The Official ILoveNachoCheese.com Recipe

We've posted various recipes. We've conducted taste tests. We've delivered the very best nacho cheese related news anywhere on the Internet. Now, we're going to contribute something truly original to the nacho cheese community - An official recipe. A couple weekends were spent in the kitchen creating literally dozens of different nacho cheese sauce variations. We experimented with ingredients and tweaked quantities until we came up with something we were proud to share. In the end, we settled on this original recipe and hope you like it as much as we do. After all, we created it for you! So give it a try and let us know what you think. Click here for the recipe.

Gagfilms.com Presents: The Nacho Newsreel

Back in February we introduced the world to a true nacho loving hero - Dane Boedigheimer. Dane runs the site Gagfilms.com and was the brainchild behind the classic one-minute breakfast cereal commercial spoof, Nacho Blasters. Being a fan of our site, he generously produced a custom video just for us! Once again, Dane proves that he knows comedy. Unlike other homemade videos that generally suck, his latest offering does not suck.

Nacho Cheese Test Lab #1

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If you're like us, you've spent countless nights laying awake thinking about if there are other applications nacho cheese is suitable for aside from consumption. It was that singular introspection that innitiated us to create a test lab specifically focused on answering these questions.

The Nacho Cheese Test Lab will be an ongoing feature that will report on our nacho cheese experiments. Needless to say, if you have an idea for a study you'd like us to conduct, write us. We do the tests so you don't have to!

Our first test explores the question: Can nacho cheese be used to hold a picture frame?

Nacho Cheese Test Lab #2

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If you're like us, you've spent countless nights laying awake thinking about if there are other applications nacho cheese is suitable for aside from consumption. It was that singular introspection that innitiated us to create a test lab specifically focused on answering these questions. Our first test explored the question: Can nacho cheese be used to hold a picture frame?

Up next... Some believe that eating a bit of cheddar at the end of a meal helps protect teeth by stimulating the production of cleansing saliva and help harden teeth because of the calcium. We've taken that theory to the next level: Can nacho cheese be used as a toothpaste and mouthwash?

How Many Nachos Would It Take To…

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Have you ever wondered how many orders of Taco Bell nachos it would take to fulfill your daily recommended amount of Vitamin C? Well we have, and thanks to the Taco Bell Nutrition Calculator over at www.yum.com, we have your answer.

What do you think it is?

Click here to find out.

Only a True Nacho Cheese Lover Would Go This Far

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You may be surprised to learn that I'm not the owner of this license plate, nor are any of the other authors here at ILoveNachoCheese.com. 

In fact, no one in California has snatched up this gem of a plate!  When I visited the Department of Motor Vehicles site in California, I was shocked to find that to this date, no nacho lover out there has purchased this personalized license plate.

Now that you all know, will someone grab it up before I do?  Whether I get it or not, this is possibly the BEST personalized plate I've ever seen (if you've seen one cooler, let us know)

Should Fondue be Considered Nacho Cheese?

I'm going to pose a question that has come up during some casual conversations with friends of mine.

Can fondue be considered nacho cheese? 

I argue no and here's why...

To me, nacho cheese in its simplest form is not an elegant food that the "aristocrats" of society would proclaim to enjoy.  Fondue is the opposite.  Going further, the history of nachos dates back to 1943.  You can read the full story here, but to make a long story short, it wasn't until 1977 when nachos were brought to Arlington Stadium in Texas that the popularity of nacho cheese exploded.  Can you see people eating fondue at a ball-game?  Heck no!

My point is this...Fondue is not nacho cheese, it's melted "wannabe" nacho cheese at best.

Post your comments, do you agree with me or disagree?

Join Team ILoveNachoCheese and Fight Disease

Stanford's Folding@Home project began four years ago to test algorithms designed to show how potential drugs will bind to proteins in the body. Since diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are caused by protein malfunctions, scientists believe the project will reveal what type of drugs could fight these diseases.

