On 7/4/2010 4:16 AM, Serene Vannoy wrote:
> On 07/04/2010 12:22 AM, Omelet wrote:
>> In >, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In all my years on this earth, I've never made nachos. Never thought it
>>> looked like a good dish until we were served a plate at an event and
>>> I was
>>> famished. Today I'm finally going to make some. Got the ground beef,
>>> taco
>>> seasoning, refried beans, and all the fixings except avacodo, which
>>> neither
>>> of us like. I know it's more like an appetizer, but with a couple of
>>> ears
>>> of corn, it'll make a meal for us. Now I'm looking forward to
>>> supper......Sharon
>>
>> Nachos can be as simple or as complex as you wish to make them. :-)
>> The simplest is just refried beans on the bottom covered with corn
>> chips, then melted cheese.
>
> Nope, the simplest is corn chips and cheese. Yum.
>
> But I almost don't want them if there's not something tangy to go with
> that (salsa and/or guacamole and/or sour cream, or just dice tomato and
> onion).

Some of the best I've had were just cheese, chips, and jalapeno slices.
Served in one of the student lounges at UCONN by this Mexican kid,
using the commercial melted-cheese machine that you see in movie
theaters and the like. I dunno what he did to them but he did
_something_--what I never thought to ask and he's long since graduated
and is probably a grandpa by now.


>
> Serene