Thou shalt have good nachos. Can I get an amen?
As past devotees of spicy nachos (at least, as spicy as we can make them), we found this article from STLtoday.com to be absolutely hilarious. Please pay attention to Nacho Commandment #4:
The nachos manifesto
By Bob Rybarczyk
SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH
10/21/2008I think we can all agree that the single greatest American invention of all time is nachos. Tasty, crunchy and delicious, nachos are nature’s perfect food. Few things in life soothe the soul quite like a heaping plate of loaded, filthy, disgusting nachos. Do you know why the Early Middle Ages are often called the Dark Ages? Because they didn’t have nachos. That’s true.
Unfortunately, I’m not here today to simply sing the praises of this most elegant and luxurious of nourishments. I wish that were the case. Instead, I’m here to sound the alarm and raise awareness of a situation that I’m afraid has started to border on the catastrophic.
You see, nachos, the most peaceful and mild-mannered of quasi-Mexican foods, are being threatened. Nachos are under siege. Why? It’s simple. Too many restaurants are making nachos wrong. Not a little bit wrong. A lot wrong.
Don’t believe me? Fine. Go ahead and order nachos at your local bar and grill or McSchwinkenny’s or whatever. Heck, even try ordering them at your favorite Mexican restaurant. You know what you’ll get? A big, heaping plate of suck. You’ll wonder what you did to deserve such culinary cruelty. You’ll wonder how your ten-dollar plate of ‘chos isn’t even as good as the $2.79 gruel you can get at a drive-thru at 2:30 in the morning.




















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Commented at October 21, 2008- 8:22 pm
Uh oh….
I actually like shredded, melted cheddar on my nachos. I associate the liquid stuff with the mess that’s served at baseball games.
But with everything else the man is spot on!
-DD-
Commented at October 22, 2008- 11:15 pm
I’ll give ya an AMEN!
But I’m with DD on the actual cheese and not a slime over the top of my chos, as a matter of fact make mine a blend of smoked cheddar and pepper jack.
Then let’s take it one step further and do them on the grill. Yes, I said the grill. Get some non-stick foil. Heat that thing up to nuclear then turn it off. Throw a few (very few) wood chips around the perimiter add your chos (on a nonstick foil lined baking sheet) to the top rack. Take care that your top shelf can accomodate the baking sheet in advance. Let it get all melty and enjoy. In some cases you may have to r-light the grill and put on low, or make a slight modification to keep your chos off the intense heat of the lower rack.
These will be the best nachos you’ve ever had, and the best part is any of the crisp melted cheese comes right off the foil so you don’t end up eating a hunk of aluminum foil to enjoy that last crisp morsel.
Crispy melted cheese Bob, not cheese soup!
Put that in your nacho making commandments pipe and smoke it.