Kim Jong Il came up with “wheat wraps” in 2011 shortly before he suffered a fatal heart attack, The Sun reported, citing the Rodong Sinmun.
A North Korean state news outlet claims Kim Jong Un’s father invented the burrito — and a propaganda video shows citizens chowing down on the Tex-Mex favorite despite widespread food shortages in the country.
Kim Jong Il came up with the idea for “wheat wraps” in 2011 shortly before he suffered a fatal heart attack,The Pyongyang mouthpiece also claimed the current despot has taken a “meticulous interest” in the dish and that it is “booming” among the population. Propaganda footage on Pen News shows a vendor selling the food outside the Kumsong Food Factory — with scenes of trays overflowing with fillings containing what appear to be cabbage and carrots,The clip also features a mural of Kim’s late dad grinning in a kitchen where the burritos were being prepared.
Propaganda footage shows North Korean citizens chowing down on the dish, despite the widespread food shortage in the country.The copious amount of food was in stark contrast with reported shortages in the secretive, isolated country.Hyun-seung Lee, who was born into an elite North Korean family but fled in 2014, the Sun reported.“I have never seen any burritos or wraps on sale in North Korea,” said Hyun-seung Lee, who fled the country in 2014.
The precise origin of the burrito is unclear, but the word appears in an 1895 Mexican dictionary, which describes it as a regional item from the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
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