Nachos: Yes No?

I like the chips but I don't like the rest of the stuff on them.

i would fuck with these http://www.infiniteunknown.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/nachos.jpg there's other good pics online. i'd eat em all. there should be a nachos delivery fast food service. does dominos deliver nachos?

you can get nachos delivered in athens. or, um, so i've read.

Why is there even a No? There shouldn't be a No.

i agree but in interest of freaks also being able to vote i included it

what are the best nachos in NYC?

I am at that place in a man's life when he has to be eating good nachos to enjoy them, but when I was an eighteen year old hard drinking what-drugs-you-got dude, I could & did walk up Broadway to the 7-11 through truly appalling rain just to get, and eat, and genuinely relish some o' those all-the-fixins 7-11 chili-cheese nachos.

oh yeah, i can't eat 7-11 food anymore :(

jesus i could kill for some nachos right now

Nachos: YESSSSS

pixel farmer your display name oh my god laffin really hard.

I came home from work the other day (late) and my husband had made me nachos. Even though they had sat in the over for over two hours and the beans had made the chips all flaccid they were still <3 <3 <3 delicious.

Nachos are really the only proper place for those canned jalapeno slices.

I would get way more excited when my mom would get lazy & make nachos for Sunday dinner than all the weeks she mad pot roasts or more elaborate braggin' type meals.

I still daydream about the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink nachos at Little Tijuana in Long Beach, and that was 40 years ago, jesus.

nachos rule

who the fuck is gonna say no to nachos?

i mean seriously.

I've been curtailing my shopping lately to take away snack foodz so I don't just sit at home, munching, and it's driving me CRAZY. I would do anything to have nachos tonight except for get on the subway and go out to buy all the stuff that goes into them.

Gonna have to settle for extra sharp cheese and crackers.

prolly the most unfulfilling food on the planet. you eat a mound and can't even remotely think you've had enough.

a lot of times i'll just throw some chips on a plate, drop some cheese on top and stick it in the microwave for pseudo-insta-nachos

i love nachos so much

sneaky dee's in toronto have some of the best, grossest nachos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifindoubt/2643888665/

kel, ur doin it wrong.

I don't like commercial salsa so I chop up a bunch of fresh veg plus keep basic shredded chicken in the freezer for emergency nachos.

Open a can of black beans, add cumin & chicken and heat while shredded cheese is melting on the chips. When chips come out, start layering. Top with sour cream.

Cheese nachos? y. Beef nachos? y. Chicken nachos? y. A mix of all three? y. Nachos w/ pork? y. Nachos w/ any of the above plus jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, sour cream...y.

Really the only way nachos get an "n" is if they're topped with diarrhea.

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carbs, cheese, sour cream... p. much foods scientifically proven (do i sound like a twat yet?) to make you crave even more of them. i guess meat/steak works, but sparingly and i find that it mostly goes unnoticed.

not dissing on nachos (yo!), but i think i would rather go for a bowl of cashews or such

^man who doesn't know how to live

That sounds suspiciously like you're saying that foods that taste too good should be avoided in case they make you want more of them.

My nachos also have tomatoes, scallions, bell pepper, avocado, radishes, some citrus juice and vinegar thrown in -- it's got p much every taste except sweet.

fuck bell pepper on nachos imo.

Really? I might not ALWAYS include it, but everyone puts salsa on nachos, and peppers are KEY to salsa.

some of u r just trapped inside a cage of non-nacho-exploration and it makes me saddddd

Green chiles are the key to aweseon

eating nachos with a fork: c/d

I'm not good at chilies, I usu add my heat as cayenne or w/e in the beans.

imo the technique is to get even more chips and scoop up the soggy nachos

nachos def yes

here's a question -- obv excluding self-made nachos, but when you order nachos in a restaurant, do you prefer they come out in individually made nachos (ie, 8 or 10) with the toppings put on each one for you, or just a pile of chips/meats/toppings that you dig out of.

(I go the latter).

Pile. Chances are you'll be obscenely overcharged for the first option.

Who even DOES that? Totally over-thinking a good thing imo.

when I worked at Ch3vy's Fresh Mex, that's how we served them (the former option). ten individually made nachos.

we then realized nobody liked that and changed to the more contemporary 'pile' nacho style.

I have never witnessed these gourmet individually made nachos

chevy's fresh mex does not belong in this discussion, this is a food thread

*shuts the door*

kelpoloaris we need to talk

it's about what you said about the nachos

Arghhhh the little individual nachosa take so long to make compared to the usual slop pile method. The lil individual nachos are v tidy to eat tho! My mom would make them with little ice cream scoops of pulled pork & cheese on top sometimes...v deluxe. But also crazy!

lol iatee, i ain't gonna argue with you, I hated that job

i mean the original recipe calls for individually made nachos afaik, but the big pile is full of joy and surprises and is kind of obviously better

i like the pile too cuz then it's every man for himself. none of this "everybody gets three" if you're sharing, you just dig what you can get in your hand and pile onto your plate, and if someone else is too slow, THEN THEY SUFFER AS A RESULT

i'm still kind of amazed that the question of this thread is nachos: yes or no?

getting laid c/d is officially next i guess.

