# Any good frozen burritos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776 "2011-08-31T19:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/1 "2011-08-31T19:05:36Z")
Are there any good frozen burritos? I mean ones you get at the grocery store, ideally. I’m asking because, for some weird reason, I bought a frozen burrito at Aldi. Aldi is really cool for a lot of things. Milk goes down to $1.49 a gallon and I can get a dozen eggs for 79 cents. Anyway, I bought one of there(get ready for it), 29 cent burritos. My wife said, “It will taste like cardboard.” She was oddly right. I mean, like, she was totally right. The beans had about zero taste. Everything else was just mush. I seasoned it and ate it, but it was terrible. I adore Taco Bell burritos, by the way. Yep, I’m not about the cheap crap. So, anyway, are there any good frozen burritos you can get at the store? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/2 "2011-08-31T19:06:14Z")
Do you have a Trader Joe’s where you live? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/3 "2011-08-31T19:13:05Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Do you have a Trader Joe’s where you live? I’ve heard about those and actually even heard about their burritos. Sadly, the closest one is 20 miles from me. A bit far. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/4 "2011-08-31T19:15:28Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Do you have a Trader Joe’s where you live? You beat me to it. They have several varieties, but some are better than others. I got the chicken fajita burritos a couple of months ago, and I found them to be very bland and boring. The garden burritos, last time I had them, were tasty. I actually like those big ‘Red Hot’ beef burritos you get at gas stations. But really, I could murder a Del Taco Macho Meat Burrito. Do you hear me, Of The Taco? Open a store up here! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/5 "2011-08-31T19:17:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Sadly, the closest one is 20 miles from me. A bit far. Ha! (I live in a little seaside village, and it’s 20 miles into town – where Trader Joe’s is.) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/6 "2011-08-31T19:27:58Z")
All my local Kroger supermarkets used to carry a frozen burrito called Marquez which I really loved. These were extremely cheap (50 cents a piece, I think) and tasted great. Then sometime last year, inexplicably all the Kroger stores removed the Marquez burritos and replaced them with a burrito called “Tina’s”. I tried one and they are absolute _shit._ They taste like they’re made from chickpeas. Absolute, absolute shit. I am so unbelievably pissed off that they stopped carrying Marquez. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/7 "2011-08-31T19:28:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I actually like those big ‘Red Hot’ beef burritos you get at gas stations. +1. These are my go to guilty pleasure when the wife is out of town. As far as the OP is concerned, check [this out](http://www.fromaway.com/observations/a-detailed-discussion-and-comparative-analysis-of-sketchy-frozen-burritos). ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/8 "2011-08-31T19:51:41Z")
Smart & Final sells Ramona’s frozen burritos, I consider those quite palatable. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/9 "2011-08-31T20:14:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Ha! > > (I live in a little seaside village, and it’s 20 miles into town – where Trader Joe’s is.) I had to look it up, and apparently there is a Trader Joe’s about 50 miles from where I am. Our regular grocery store is 25 miles away. I’m not driving to either of them for a frozen burrito :D. How the heck can a company make a burrito that can be sold for 29 cents and not go broke? Don’t the ingredients cost more than that? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/10 "2011-08-31T23:12:09Z")
I’ve been spoiled by [Don Miguel](http://www.donmiguel.com/images/burritos/hbw/hbw-healthy-burritos-beef-burrito-and-bean-burrito.jpg) from the refrigerated section. ---
**Author:** ![Chipacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Chipacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chipacabra)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/11 "2011-09-01T03:36:57Z")
Any frozen burrito is pretty good if you deep fry it. Other than that, I prefer the frozen chimichangas to the burritos. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/12 "2011-09-01T03:49:18Z")
I’m a vegetarian, so take this suggestion with that in mind. You might find “Amy’s” frozen foods in the organic/vegetarian/hippie section of your grocery store. I like their bean and cheese burritos quite a bit. Offhand, I’m not sure how much they cost, but it’s probably more than a $1 each. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/13 "2011-09-01T13:09:41Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve been spoiled by [Don Miguel](http://www.donmiguel.com/images/burritos/hbw/hbw-healthy-burritos-beef-burrito-and-bean-burrito.jpg) from the refrigerated section. I thought he was from Mexico 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/14 "2011-09-01T13:24:16Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’m a vegetarian, so take this suggestion with that in mind. You might find “Amy’s” frozen foods in the organic/vegetarian/hippie section of your grocery store. I like their bean and cheese burritos quite a bit. Offhand, I’m not sure how much they cost, but it’s probably more than a $1 each. They’re expensive. Like $2.99 expensive. My GF gets them to take to work for lunch and spends a small fortune on them. Me, I’m perfectly happy with the $0.59 Patio garbage. I’m just gonna just drown it in hot sauce anyway. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/15 "2011-09-01T14:06:54Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > How the heck can a company make a burrito that can be sold for 29 cents and not go broke? Don’t the ingredients cost more than that? No. Makes you wonder just what constitutes an “ingredient” doesn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/16 "2011-09-01T14:11:59Z")
Amy’s brand is good. It’s sometimes in the health food section. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/17 "2011-09-01T14:56:54Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > +1. These are my go to guilty pleasure when the wife is out of town. Ho ho! I haven’t _got_ a wife! This thread, and that I’m a little tired of oatmeal or Kashi, prompted me to go down to the corner market and get a Reser’s Baja Café Red Hot Beef Burrito for breakfast. A buck-sixty-nine. In looking for an image (I didn’t find one good enough to link), I see that these are the ones, in smaller form, that they sell in ten-packs in the frozen section of the supermarket. It’s been a while, but I don’t think they’re quite as good as the bigger ones from the grocer’s/convenience stores. But used to get them all the time because they were cheap and not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/18 "2011-09-01T17:03:15Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > How the heck can a company make a burrito that can be sold for 29 cents and not go broke? Don’t the ingredients cost more than that? No idea. You see now why I had to try one. What are these “Red Hot” beef burritos you can get at gas stations? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/19 "2011-09-01T17:17:32Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What are these “Red Hot” beef burritos you can get at gas stations? [Reser’s Baja Café Red Hot Beef Burrito](http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/07/11/17/01/0007111701120_500X500.jpg). Also see the link **Shark Sandwich** posted upthread. I also like the _chorizo y papas_ breakfast burritos they have in the hot case at the Arco stations up here. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776/20 "2011-09-02T00:01:16Z")
Is there a trick to microwaving these so they don’t split open and ooze out while heating? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-frozen-burritos/594776.md?page=2)