Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)

Wed Jul 11 21:01:39 UTC 2007

At 4:37 PM -0400 7/11/07, Wilson Gray wrote:
>"Anaya" is a common Hispanic name of Basque origin, in which language
>it means "brother." (The more mature among us may recall the
>Hispanic-American rassling hero, "Cyclone" Anaya, from ca.1950. To the
>best of my recollection, Anaya didn't use any first name other than
>"Cyclone.")
>
>Unfortunately, I can't say with certainty whether the name, "Amaya,"
>is or is not an actual Spanish name. IMO, it's not.
>
>FWI, /ci/ > [ch] isn't restricted to Mexican Spanish. Cf., e.g., the
>nickname, "Chano," of the late, great Cuban conguero, Luciano Pozo.
>
>-Wilson

Ah, but isn't Luciano itself an Italian name, where it would in fact
be regularly rendered [luCano], as in tenor Pavoratti or composer
Berio?

LH

>
>On 7/11/07, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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>>The May 1954 & December 1954 articles below are worth reading in  full, amon=
>>g=20
>>others.
>>...
>>Is it Ignacio Amaya or Ignacio Anaya?
>>...
>>...
>>...
>>19 January 1954, San Antonio Express, pg. 2B, col. 1:  =20
>>Our weekly prize of $10 went to her for her "Nachos Specials."
>>...
>>...
>>3 December 1954, San Antonio Express, pg. 6C, cols. 4-5:
>>_AN EXPERT'S RECIPE_
>>_FOR TASTY NACHOS_
>>By SUSAN HART
>>Food Editor
>>...
>>Mexican Nachos, which were originated in Piedras Negras by Chef Ignacio,  ar=
>>e=20
>>fast becoming accepted popular appetizers.
>>...
>>...
>>San Antonio Express and  News =20
>>Ignacio Nacho Amaya Their request  went something like we're tired of the=20
>>usual type snacks with our drinks Do you  think you could whip uj up somethi=
>>ng=20
>>new? Something THIS IS HOW discovered in  Piedras Victory Club 14
>>years ago=20
>>Ignacio Amaya who invented the  tasty snack is shown in the club's kitchen t=
>>he=20
>>scene that place when he first  whipped up the hour snack Photo ALWAYS READY=
>>  to=20
>>to try his hand at anything  Amaya smiled and told he ladies he would see wh=
>>at=20
>>could be done h
>>_Sunday,  May 23, 1954_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3Dignacio+piedras+AND+da=
>>te:1954-05-23)  _San  Antonio_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3Dignacio+piedras+AND+ci=
>>tyid:25699+AND+stateid:94) ,=20
>>_Texas_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3Dignacio+piedras+AND+st=
>>ateid:94) =20
>>[1940, by Ignacio Amaya--B.P.]
>>...
>>...
>>San Antonio Light,  The =20
>>Ignacio Amaya operator and manager  ot the Victory club in Piedras a=20
>>wonderful quiet little town just across the Rio  from Eagle Around Amaya nic=
>>knamed=20
>>Nacho was working at the Cafe now managed by  Cruz Bernal When a group of pe=
>>ople=20
>>one day asked for hors Amaya took some fried  and topped each
>>melted cheese=20
>>and a sliver of Tlie guests were delighted and  asked Amaya what they were=20
>>called Since lie had just invented them he Just call  them special Through t=
>>he=20
>>years special has been dropped an
>>_Sunday,  August 06, 1961_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+amaya"+AND+da=
>>te:1961-08-06)  _San  Antonio_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+amaya"+AND+ci=
>>tyid:25699+AND+stateid:94)=20
>>, _Texas_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+amaya"+AND+st=
>>ateid:94) =20
>>...
>>...
>>Express and  News =20
>>Ignacio Anaya whipped up his  first and he has vet to realize a single penny=
>>=20
>>from his invention of the popular  tizer known from Texas to di Arabia The=20
>>only man who's making money on Machos as  they are popularly know n is the m=
>>an=20
>>who's selling cheese and Anaya smiles and  says At 74 the Anaya could pass f=
>>or a=20
>>man little more than half his sge despite  the fact he has been waiting=20
>>tables since 1918 Born in 1895 In Chihuahua Mexico  Anaya was raised by a fo=
>>ster=20
>>after his parents died when I wa
>>_Sunday,  June 15, 1969_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+da=
>>te:1969-06-15)  _San  Antonio_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+ci=
>>tyid:25699+AND+stateid:94) ,=20
>>_Texas_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+st=
>>ateid:94) =20
>>...
>>...
>>San Antonio  Express =20
>>Ignacio Anaya restaurant owner  said It's ing me Anaya who originated more=20
>>than 25 years ago the popular  appetizer which DUE TO LACK OF FOOD BULK IN Y=
>>OUR=20
>>DIET THY Crossings Speedy But  Tourists Few bears his name owns a small=20
>>restaurant somewhat off tl beaten  tourist path but higi on of those who are=
>>  fre=20
>>quent viators to the border Anaya  says one day last wee he went
>>the entire=20=
>>day=20
>>without single food customer an  took in only 34 peso Admitting that hte Ast=
