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In response to
"TIL, the Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico 100 years ago -- (link)"
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znufrii
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Tangent, but I've always liked the invention story of nachos
Posted by
con_carne
Jul 4 '24, 06:06
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Nachos originated in the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in Mexico, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas in the United States.[11][12] Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya created nachos in 1943 at the restaurant the Victory Club when Mamie Finan and a group of U.S. military officers' wives, whose husbands were stationed at the nearby U.S. Army base Fort Duncan, traveled across the border to eat at the Victory Club.[12] When Anaya was unable to find the cook, he went to the kitchen and spotted freshly fried pieces of corn tortillas.[9][12] In a moment of culinary inspiration, Anaya cut fried tortillas into triangles, added shredded cheese, sliced pickled jalapeño peppers,[Note 1] quickly heated them, and served them.[9][13] After tasting the snack, Finan asked what it was called. Anaya responded, "Well, I guess we can just call them Nacho's Special."[9] In Spanish, "Nacho" is a common nickname for Ignacio.[9]
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