To be fair, the video below is more of a Portable Chip and Dip Delivery System, and we all know that chips and dip are not nachos, but it’s a solid first draft towards portable nachos.
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Today, for those out of the loop, is the International Day of the Nacho. Down in the Piedras Negras/Eagle’s Pass area the International Nacho Festival is going on where the son of the Ignacio Anaya, Ignacio Anaya Jr., judges the annual nacho competition with a fairness worthy of King Solomon. It’s Christmas and Mardi Gras and Carnival all combined for the nacho lover, but sadly not an event I have yet been able to attend. While I would have liked to write about my experience there on this magical day, I will instead tell the tale of eating the largest nachos you can buy in a restaurant; Mount Nacheesmo at Tio’s Mexican Cafe.
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In this world there exist creatures of such might and power that they are only spoken of in whispered legends: the Leviathan of the Bible, Loki’s Fenris Wolf, the tri-head that guards the underworld Cerberus, man’s search for God allegory Moby Dick, the fearsome Tarrasque, Jaws. Along with these beasts there also exist foods of a nature so epic that they can only be eaten to be believed: Big Pie in the Sky Pizzeria’s Carnivore Challenge, the Sahara Hotel and Casino’s Big Badass Burrito, the mess of fries and smoked meat hoagie that is Papa Bob’s Bar-B-Que Ultimate Destroyer Challenge. All these however are just foothills when compared to the prime dish of Tio’s Mexican Cafe, the geological apocalypse known only as Mount Nacheesmo, the five pound mountain of nachos.
Read MoreReview: Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Restaurant
Here are some facts about Niagara Falls: It is technically 3 separate waterfalls; Horseshoe Falls, American Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls. It is a cataract type waterfall. Its total height is 167 feet. Its average water flow is 64,750 cubic feet a second. On October 19 in 1901 a cat named Lagara was sent over the Falls in a barrel in order it test it for the first person to go over the Falls, Annie Taylor, who would do so on October 24th of that year. They both survived. There are giant statues of Nikola Tesla on both the American and Canadian side of the Falls. The Canadian side is also home to one of the world’s twenty or so Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Restaurants.
Read MoreVideo: Man vs. Food vs. Nachos
Imagine you had a giant sentient teddy bear, much like Ted, but twice as cuddly and a hundred times more family friendly. Now imagine that bear went around the country and ate all the crazy stunt dishes served at various restaurants. And now imagine that the bear was a human named Adam Richmond and you have the show Man vs. Food.
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