Gene & Nacho Cheese

[NACHOCHEESE]

I saw Gene Ching a few days ago at the supermarket. Can someone tell me why he was loading up on Nacho Cheese? He had several of the large cans in his cart. I asked him if there was a party and he said "no, nacho cheese is essential for Kung Fu."
Are there benefits to the cheese?

[GeneChing]

My dear young nachette, NACHOCHEESE, you think you've outed me, but you've actually entered one of my rings now and don't think for a second that I'm not keeping tally on you. I *own* all things nacho on this here forum. Ever wonder why this forum is nacho sauce colored? It's a Shaolin secret. Someday, when you're ready, I'll let you in on the secret pleasures of nacho sauce... when you're old enough...

[NACHOCHEESE]

LMAO!!
If it is the Nacho Cheese that is fueling you...I'm on my way to the Mecca of all Nacho Cheese places....TACO BELL! I shall down it by the gallon and we'll see!!!!!

[brothernumber9]

There was a boy and his grandmother that lived at the bottom of a big hill.
At the top of the hill was the local cheeze/dairy store.
One day the cheese store was giving away free cheese to the community.
The grandmother sent the boy to the store to get some of the free cheese.
The boy started running up the hill to the store to get the cheese. About a quarter of the way up he had to stop to catch his breath. Then he started to jog up the hill. He had to stop halfway up to catch his breath again. Then he started to walk up the hill, sat on the curb 3/4 the way up to catch his breath again. A while later he finally made it up to the hill. As fate would have it, he was just in time to get the last bit of free cheese, a nice round loaf wrapped in shrink wrap. The boy stepped out of the store, still weary from racing up the hill, he sat on the curb and set down the cheese to regain his strength.
As he wasn't paying attention, the cheese rolled all the way down the hill until it bumped a man in the leg waiting at the bus stop. The man looked at the cheese, saw it was still edible and decided to take it home. When the man arrived home his wife asked him what he as holding, "cheese" he told her. "what kind of cheese is it?" she asked. "I think it's nacho cheese," he said, "because half the way home there was some boy running after the bus yelling 'IT'S NOT YO CHEESE! IT'S NOT YO CHEESE!!!"

[NACHOCHEESE]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! HILARIOUS!
Hmmm....so Gene was the little boy?
Thanks for the help, brother.

[GeneChing]

NACHOCHEESE, you need to check out the pink nacho ninja thread. BTW, I have nacho-colored ninjette suits on order for my future legion of nacho ninjettes. What's your size again, NACHOCHEESE?

[NACHOCHEESE]

Let me check my crystal ball.....I smell a nice round house kick coming your way today.
I'm an extra large!

[GeneChing]

Is that the result of "down it by the gallon"? And you're smelling balls to predict the future? Oh man, you're doing it all wrong. What you need is some private lessons in the ways of the mysterious nacho arts. Young nacho padawan, much to learn there is...

A side kick, eh? Tonight? Sure. Promises...All I ever get is promises....

[grlyncher99]

Somebody posted the link on my forum as if it were new. I won't mention any names but it rhymes with GeneChing. I didn't check it's sell by date. I should have know by the poster it was well beyond it's.

Regardless, Kung Fu, right?

[GeneChing]

First the return of the Squirrel and now the return of the cheese? I wonder if this is some sort of omen...

[grlyncher99]

Next thing you know, there will be an expose on the Ninjettes and retro Got qi shirts.

You should blame Gene, too. It should be a given.

As for cheese, whatever happened to CheezWiz?

[GeneChing]

We need our nacho ninjettes to be on the spicy side. Muy Caliente!

[GeneChing]

I just couldn't pass this article up. It's not nacho ninjettes by any stretch.

Gravy fight and food fest a huge success
By Sally Henfield

A MARTIAL arts student was crowned world gravy wrestling champion and said: "I only won because I could stand up!"

Sumo warriors, martial arts specialists and a chef were among competitors at the first international championships, organised as part of Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture.

And after 40 minutes of gruelling grappling in the cold mix of meat juices, chopped up vegetables and cornflour, Ian Marsden and two friends emerged world champions.

The members of the Tower Shukokai Karate Club, based in Darwen, wowed the judges with their wrestling skills - but the final vote came from the crowd who cheered them on to victory.

