Alton’s Nachos
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
“So, what’s with this crazy construct? Well, it’s all about evenness. We want each chip to have the exact same amount of each ingredient. But we don’t want the chips to be stuck together into a big, gummy mess on the platter.” He covers the rack with chips, sprinkles the onions and cheese mixture over the chips, and places one slice of jalapeño pepper on each.
– Alton Brown, Tortillas Again (hat tip: Good Eats Fan Page)
So my friends and I went to go see Alton Brown speak at the Coolidge Corner Theatre tonight. Snarky, smartass, nerdy, pretty much exactly as expected.
Afterwards, we waited in line at the Booksmith to get autographs for our books, and a certain one of my friends voiced the question: “Mr. Brown, the episode where you make nachos. Do you really make them like that? Placing them individually on a sheet, giving each of them the precisely correct amount of ingredients, and making sure the jalapeno topper is in the right spot?”
Alton’s response: “Yes … I’m not well.”
