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The International Day of the Nacho is October 21. It’s one of America’s favorite Tex-Mex treats and you get permission to eat nachos for a full 24 hours! This day should be full of nachos in all their delicious forms, covered with just cheese or with all kinds of delicious additions, like black beans, olives, guacamole, chili — you name itHISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE NACHThe International Day of the Nacho is October 21 and its origins centers around Ignacio Anaya, who worked at the Old Victory Club in Piedras Negras in 1943. The Old Victory Club was situated near an American military base. One day, a group of American military wives went on a shopping trip. When they were done, hungry, they approached several restaurants but all of the restaurants in town were already closed. With stomachs rumbling, the women approached the last open restaurant, the Old Victory Club.As the nachos legend continues, Ignacio Anaya worked either as a chef or a maitre d’ and because the restaurant rush was over, there wasn’t that much food left to offer the group. Feeling a bit sorry for them, Anaya offered to see what he could find and prepare himself. Eventually, he came out with a new Mexican hors d’oeuvre, a “nacho special.” Here’s some added trivia — Ignacio named the dish after himself because “Nacho” is short for Ignacio. According to “Time” magazine, Ignacio “sliced and fried some tortilla chips, covered them with shredded cheddar and sliced jalapenos and put the concoction in the oven for a couple of minutes.” The result was a new Tex-Mex classic dish that Americans and Mexicans have enjoyed ever since!
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CREDIT: © GEOFF PETERS – PHOTOSVANCOUVER.COM/GETTY IMAGESHappiness is a plate of nachos. Deep-fried, salted tortilla chips. A liberal amount of cheese (we’re talking Elizabeth Warren liberal here and not Hillary Clinton). Spicy jalapenos. Maybe a dollop of guacamole to get fancy. Chicken, beans, chili or pico de gallo – while all good add-ons, add a risk in over complicating the simplistic joy that is nachos, a legend that doesn’t date all that far into the past. Here’s the story of its invention and how nachos’ cheesy goodness took over America.According to Oxford English Dictionary’s Adriana P. Orr, prior to the 1940s, the word “nacho” had two original meanings. One was a simple Tex-Mex slang that combined the phrase “naturally, of course” into a single word – “nacho.” The other, which Orr learned from a staff member of the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress, was a common nickname given to a small boy who had been baptized “Ignacio.” Basically, it’s like calling a boy who’s named William, “Billy.”