mexico0
I was going to say the same thing, except that burritos dont have rice in them 🤢
The north of Mexico doesn’t exist aeyáa
@@aloleelibros lol I mean the first burritos had a chile relleno and like a pork en salsa type mixture. So none of the modern burritos really have anything of what's being thrown in there. Burritos were created in Juarez.
The title should be called "Pochos taste test Trader Joe's Tex-Mex food"
Well said👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😁
Exactamente!
La neta
Y los pochos muchos crecieron comiendo comida congelada
This video was so much longer than it needed to be
Mexican living in Mexico here: We DO have burritos, especially at north of Mexico BUT they are really different than what they have at the US.
7:33 my city is literally known only because of its burritos 🤷🏻♂️
Again MICROWAVE!! STOP IT!!
A lot of people eat frozen food microwaved. If you're eating something of that quality, why wait longer than you have to?
recoil53 because there’s a “preferred method” for a reason, just make the food correctly and it’ll be tastier
I try to use my toaster oven more.
@@rsquaredpiful Of course you get better results with the preferred method - which misses the point of frozen food.
You aren't meant to cater to the food/manufacturer's needs, the food is for your needs. The point of frozen food is to have food on hand to eat quickly, not to wait half an hour or more for.
recoil53 no, the point of pre made foods are to cut the prep time down from what it’d be if you made it from scratch.
Where is the salsa? All that food look dry af
That's the thing - Italian food would have come with it's own sauce. Here you have dry food. Who has a plain tamale?
trader Jose’s 😂
Is N that’s what it’s called
7:25 Sorry i gotta do it, there was a dictionary entry from some town in northern mexico they have from like 1895(ish, if memory serves) that has "burrito" in it with a sub description that says a food item with meat and other things wrapped in a tortilla. And thats even before the story about that street vendor which BOTH predate the 1930 arrival of burritos in the U.S.... just goin around spreading burrito falsehoods... X)
It may not be authentic, but those mini beef tacos baked for 12-14 minutes are one of my fave easy TJ foods with the excellent TJ sour cream. I agree that the tortilla isn’t that crispy, even when you bake it extra like I do. The chicken version is worthless.
so confused why they kept calling them taquitos. Trader Joes sells frozen taquitos.
Eli Reyna I was too. It could just be that because the tasters identified them as taquitos, they just ran with it.
If you say tama-Lee you are not Mexican
Its tamale not tamalee
@@bluepunk559 it's not tamale it's tamal
The Beanie guy was kinda snobby. His tasting buddy was the only one who was level-headed.
Also, I'm Mexican and I've definitely kept TJ's tamales in the work freezer for lunch. Their chicken quesadillas are pretty good too.
they should do indian food next
Trader Joe’s does have lots of Indian food. Like A LOT!
Trader Joe's pakoras weren't very authentic but they were good, I don't know if they have the anymore, the store I live by doesn't have them.
gisforgary they did it but fucked it up
You got it
Orly s they just uploaded it
I love the bold dude for he seems like he knows his Mexican food on point
the lighting designer on this video: please don't use those green hair lights again and please angle them differently. this looked yucky
😂 this looked yucky
Soooo bad why in the world is it green
“I’ve been to Trader Joe’s once, it was by accident”
Don’t know what a taquito is, I just know flautas. Taquitos is an American food.
We absolutely have burritos. Just not overstuffed burritos. Burritos a Mexican food.
When that guy with Eli said he liked the tamale...I couldn’t rely on any of his critiques
The first dish was Mini Beef Tacos. They are not trying to call them taquitos. The only thing the Mexican people complained about was that it's not a traditional taquito. Duh! It's not supposed to be a taquito. Those little mini tacos are BOMB
Most Americans wouldn't know authentic Mexican food if it smacked them in the cara con una chancla jajaj 😆
LOL!! I would, although i also have had many Mexican friends!!
No offense, but often when I eat authentic Mexican food it is grizzled and the only flavor other than the basically unflavored meat is the hot sauce.
One time, though, in Milwaukee, I went to an authentic Mexican restaurant and had homemade tamales. They were so good I shall never forget them.
@@kathleennorton6108 who is cooking the 'authentic Mexican' food you ate😂 sounds like maybe they need some tutorials.
Ramon Anaya She received her “authentic Mexican food” in Wisconsin where the people there are 85% Anglo-Saxon, 6% African American, and the rest of the people are Native American, well that explains it all...
Ginger So you’re telling me the forefathers of USA weren’t Anglo-Saxon Protestants? What where they then..? Asian Buddha’s or African Muslims?
When you start eating food without labels
You no longer need to count calories
The guy who keeps talking about his grandma throwing her “chanclahh” obliviously never been hit by one 😂
Burritos did originate from northern Mexico, like nachos, border areas. Because migrant workers needed a portable way to carry their lunches and they (the workers who used donkeys) were called burritos… there could be some info mixed up there but yeah. It’s just that like most Mexican food it’s because very Americanized due to its popularity. The wives tale about nachos is a bartender in some border town asked the cook to make something for these white tourist ladies and he just threw together was was on hand, cheese and tortillas he fries, and the chefs name was Nacho (Ignacio)
Btw burritos are Mexican, we don’t eat them the way Americans do, but a taco with a spicy filling and flour tortilla it’s a burrito, and if you look up for where burritos where invented the real story it’s that a guy that sell tacos with flour tortillas in chihuahua, he used to sell he’s tacos in a small wheel wagon pulled out by a donkey (burro) so people called him the burrito guy and with the time people started to call his tacos burritos. That’s why we call them burritos now a day. As you can see it is a Mexican food.
