Nachos - a favourite snack across the globe.(Credit: iStock/Getty Images)
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Did it ever occur to you that nachos were created by a guy named Nachos?
The dish originated in northern Mexico back in the 1940's. There was an army base near Eagle Pas in Texas, and right across the border was a town called Piedras Negras.
One day, the wives of the U.S. soldiers went over to the Mexican town to do some shopping. After a few hours, the ladies got hungry and walked into a restaurant just as it was closing. The chef had gone home, but the maître d' didn't want to turn the wives away. So he quickly created a snack for them from whatever he could find in the kitchen.