Sony just debuted the Folding@Home client for the PLAYSTATION 3, and we've just created "Team ILoveNachoCheese" [TEAM# 59160] to help aid the fight. We encourage all our readers with a PS3 to join our team. The nacho cheese loving community must unite!

To join, simply run the client on your PLAYSTATION 3, press the TRIANGLE button to open the options menu. Choose "Identity" and then select "Join an Existing Team." Last but not least, Input Team# 59160. Voila! You're done. The PS3 client even allows you to keep track of team statistics and ranks what team members are contributing the most.

Click here to watch a video about the project.

Beavis and Butthead Were Nacho Lovers

If you were at least 14 years old between the years 1993 and 1997 then you definitely remember Beavis and Butthead.  These two high school students loved to watch music videos, hang out at the mall, try to "score with chicks", and most importantly eat nachos.

Nachos were actually eaten by Beavis and Butthead so much that a t-shirt was made and sold to fans all over.  But wait...

You can actually still purchase this t-shirt from Amazon.  Unfortunately they only have XX-Large... but then again if we think of who is actually going to buy this shirt, it makes sense.

Fact or Fiction: Is Nacho Cheese Bad for You?

The public perception is that all nacho cheese is bad for you.  Determined to uncover the truth in the matter, I felt inclined to investigate the nutritional data for three readily available nacho cheese products found at my local Safeway grocery store. 

Specifically, I wanted to directly compare the sauce-type nacho cheese with grated cheese that comes from a bag (as seen in the picture).

Here's the three products I compared:

• Frito Lay (sauce cheese in a jar)
• Tostitos (sauce cheese in a jar)
• Kraft Mexican Cheese (regular grated style cheese in a bag)

The results of my nutritional analysis may surprise you...

What Do Pregnant Women Crave?

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What is the #1 food item is that women crave while pregnant? 

You guessed it, nachos!  According to these 40 Interesting Facts, it's true, women crave nachos more than anything else.

But before all you pregnant women decide to raid your local 7-11 and pack your minivan full of pounds of chips and gallons of nacho cheese, you may want to read this warning. 

“Women may want to think twice about ordering those nachos the next time they’re out. A new study from Harvard University has found that eating a lot of corn tortillas during pregnancy could be linked to an increased risk of birth defects.”

Source: http://www.pregnancy-info.net/in_the_news111.html

We report, you decide.

Taco Bell Extreme Cheese and Beef Quesadilla

Well guess what?  Taco Bell has launched a new item on their menu that involves "extreme cheese."

Having not tried this new quesadilla yet, I'm hesitant to officially endorse it, but I'm intrigued.

If anyone out there has tried the Extreme Cheese and Beef Quesadilla from Taco Bell, let me know how you liked it.

I'll be going to Taco Bell soon to try this out for myself.  Once I've tasted it, I'll be sure to post a review on the site asap.

From the Archives -- Could Ice Cream with Nacho Cheese Taste Good?

Recently a situation arose where I was put in a position to try nacho cheese with vanilla and chocolate ice cream.  Some of the friends I was with appeared disgusted at the thought of the mix and others were intrigued to watch me tempt my taste buds with two seemingly opposite flavors.

I used an inexpensive nacho cheese from a local Safeway grocery store.  Rather than pour hot nacho cheese all over my ice cream, instead I took a clean spoon and dipped it in the nacho cheese bowl.  Then I filled the rest of the spoon with a mix of chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

I ate it.

It did not taste good.  It could have been the worst thing I've tasted in a while.  This mix of nacho cheese with ice cream just does not work.  In fact, I drew a blank when I began thinking about other flavors of ice cream that might taste better with nacho cheese than the vanilla and chocolate did.

