It's been a little while...I've been busy. So, I KNOW this post should have been the first on the list, but, I'm not too organized and I never read the Nacho blog for Dummies handbook, so I've been pretty all over the place with this thing. But, the other night I was at my good family friend's house and I ran into someone I hadn't seen in years, my friend, Polly. I used to be on the swim team at the local YMCA and I have to admit one of the highlights of the 8-hour long Saturday afternoon swim meets was the concession stand. Polly volunteered at the concession and knew exactly what snacks we would be craving after hanging around the South County Y all day-hot dogs, bagels, popcorn, candy, sodas (the real nutritional stuff that makes you swim fast) and my good ol' friend Mr. Nachos himself. Now, I know what you're thinking round tortilla chips with fake cheese from a machine that's served at most concession stands. Nope, Polly's nachos were different. They had a real kick to them, I believe it was jalapeños. She always told me she bought the cheese at Sam's Club and that it comes in a big can. I've never been able to find this magical canned cheese myself, so I always relied on Polly to have it at every home swim meet. This was one of my first encounters with nachos and it was love at first bite. Polly knew how I liked my nachos (cheesy), she always added an extra ladle full to mine and any time I walked up to the concession stand she knew exactly what I'd be ordering. The cheese smothered the chips, but in a good way..my favorite are the ones at the bottom of the bowl that you can barely recognize as chips because the cheese has melted them down. Even though Polly's nachos only came with cheese, they were delicious and tasted so great before/after a race. Thank you Polly for introducing us. Because they're a classic I give them an 8.2/10. Picture -closest I could find to what they used to look like, but still doesn't do them justice.
