Telmoritos. Available at the Thursday market only.
I’m at work and Joe just dropped off some of Telmo’s pozole soup as well as a bag of his homemade take on a certain famous nacho chip, straight from our Ferry Plaza Farmers Market stand, where they’re for sale every Thursday. (Let’s refer to them “Telmoritos” should there be any legal ramifications and Frito Lay try to sue us.)
I’ll give credit where credit’s due: The idea to do our own take on these famous nacho chips was Mike Harden’s, who you will see is a cheesy guy. He can’t help it. It’s in his Southern blood. At first, we scoffed, but then Telmo—inspired by some organic dried herbs he found—decided to start tinkering.
After some trial and error on Telmo’s part, voila! Welcome to some mighty fine nacho chips. They still get orange powder all over your fingers (this is an essential part of the Telmorito experience), and they have that savory, can’t-stop-eating them cheesy, corny flavor. But unlike the D word, they’re made with our chips from La Palma, don’t have is MSG or transfats—or any of the small type for that matter.
