Homesick Texan Hits the Nail on the Head (again)

Good lord, she hit the nail on the head again with a writeup about nachos. She even brings up the Piedras Negras history:

Nachos are reputed to have been invented in 1943 by a maitre d. named Ignacio Anaya who was working at the Victory Club in Piedras Negras, Mexico, which is just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. As the story goes, some ladies from Eagle Pass came into the restaurant one evening, ordered some drinks and wanted some snacks. The kitchen was already closed, so Anaya melted some Longhorn cheddar on some tortilla chips and garnished each chip with a jalapeno slice. He presented them to the ladies calling his improvised appetizer “Nacho’s Especiales” as Nacho is a nickname for Ignacio. And the name, without the “especiales,” stuck.

I’ve lived in CA too so long that I’ve gotten used to “Cali” nachos and only have real nachos when I go home to San Antonio. There’s something to be said about the zen-ness of the real ones, but then again, the sheer mess of goodness you get for $6 out here isn’t bad either.