"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> Maybe most places where she is. Here, you only get nachos with cheese
>> sauce
>> at snack bar or concession stand.
>
> And they are still nachos and that cheese *does* make the chips soggy
> in short order.

Maybe but she said that putting cheese on there would make them soggy. I
did say shredded cheese. Not the Velveeta that she uses.
>
> Are there 7-11 stores on the west coast? Ever try their nachos? Back
> in the beginning (about 30 years ago) they only put melted cheese on
> them. This cheese does have some pepper heat to it. Those were good
> and I'll still buy them plain like that sometimes.

Yes and no. I rarely ever go into one and never for food. I once saw some
kids getting their own nachos. They took the whole bag of cheese sauce and
made quite a huge mess, giggling all the while.
>
> Later on though, they offered other toppings along with the cheese...
> chili, onions, tomatoes, jalapeno slices. All this is good too. These
> are "make it yourself" supreme nachos.
>
> Any combination will turn the chips soggy fairly quickly and at the
> end, you are eating them with a spoon.

Perhaps if you are using cheese sauce. But that is not what I was talking
about at all and I don't think too many people would make those at home.
>
> Then I learned to put the cheese off to the side and keep the chips
> dry. Doing this ensures a nice crunchy tortilla chip right up to the
> last one.
>
> As I said, everyone has their own versions. I don't care if what I eat
> is not authentic Mexican food. I don't live in Mexico and I don't care
> what they eat there either.

They don't eat nachos there either. They're an American thing.