The wrestling ring was set up in Sainsbury's car park in Darwen, where there were a series of three minutes bouts, with points awarded for pinning opponents to the floor.

However, the scores were equal at the end of the competition so the final decision was made using applause levels generated by the spectators.
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The new - and first ever - world champions of gravy wrestling were Ian, Martin Skipper and the mysterious 'Super Roy the Darwen Destroyer.' Team leader Ian, of Redearth Road, Darwen, said: "It feels great to be a world champion. I don't think our karate skills did us any favours.

"We were only any good because we seemed to be able to stand up a bit longer than the others."

The event raised over £500 for the East Lancashire Hospice, Blackburn. Event organiser Jackie Livesey said: "It was fantastic - much better than we had hoped.

Despite being touted as an international competition - and even gaining coverage in the Bangkok Times - the furthest a competitor travelled was from Leicester.

Joel Hicks, 28, who dressed as a chef, said: "I go up and down the country taking part in wacky sports for charity. This was great fun, well worth the drive."

Other events at the festival have included a 1940s Hits from the Blitz dinner dance, an evening with celebrity cook Keith Floyd, guided walks looking for tasty treats in hedgerows; cooking demonstrations; mushroom hunts; a chef cricket match and a waiters' race. For the first time, events will continue through to October.

Mrs Livesey said: "The festival has been a huge success - but we will be looking to bigger and better things next year.

"All of our events are aimed at showing people the delights of food and the fun that can be had with food."

[GeneChing]

I didn't even know this was on my bucket list. But now, it's checked off.

[GeneChing]

I can rest easy now. All is well with China.

Taco Bell Turning up the Heat in China
Published on October 14, 2016.


In China, Taco Bell will serve its food at hotter temperatures than in its American locations. Credit: Akio Kon/Bloomberg

Taco Bell, which is making a return to China this year, is betting that the country wants quesadillas and tacos made with warm nacho-cheese sauce.
The chain is adjusting its menu to meet local tastes, and that includes having the food be hotter when it arrives, said Shivram Vaideeswaran, the brand's global marketing and innovation director. Americans may be more forgiving than the Chinese about the temperature of their food, and the warm nacho-cheese approach hasn't been tried before, he said. In the U.S., crunchy tacos are made with cheddar cheese -- typically room-temperature -- while quesadillas have a three-cheese blend.
"Having food that's incredibly warm is very important in Chinese culture," Mr. Vaideeswaran said in an interview on Thursday. "It's warm, it's melty, and it's really good."
Taco Bell's latest push into the Asian country should come in late December, Mr. Vaideeswaran said, making it an early test of the company's plan to split off its Chinese operations. But the opening could slip until next year, he said.
Taco Bell's owner, Yum! Brands, expects to complete the spinoff of its business in China by the end of this month. The new company, Yum China Holdings, will pay a licensing fee to operate KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in the nation.
Unlike Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut are already well-established in the country. Yum China plans to expand by ramping up delivery and trying to entice more consumers to join loyalty programs.
For Taco Bell, going big overseas is a more recent phenomenon -- but the chain is committed to expanding quickly. Earlier this week, Yum executives said that the Mexican-themed chain can have $15 billion in systemwide sales by 2022, up from more than $9 billion currently. The chain is adding stores in Brazil, Colombia, Spain, India and Canada as well.
This isn't Taco Bell's first push into China. The chain opened locations in the country in China in 2003, but that expansion didn't take off. The company hopes the latest attempt is different. The new restaurant will be located in Shanghai, the country's largest city.
Ivan Feinseth, partner and chief investment officer at Tigress Financial Partners, also sees Yum having more success this time around.
"The company is getting brand acceptance with the help of social media," he said. "Also, the menu is more geared to the Chinese consumer. We are very bullish on Yum."
Nacho cheese, of course, isn't part of Chinese culture. But the Tex-Mex favorite was seen as a way to make Taco Bell more palatable to locals, Mr. Vaideeswaran said. The approach was honed through focus groups in the country, he said.
A tepid taco -- which might be fine for Taco Bell's American clientele -- wouldn't fly in China.
"A lot of food is not really served cold," he said. The warm nacho cheese is a way to "layer in that local relevance."
-- Bloomberg News