{"id":9790,"date":"2019-08-16T10:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=9790"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:33:54","slug":"nacho-anaya-made-the-first-nachos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/nacho-anaya-made-the-first-nachos\/","title":{"rendered":"nachos: nacho anaya invented the delicious dish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>in  on <strong>cnet<\/strong>, <strong>steven musil<\/strong> says this about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/happy-birthday-inge-lehmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">google doodles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>f<span style=\"color: #000000;\">or almost <em>as long as<\/em> google has been around, it&#8217;s <em>livened up<\/em> its <em>barebones<\/em> search page with artwork that <em>draws<\/em> attention to <em>notable<\/em> people, events, holidays and anniversaries. but google also likes to put food <em>in the<\/em> <\/span>doodle <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>spotlight<\/em>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9801\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9801\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nachos-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nachos-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nachos.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ignacio &#8220;nacho&#8221; anaya: the inventor of nachos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/as-long-as-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as long as<\/a><\/strong><\/em> means <em>for the whole time<\/em>. <strong><em>liven up<\/em><\/strong> means <em>make more interesting<\/em>, <em>give more energy<\/em>. <strong><em>barebones<\/em><\/strong> means <em>basic<\/em>, <em>minimal<\/em>. <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/draw-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">draw<\/a><\/strong><\/em> in this context means <em>attract<\/em>. <strong><em>notable<\/em><\/strong> is <em>important<\/em>. <em><strong>in the spotlight<\/strong><\/em> means <em>getting attention<\/em>. u can hear it twice in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/belong-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">r.e.m.<\/a><\/strong> classic <strong><em>losing my religion<\/em><\/strong>. listen at 1:03 and again at 3:20 for&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">that&#8217;s me in the corner, that&#8217;s me <em>in the spotlight<\/em> losing my religion<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official HD Music Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwtdhWltSIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fun english practice &#x1f336;&#xfe0f;richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>yesterday&#8217;s google doodle put nachos and their creator\u00a0<em>in the spotlight<\/em>. the headline of the article reads<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"speakableText\" style=\"font-size: 32px; line-height: 38px; font-weight: 800; margin: 20px20px5px; color: #000000;\">Google Doodle <em>serves up tasty<\/em> tribute to Ignacio Anaya Garcia, inventor of nachos<\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>serve up<\/em><\/strong> is a phrasal verb that is the same as <em>serve<\/em>, but also means <em>provide<\/em>. in the headline it means both. <em><strong>tasty<\/strong><\/em> is <em>delicious.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9805\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/what-could-be-better-than-serving-up-smiles-ake-a-18019246-300x230.png\" alt=\"sponge bob meme: what could be better than serving up smiles?\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/what-could-be-better-than-serving-up-smiles-ake-a-18019246-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/what-could-be-better-than-serving-up-smiles-ake-a-18019246.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>sponge bob <\/em><u><em>serves up<\/em><\/u><em> smiles (and burgers) at the krusty krab.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>musil tells the story of how nachos began&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>a group of <em>wives<\/em> of u.s. military <em>personnel<\/em> stationed at an army base in texas <em>popped into<\/em> the club victoria, a restaurant in the mexican border town of piedras negras. the\u00a0<em>women<\/em> wanted a <em>snack<\/em>, but garcia, who was the restaurant&#8217;s <em>maitre d<\/em>&#8216;, couldn&#8217;t find a <em>chef<\/em>, so he took chips, cheese and <em>chopped<\/em> chilis in hand and revolutionized bar cuisine forever.<\/h4>\n<p>the f sound at the end of <em>wife<\/em> becomes -ves (wives) when it is pluralized. knives (knife), lives (life) and wolves (wolf) are other examples of this tendency. <em><strong>personnel<\/strong><\/em> are the <em>people who work for a company or organization<\/em>, the military in this case. note that it is NOT pronounced the same as the adjective <em><strong>personal<\/strong><\/em>, which means <em>private<\/em>. in spanish, <em>personal<\/em> means <em>employees<\/em> AND <em>private<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9806\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hqdefault-7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"nachos\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hqdefault-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hqdefault-7.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>nachos nowadays<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>pop into<\/em><\/strong> means <em>go to a place for a short time<\/em>. <strong><em>women<\/em><\/strong> is the plural of <em>woman<\/em>; listen to the correct pronunciation <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/women-pronunciation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. a <strong><em>snack<\/em><\/strong> is <em>a small quantity of food eaten between meals<\/em>. <strong><em>maitre d<\/em><\/strong> is the <i>head waiter in a restaurant<\/i>. in the word <strong><em>chef<\/em><\/strong>, the <em>ch<\/em> is pronounced like <em>sh<\/em>, similar to the words\u00a0<em>machine<\/em>, <em>champagne<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/chicago-cubs-win-the-world-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chicago<\/a>. <strong><em>chopped<\/em><\/strong> means <em>cut into pieces<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h5><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9812\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aca79609c513de700fc25f6ab4a96024.jpg\" alt=\"chopped chili\" width=\"228\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aca79609c513de700fc25f6ab4a96024.jpg 228w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aca79609c513de700fc25f6ab4a96024-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5><u><em>chopped<\/em><\/u><em> chiles<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>in my experience, people in both the u.s. and mexico love nachos, but mexicans consider them to be gringo food, and <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/likewise-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">likewise<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (similarly) americans