My history of nachos and the Nachoness index

No, this is not the history of where nachos come from or to detail the origins of corn chips. I am only an expert in my personal view of nachos.

One day my friend Drew made an incredible comment while we were eating some tasty chips-

"What would this world be like if the world's leaders would sit down and partake of some nachos? This food alone has the potential to end most world problems!"

OK, he didn't say exactly that (my memory is a little fuzzy 20+ years later) but the sentiment is there: how much better would the world be if world leaders could sit down and enjoy a tasty dish with incredible potential?

My fascination with nachos began when I was about 10-years-old. After moving to the Medford, Oregon area my family found a new favorite restaurant, Linda's Mexican Restaurant, which the internets say has closed down. They had an incredible plate of nachos on the "appetizer" part of their menu. I say "incredible" because it was truly an amazing work of art: for $10 you received a platter of nachos weighing nearly 3 pounds piled high with chips, 3 kinds of cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, olives, guacamole, sour cream, shredded meat of your choice (beef, chicken, or pork)... the list does on and on.

I have been trying to replicate that experience ever since.

This blog is dedicated to the pursuit of finding that perfect plate of nachos to facilitate world peace, plain and simple.

What good would a geek-centric nachos website be without a nachos scoring system?

Here is my first pass at a scoring system, the "Nachoness Index"-

• Visual Presentation: 10 points
• Quality of ingredients: 15 points
• Overall nachoness: 50 points
• Chance of causing world peace: 25 points

Total: 100 points

Will it be possible for a plate of nachos to score 100 points? Maybe... I will need to be completely blown away.

Stay cheesey! }B^)