First of all, Trader Joe’s tamales are my favorite and I’m Hispanic!!! Hahahaha
Hispanic pero no mexicana! That’s why lol
Those weren’t taquitos... those were the mini tacos... and Trader Joe’s has both fresh and frozen. If you gonna make Trader Joe’s come up to bad at least give em’ a bad. What a way to make them look bad.
im Mexican and I go to Trader Joe's all the time
With burritos, I think people get the idea of “mission-style” burritos from the San Francisco area. Or maybe the kind of Tex/Mex kind but there are burritos in Mexico, just prepared differently.
The term burrito was popular in Guanajuato, a state in central Mexico. As the dictionary entry is the only hard and fast evidence we have to show where burritos came from, the idea that they originated in Guanajuato
Burritos actually originated in juarez, Chihuahua, mx. So if you go to Mexico they will have them.
Welcome to Spain where they have no idea what the dishes are called or how they are prepared. Its flautas not taquitos(thats why they are flute shaped), tamales never have sauce on before hand exept if you add hot sauce!
In Trader Joe's defense they have the 'flute" like taquitos. They have a good black bean and cheese ones in the freezer aisle. As for the tamales the maze is dry af, but they're good for a quick meal.
Ashley Will yah those were actually the mini chicken tacos
If you heat up the tamales with a wet paper towel it makes the masa not as dry and they are actually really good for being frozen!! I have two packs of the beef tamales in my freezer right now lol.
The tamales smackkkk!! y’all lied lol
Burritos are definitely a thing in the north of Mexico, 100% Mexican
The guy with the beanie and the one with him were so much less annoying. It isn’t that disliking inauthentic food is a bad thing but the others tried so hard to be funny about it
In the northern part of the country burritos do exist but your burritos are north american if you add whole.beans and rice
Burritos in mexico are filled with refried beans and cheese or refried beans and chicharron things like that not lettuce and rice
The dude in grey t shirt went to trader joes once BY ACCIDENT 😂
Just ate one....you have to steam it...i wrap mine in foil and boil it since i don't have a steamer turns out so good with creama
OMG TEDDY IS A FELLOW TORO!! And it’s so ironic that our mascot is Teddy the Toro😂♥️🤘🏼
When you're hungry... everything looks good
Jeez why am I watching food videos when I'm hungry ;-;
The guy with the brown beanie looks a bit like Cisco from the Flash
I work at a Mexican restaurant and they're empty napkin holder is giving me anxiety 😖
I’m Mexican and I only go to Trader Joe’s for their everything bagel seasoning 😂
I love Trader Joe's Enchiladas! I wish they still had all chicken, beef AND cheese though. Also, I dig their salsas! Especially the triple roasted. And TWO things you give them to try? You can't judge by TWO dishes!!!
They gave them three
@@valerie1864 No they didn't give them any enchildass/ .
@@valerie1864 Three things to try. No enchiladas.
“I went to Trader Joe’s once - and it was by accident…”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Teddy’s CSUDH shirt! Go Toros!!
Sad baby taco there.
STOP SAYING BURRITOS ARE NOT MEXICAN. Mexico is not only Mexico city. Burritos are a thing in north mexico, literally the go to fast food your mom makes for you when she is in a rush. They sell them outside people's jobs. You make burritos out of leftovers. Breakfast burritos, anyone? Tortillas de harina are also very popular in north mexico.
(Just no rice inside them, ew)
They call them burros
The taquito snacks are amazing. Period.
Actually burritos are Mexican, maybe not from the south but here in the north we do have them, not with rice and that much stuff but simple as in beans, carne con cchile, machaca y papas, etc.
In these challenges- I wonder if you could have the authentic item as well to showcase the differences/similarities
Always forget Eli is half mexican and hearing him talk about tortillas ... 😍😍😍😍
The guy in the beanie is really cute 😊
Also, I’ve had taquitos from Walmart, and they’re long like the way they were describing them. I would always eat taquitos with sour cream 😂
Typical latina abriendo las patas
Could you steam the tamales? Microwave doesn't do it!
In sinaloa we do have burritos it’s just not like the American version it’s a small flour tortilla with either straight beans or straight machaca which is grilled meat thats pulled with vegetables
I'm Mexican and I love their Mexican frozen chicken tamales! You have to try them!
Haha, I like how these people think they’re Mexican but they miss pronounced their names and the food name. 🤣
I would still stay clear of this “Mexican” aisle or section if I went to Trader Joe’s. I’ll take my happy ass to El Super, Northgate, Cardenas etc. If I want a quick lunch meal since they prepare food at the grocery store Lol
they all have apple watches lol
They are acting so ridiculously extra!! lol Trader Joe's has good stuff but of course their frozen "Mexican food" isn't authentic!! lol
You should look at their Italian trader Joe's video
I feel bad for these Mexicans for eating these items from TJ’s and I feel bad for Joe for the shade he received from these Mexican’s 😂
Payday is two days away.... Perfect description
Trader Joe’s frozen cheese enchiladas are pretty decent IMO.
There should be a follow up where they try each others food.
7:25 False! Burritos are from Mexico buuut North Mexico; Chihuahua, Juarez, Villa Ahumada, etc
Imagine growing up thinking Trader Joe’s Mexican food is AuTHenTic 😂😂😂
LOL GRANDMA WOULD KICK ME OUT!