think they are mexican food. so it <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/make-sense-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">makes sense<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (is logical) that their origin story <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/take-place-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took place<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (happened) at the border between the two countries. after anaya served them the first time&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>nacho&#8217;s especiales &#8212; <em>named after<\/em> the <em>nickname<\/em> for ignacio &#8212; were added to the restaurant&#8217;s menu and soon <em>grew<\/em> in popularity at other <em>nearby<\/em> restaurants<\/h4>\n<p>nachos <em>grew<\/em> in popularity, they did NOT\u00a0<em>grow up<\/em> in popularity. <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/grow-up-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grow up<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is used to describe <em>the process of going from a child to an adult<\/em> or <em>maturing<\/em>. <strong><em>grew<\/em><\/strong> is the irregular past tense of <em>grow<\/em>. <strong><em>nearby<\/em><\/strong> means <em>physically<\/em> <em>near<\/em>.\u00a0<strong><em>named after<\/em><\/strong> means the snack <i>took his name<\/i>. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/nickname-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nickname<\/a><\/em><\/strong> means nacho is <em>short for<\/em> Ignacio.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9808\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ignacio-Anaya-Garc\u00eda-pro-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"ignacio \" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ignacio-Anaya-Garc\u00eda-pro-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ignacio-Anaya-Garc\u00eda-pro.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>ignacio &#8220;nacho&#8221; anaya garc\u00eda<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>in 1978, there was an important moment in nacho history during the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/broadcast-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broadcast<\/a> of a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/sergio-dipps-english-debut-on-monday-night-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monday night football<\/a><\/strong> game<\/p>\n<h4>during a dallas cowboys game, <em>sportscaster<\/em> howard cosell mentioned that <em>he had<\/em> <em>snacked<\/em> on some &#8220;nachos,&#8221; increasing the dish&#8217;s popularity, especially at sporting <em>venues<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>sportscasters<\/em><\/strong> are <em>professionals who talk about sports in the media<\/em>. <strong><em>had snacked<\/em><\/strong> is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-past-perfect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">past perfect<\/a><\/strong>. it refers to two different moments in the past: when cosell mentioned the nachos and when he <em>snacked<\/em> on them. <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/venue-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">venues<\/a><\/strong><\/em> are <em>locations for events<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9809\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/howard-cosell-muhammad-ali-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"howard cosell and muhammad ali\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/howard-cosell-muhammad-ali-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/howard-cosell-muhammad-ali-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/howard-cosell-muhammad-ali-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/howard-cosell-muhammad-ali.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><u><em>sportscaster<\/em><\/u><em> howard cosell with muhammad ali<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>while nacho&#8217;s were written as a possessive in the beginning&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h4>the apostrophe in nacho&#8217;s was lost as its popularity <em>spread<\/em> around the world.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/spread-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spread<\/a><\/strong><\/em> means <em>extend<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9811\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gut-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"visual representation of \" width=\"372\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gut-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gut.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><u><em>on a gut level<\/em><\/u><em>, a <\/em><u><em>gut<\/em><\/u><em> feeling &amp; listen to your <\/em><u><em>gut<\/em><\/u><em> are all expressions where the <\/em><u><em>gut<\/em><\/u><em>\u00a0(stomach) represents instinctual feeling. (allthingsrisk.libsyn.com)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>and the artist of the <strong><em>drawing<\/em><\/strong> (doodle, illustration), <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>alfonso de anda<\/strong>,<\/span> of mexico city talks about his motivation at the end of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>this topic was <em>meaningful<\/em> to me at a <em>gut level<\/em>, <em>quite<\/em> <em>literally<\/em>. i hope people get an instant <em>craving<\/em> for a <em>snack<\/em> after they see the doodle.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>meaningful<\/strong><\/em> means it was <em>significant<\/em> to him. <strong><em>gut level<\/em><\/strong> means <em>instinctually<\/em> <em>not intellectually<\/em>. because <strong><em>gut<\/em><\/strong> means <em>stomach<\/em> there is a double meaning here&#8211;nachos go into your <em>gut.<\/em> <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/literally-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">literally<\/a><\/em><\/strong> means <em>precisely<\/em>. <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/quite-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quite<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is for emphasis. <strong><em>craving<\/em><\/strong> is <em>a strong desire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9800\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D4Seu25WwAAoDAT-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"lou williams eating nachos\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D4Seu25WwAAoDAT-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D4Seu25WwAAoDAT-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D4Seu25WwAAoDAT.jpeg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>lou williams of the los angeles clippers enjoying nachos after a historic victory over the golden state warriors in the nba playoffs last season<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>did u already know that nachos were named after a <em>maitre d<\/em> named nacho? 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