Burrito's Sandwich

The debate between if a burrito is a sandwich may sound absolutely absurd, however this was actually debated as a legitimate court case among the Massachusetts supreme court. This was in due to Panera sueing Quibo to be a sandwich restaurant in a mall which will break the truce of Panera being the only one vendor for sandwiches. So the question goes is a burrito really a sandwich? According to the ruling the judge cites on “Webster's definition of "sandwich"—"two thin pieces of bread, usually buttered, with a thin layer (as of meat, cheese, or savory mixture) spread between them"—then provided his own understanding of a burrito, a food item "typically made with a single tortilla and stuffed with a choice filling of meat, rice, and beans."(Hess). …show more content…
So what the debate comes down to is between personal preference and what society believes upon what constitutes as a sandwich is what is gonna give the answer to this question. This all comes down to common sense on whoever you give the question towards to and the universal answer is a simple “I don’t think so”. No matter how it is debated the majority of all society coheres that a sandwich is not a burrito and as a credible “expert chef Chris Schlesinger...with his dramatic affidavit testimony. "I know of no chef or culinary historian," he stated, "who would call a burrito a sandwich.”(Underhill).
This debate comes down to if there ever will be a universal recognition upon a burrito being a sandwich. Which “that degree of universal cultural acceptance doesn't happen overnight.”(Hess). So henceforth, a burrito is simply not a sandwich according to the entity of society as well as the bases of what a sandwich really is in the world’s terms. The glory of a burrito being a sandwich in regards to convincing the world will be an everlasting