"breathing: c/d"

hell, there have been ilxors who said that getting laid is dud. crazy crazy goddamn world...

the only cure for nachos is more nachos, and therein lies the problem

however movie theater nachos with the wiz-style cheese are just pure dud

hey guys i had nachos tonight and they were awesome

i mean they werent even awesome nachos, they were just like adequate bar nachos and thus they were still awesome

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Thiiiinking of makin' some nachos with whatever's in the house. Today, that would be black beans, cheddar cheese (not canonical, I know), raw veg salsa that I will dice and slice, and sour yogurt instead of sour cream. Should I go for it?

god this thread has inspired me to go out and get some nachos right now. thanks thread.

i use yogurt all the time! do it, laurel!

if you like yogurt nachos you should try mark bittman greek "nachos"

need pics that sounds weird

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/dining/24mini.html

fucking A do I ever want some nachos.

srsly. even have chili leftovers but i am not going to go buy more groceries just so i can have nachos.

oh man i think bf would die if i made those greek nachos. going on the list! thanks, harbl.

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still confused about the lettuce ppl

also, the ppl who complain about soggy chips?

well, just get of town. you're no friend of mine.

i mean i spend all of this time shampooing with with guacamole and salsa and monterey jack meltout and black bean juice and you still have the nerve to kick me out of bed

10 CRAZY PEOPLE

I don't eat them that often cause they're pretty much always horrendous for you but nachos are awesome.

making greek nachos on Wednesday, bizarrely the grocery store I frequent has no fresh mint. Thinking of substituting fresh parsley.

I think I like the ballpark style cheese sauce more than, like actual cheese on my nachos.

I ordered in some blackened chicken nachos tonight and also got a burrito as my “safety” in case the nachos arrived in bad shape, but they packaged the cheese sauce, pico de gallo and sour cream separately so the chips were perfectly crisp despite the trip. I hadn’t had nachos in god knows how long so I completely housed them and barely left any room for the burrito.

Nachos are so good.

my go-to nacho place has been closed for the duration and it really hurts

Yes

Nachos are the greatness, those who deny them are knaves.

Challop: guaca fries are a kind of nacho and are actually the best kind.

never understood buying nachos at restaurants tbh, incredibly easy to make at home. even pretty easy to make yr own chips!

because I’m out and I want nachos

you could make that comment about any type of food you’re reasonably good at making for yourself

“I don’t understand paying other people to cook for you”

yeah but nachos are incredibly easy to make so don’t eat them when you’re out, even if you feel like eating them

what a terrible way to live

Isn’t Simon h a Canadian ? I wouldn’t eat nachos at a restaurant there either

I want to know more about “guaca fries”

Canadian nachos with maple syrup on top

Nachos seem expensive until you understand they feed 2 people or more.

poutine is Canadian nachos

^^^ this is an insight

guaca fries just sounds like totchos

Nachos might be my low key favorite food thing. Ultimate comfort cuisine.

I've had mediocre nachos in america more than once, in southern California of all places one time, while I've also had good ones in Canada on occasion. Such a ubiquitous and simple food is done well or poorly all over.

pace simon h nachos aren't really that easy to do homemade - if you're going to make the refried beans, guacamole, and pico de gallo from scratch - which is bother I'm unlikely to go to for such a basic dish

Home nachos can be good, but you can't beat going to a Tex-Mex place that gives you free chips and salsa, then ordering nachos and a margarita for $9 during happy hour.

I feel like proper queso would be a non-trivial task as well. Again, speaking for myself - if Simon can whip up nachos fit to his liking at home in a reasonable amount of time, I choose to believe him.

Good homemade queso is not that hard. You need a slow cooker, Velveeta, ground beef and Rotel canned tomatoes w/green chilis.

you had me up until you mentioned breaking out the slow cooker.

Simon sounds like a good cook. My favorite-ever nachos were from El Indio in San Diego

imo you need: good chips (go buy them fresh from a restaurant if you wanna impress), good cheddar, fresh onion (diced or rings), good pickled jalapenos, an oven

I think my bias comes from making nachos a few thousand times at a bar kitchen a few years back

http://www.taquerialoscoyotes.com/images/large/_8672264684.jpg
Picture doesn't really do them justice but you can get beans, sour cream and/or carne asada on top (plus salsa from the salsa bar). Eaten with a fork.

Also, if you're not using ground beef (or your beef is already cooked) you don't need the slow cooker for rotel dip, just microwave it in a bowl for a couple minutes, stir, microwave a minute, stir, microwave a minute, stir. We threw a big cheese party last year where dozens of cheeses (mostly fancy) vied for various awards and even though a few contestants protested that it shouldn't be admitted b/c "vElVeeTa iS'nT cHeEse!" my basic 1 lb of velveeta plus one can of chipotle rotel won the award for most erotic cheese.