"koko" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 13:31:14 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gary" > wrote in message
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>>> 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.
>
> Might want to re-think that statement.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachos
That's the same link that I put up. I do know that they were invented there
but I don't think it is a common dish there like it is here.