marco!

:::::::::::::::::::NACHO HISTORY::::::::::::::::::::::: Back in 1943, Ignacio "Nacho" assembled the first nacho dish. He had no idea that 60 years later, this appetizer would have made his nickname a household word."My father was maitre d' and he said 'Let me go quick and fix something for you.' He went into the kitchen, picked up tostados,grated some cheese on them - Wisconsin cheese, the round one - and put them under the Salamander (a broiling unit that quickly browns the top of foods). He pulled them out after a couple minutes, all melted, and put on a slice of jalapeno." The name of the snack, came from Finan, who called the plate of cheese- and chile-topped chips Nacho's Especiales. The name was later shortened to simply "nachos." Ignacio's granddaughter, Cristina de Los Santos of San Antonio, says her grandfather died when she was in elementary school. But she remembers the legend of Nacho, and his nachos, as family lore. In 1992, a new concept for nachos was introduced to the marketplace by Frank Liberto, CEO of Ricos Products Company. It was Portion Pack Cheese for Nachos. An aseptically sealed, portion controlled cheese cup, designed to offer benefits never before associated with concession nachos. Since then, an aseptically packaged pouch cheese served through an automatic dispenser pump, "the Sierra Cheese Dispenser", has gained in popularity in many theatre and stadium concession stands throughout the world.