If someone is asked what or which is his or her favorite snack if he or she ignores the fact that it is not that great for health then one snack is probably worldwide famous and loved by all! The French fries! This is so famous that this is one snack which you can find anywhere and everywhere in the world!
The whole franchise of Mc Donald’s run because of its French fries! You are asked about having to add them with any and every item you take on the menu!
There was a joke on this that, they would ask “Do you want fries with that” for everything so much so that if you take fries as your main item, they still ask’ “Do you want fries with that!!”
Then you can places where the fries are more thin as wafers and even that as a snack is famous! The chips are like the regular sides all over the world!
If someone says that he or she does not like Chips or French fries (you can also add Samosa in that list along with Puri!) then rest assured that he or she is either a Robot or an Alien! Or an alien robot!
So when my kids the other day went all the way to a hip place to get their favorite snack which I assumed was the French fries with the Mexican twist of peri peri; I was surprised that the most preferred snack is no longer the French fries! Of course they still love the French fries but this was a jolt!
Now this snack which is apparently ‘better’ health wise than the potato and is now a rage! Even in theatres (movies of course! Not operation!) all over the fact that this has a better storage and is more robust!
Lets get to that in a bit!
Ignacio Anaya García; was a Mexican maître d’ (Maître d’ is short for maître d’hôtel, which comes from French and literally means “master of the house.” Maître d’hôtel was used in English for a head butler or steward of a household before it referred to the head of a dining-room staff! Now lets not digress! Lets just assume that Ignacio was a Chef!)
The restaurant he worked at a restaurant in Mexico, close to Fort Duncan used to have military personnel as constant visitors and the there was a definite zeal to innovate! One fine day Anaya served a new snack for the very first time to American military wives! To inspire American military wives is a catalyst for invention indeed!
So he basically fried tortilla chips and put shredded cheddar cheese and sliced jalapenos on top!
He warmed them up for a few minutes and voila! A new snack was born which was an instant hit! So much so that was promoted to chief chef, and he eventually started his own restaurant in the 1960s!
The Spanish version of Ignatius is Nacho which was Anaya’s nick name!
And yes! You guessed it! This new snack was the Nachos! The best thing about Nachos according to me though is the dip! A good dip can elevate the Nacho experience to the next level! Of course the potato chip does not need a dip to elevate its taste! Some snacks are so flavorful without much help! Full of flavor and essence also was Shri Thoguluva Meenatchi Iyengar Soundararajan who in a career spanning over six and half decades, rode like a colossus and dominated Tamil music for decades. Besides primarily Tamil, he also sang in other languages including Sourashtra, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam! A true singer who respected the Carnatic music which gave him fame and prosperity!
Now stop eating those Nachos and sleep!
Good Night!
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