# How big does a burrito have to be before it becomes a burro?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-does-a-burrito-have-to-be-before-it-becomes-a-burro/736014>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 28, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-does-a-burrito-have-to-be-before-it-becomes-a-burro/736014 "2015-10-28T21:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-does-a-burrito-have-to-be-before-it-becomes-a-burro/736014/21 "2015-10-31T21:38:04Z")

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> [@Frodo](#):
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> Perhaps they are burritos and not burros because they are too young?

Or too immature.

At Cheez-It, we expect a lot from our cheese. That’s why we mature our cheese before we bake it.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-does-a-burrito-have-to-be-before-it-becomes-a-burro/736014/22 "2015-10-31T22:27:29Z")

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I don’t know, but my last experience at Qdoba suggested they’re aiming to find out

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-does-a-burrito-have-to-be-before-it-becomes-a-burro/736014/23 "2015-10-31T23:46:07Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> Or too immature.
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> At Cheez-It, we expect a lot from our cheese. That’s why we mature our cheese before we bake it.

So, if you harvest it from the tree before it matures it’s a burrito, but if you wait it’s a burro, makes sense.

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