Ignacio Anaya
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Ignacio Anaya also known by the shortened form of his first name as Nacho Anaya, was the inventor of nachos
.
Anaya was living in Piedras Negras, Coahuila
, Mexico
, across the border from Eagle Pass
, Texas
, USA, and working at a restaurant called the Victory Club there, in 1943, when he invented nachos and served them at the restaurant as "Nachos Especiales".
The original form of nachos, as made by Nacho Anaya, included fried tortilla chips topped with melted cheese and jalapeños.
Anaya's son, Ignacio Anaya Jr., a retired banker, currently lives in Eagle Pass, Texas
.
In the early 1990s, a holiday called the International Day of the Nacho was initiated to commemorate the invention of nachos and to celebrate nachos. The International Day of the Nacho is observed chiefly by eating nachos.
Nachos
Nachos are a popular food based on nixtamalized corn, of Mexican origin associated with Tex-Mex cuisine that can be either made quickly to serve as a snack or prepared with more ingredients to make a full meal. In their simplest form, nachos are tortilla chips or totopos covered in melted cheese...
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Anaya was living in Piedras Negras, Coahuila
Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, across the border from Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass, Texas
Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County The population was 27,183 as of the 2010 census.Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande. The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras Metropolitan Area is one of six...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, USA, and working at a restaurant called the Victory Club there, in 1943, when he invented nachos and served them at the restaurant as "Nachos Especiales".
The original form of nachos, as made by Nacho Anaya, included fried tortilla chips topped with melted cheese and jalapeños.
Anaya's son, Ignacio Anaya Jr., a retired banker, currently lives in Eagle Pass, Texas
Eagle Pass, Texas
Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County The population was 27,183 as of the 2010 census.Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande. The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras Metropolitan Area is one of six...
.
In the early 1990s, a holiday called the International Day of the Nacho was initiated to commemorate the invention of nachos and to celebrate nachos. The International Day of the Nacho is observed chiefly by eating nachos.