Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
Wilson Gray
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Thu Jul 12 19:36:23 UTC 2007
On 7/11/07, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> 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
For the sake of argument, let us assume that Spanish "Luciano," like
unto Italian "Luciano," is borrowed from Latin Lucianus." In this
case, the argument holds. And, of course, were Spanish "Luciano" a
borrowing from Italian, it would have the spelling, "Luchano" and not
"Luciano."
-Wilson, somewhat familiar with Romance linguistics
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> >>Subject: Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
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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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