>>ros=20
>>Take Rest LAS PALMAS Canary  I
>>_Monday,  October 06, 1969_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+da=
>>te:1969-10-06)  _San  Antonio_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+ci=
>>tyid:25699+AND+stateid:94)=20
>>, _Texas_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+st=
>>ateid:94) =20
>>...
>>...
>>San Antonio Light,  The =20
>>Ignacio Anaya originator of the  famous a Mexican food appetizer died in=20
>>Piedras last Sunday COPS is meeting at  p.m Wednesday at San Jose Center 671=
>>0 San=20
>>Jose Drive to discuss needs of that  area according to Louis Mendiola the to=
>>wn=20
>>crier for St James parish Cruz  Arizmendi president of LULAC Council 2=20
>>presented the newly organized Council a  check for its scholarship fund cord=
>>ing to=20
>>Gene Sibrian president of the LULAC in  Kerrville Volunteers Need
>>Gifts The=20
>>Volunteer Services Council of th
>>_Wednesday,  November 12, 1975_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+da=
>>te:1975-11-12)  _San  Antonio_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+ci=
>>tyid:25699+AND+stateid:
>>94) , _Texas_=20
>>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=3D"ignacio+anaya"+AND+st=
>>ateid:94) =20
>>...
>>...
>>_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Anaya_=20
>>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Anaya)=20
>>=20
>>Ignacio Anaya (died _1975_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) ), also known=
>>=20
>>by the shortened  form of his first name as Nacho Anaya, was the inventor of=
>>=20
>>_nachos_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachos) .=20
>>Anaya was living in _Piedras  Negras_=20
>>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedras_Negras_(Coahuila)) , _Coahuila_ (http:=
>>//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coahuila) ,=20
>>_Mexico_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico) , across the border from _Eag=
>>le=20
>>Pass_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Pass,_Texas) , _Texas_=20
>>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas) , _USA_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U=
>>SA) , and working=20
>>at El Moderno  restaurant there, in _1943_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/194=
>>3)=20
>>, when he invented nachos and  served them at the restaurant as "Nachos=20
>>Especiales".=20
>>The original form of nachos, as made by Nacho Anaya, included fried tortilla=
>>  =20
>>chips topped with melted cheese and jalape=C3=B1os.=20
>>Anaya's son, Ignacio Anaya Jr., a retired banker, currently lives
>>in Eagle =20
>>Pass.=20
>>In the early _1990s_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s) , a holiday called=
>>=20
>>the _International  Day of the Nacho_=20
>>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_Nacho)  was initiated=
>>  to commemorate the invention of nachos=20
>>and to  celebrate nachos. The International Day of the Nacho is observed chi=
>>efly=20
>>by  eating nachos.
>>...
>>...
>>(OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY)
>>=20
>>nacho, n.
>>
>>orig. U.S.
>>[Origin uncertain. Perh. < Mexican Spanish Nacho, pet-form of the  male=20
>>forename Ignacio (with reference to the supposed creator of the  dish: see n=
>>ote=20
>>below).
>>A Mexican chef, Ignacio (=E2=80=98Nacho=E2=80=99) Anaya, who worked in the P=
>>iedras  Negras=20
>>area in the 1940s, is often credited with creating the first nachos (see  e.=
>>g.=20
>>quot. 1970).]  =20
>>A tortilla chip, typically topped  with melted cheese, chilli sauce, etc.=20
>>Usu. in pl.: a Texan or Mexican  dish consisting of these, freq. served as a=
>>=20
>>snack or appetizer with savoury  dips. =20
>>1949  J. TRAHEY Taste of Texas 27 He returned carrying a large dish of Nacho=
>>s=20
>>Especiales.  =E2=80=98These Nachos,=E2=80=99 said Pedro,
>>=E2=80=98will help=20=
>>El Capitansoon he will=20
>>forget his troubles for  nachos make one romantic.=E2=80=99 1965  M. F. KOOC=
>>K  Texas=20
>>Cookbk. 219 Nachos show up  at many cocktail parties in Texas. They are easy=
>>  to=20
>>make. 1970  For Goodness Sake! (Church of Redeemer, Eagle  Pass, Texas) 89=20
>>Nacho Specials. This simple yet delicious snack  originated some years ago i=
>>n Old=20
>>Victory Club in Piedras Negras, Mexico when a  group of Eagle Pass women=20
>>asked the chef, Nacho, to make something for them to  eat with their cocktai=
>>ls.=20
>>1986  _R. B. PARKER_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-p.html#r-b-par=
>>ker)=20
>>  Taming Sea-Horse (1987) xviii. 109 The bars were serving nachos
>>and potato=20
>>skins. 2000  Snowboard UK Jan. 59/2, I took  out a mortgage to buy a plate o=
>>f=20
>>nachos and a green  salad.
>>
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