Frenchos? I'll take the Zero

If there's any nacho out there that could be classified as doltish, this is it. Just as it was declared earlier that fondue is not nacho cheese, this little recipe is in no way, shape, or form nachos. Lest anyone think that by melting a dab o' fromage on a tortilla chip automatically constitutes a nacho, they are sadly mistaken. Nachos should never have to be "plated" or "presented." Nachos are to be prepared by grabbing a handful of chips, thowing them into a bowl, and smothering it with molten hot nacho cheese. 

This recipe is a disgrace and an insult to all nacho lovers. Now excuse me while I slice a cube of Reblochon and pair it elegantly with a bold glass of 2003 Cotes du Rhone Villages Cairanne.

Taste Test: Cheese vs. Cheese

About a week ago I took it upon myself to conduct a head-to-head comparison of two popular grocery store nacho cheese varieties - Tostitos Con Queso & Fritos Chili Cheese. Both were microwaved in their containers for three minutes, mixing well at one minute intervals. Both were delicious and while each definitely had a unique offerings, the Tostitos brand Con Queso rose up as the winner in my opinion. In the end, I felt that the Tostitos Con Queso had a better consistancy and wasn't as runny as the Fritos Chili Cheese.

This Month in Nacho History: World's Largest Nacho

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Back on June 8th, 2002, Nachos Mexican Cantina entered into the Guinness Book for the world's largest nachos. The record had never been attempted until then, and it hasn't been broken since. The final weight clocked in at an amazing 2,768lbs (1258kg).

Bravo!

For more pictures of the record breaking nacho, click here.

[SOURCE: Nachos Cantina Restaurant]

Remember the Planets With the Help of Nachos

Story suggestion by: Shara M. Email us a story. Last year, scientists totally pulled a "my bad" and reneged on their previous statement that Pluto is a full-fledged planet. Pluto has now been demoted to a "dwarf planet." No really...I'm serious. That's like the astronomical term and everything! With that logic, does that mean dwarf people aren't full-fledged people? Well...according to scientist, probably so. Discrimination aside, kids across the land must find a new way to learn the order of planets. Growing up it was: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. Obviously, that will no longer work. Fortunately, there's a new phrase to help us remember the order of the planets.

[SOURCE: Rock n' Learn]

Go Beyond the Cheese

Interested in reading more than just about cheese? You don't say! That's funny, because I'm interested in writing about more than just cheese! Don't get me wrong, I love nacho cheese. Honestly, I do. And I will continue to write about nacho cheese when I find a story. However, it's getting harder and harder to find nacho cheese related stories. So... I've begun the next chapter in my blogging adventure (www.tonightwemakesoap.com). And this time I'm focusing on soap. Well...not exactly. What I'm planning to do is find all the fatty bits around the Internet and offer my unique commentary. So join me, because: Tonight We Make Soap!

Nacho Car Could in Fact Be

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A reader recently sent in this picture. When we first looked at the photo, we wondered why anyone would send a picture of a car for sale. After all, the site is ILoveNachoCheese.com, not ILoveUsedCars.com. Then we noticed that "I'HEART'NACHO" was the vanity plate!

As the story goes, Dave was finishing up a morning round of golf when he spotted this car in the parking lot. Instinctively, he whipped out his cell phone and snapped a picture for us. So if any of our San Jose, California nacho loving readers are in the market for a red BMW, you may want to give (408) 272-7678 a ring. And be sure to tell the owner you found out about the car on ILoveNachoCheese.com!

What Could Have Made Cinco de Mayo Better?

It's been 10 days since Cindo de Mayo and I can't help but reflect on that days events.  The day was filled with laughter, beer, friends, and of course, nachos.  But what could I have done better?  What could have enhanced my overall Cinco de Mayo experience?

The answer rests in the Heated Nacho Tray.  Gizmodo.com tempted me to with this powered nacho accessory, yet I still didn't buy one. 

I must have had a momentary lapse of intelligence.  What could be better than having beer after beer, all the while knowing the my nacho cheese would be kept at a perfectly delicious temperature?

So check it out, the Heated Nacho Tray is a winner in my book and is a must-have accessory for every nacho lover.