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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Cilantro, An Ingredient For Disaster



What Is This?
This is my Chipotle burrito from dinner.

Hate It Or Love It?
Don't you hate it when the cilantro from a Chipotle burrito gets stuck in your teeth?

The cilantro that Chipotle puts in its rice to add flavor is also good at something else: getting stuck in your teeth and embarrassing you. It's insidious. You don't even feel it. The only way you find out is by looking in the mirror a couple hours after you've finished your burrito.

Beware: Chipotle isn't the only restaurant that uses cilantro! Quizno's and a lot of other restaurants like to use it too.

Did You Know?
Chipotle and McDonald's share the same owner. Your Chipotle meal (burrito, chips, soda) also has almost as many calories as your recommended daily value (1700 vs. 2000. Thanks to Shaun Moinpour for correcting me on this). Now the cilantro doesn't seem so bad, right?

2 comments:

  1. yea that always seems to happen to me, and its worse when no one tells you about it!

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  2. 2000! not even, my burrito is 1300 calories, and i get alot of extras...so when i eat 3 in 1 sitting, that cant be good?

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