Bacon Brings the Balance

You know how nachos already sort of moonlight as a BLT? They’ve got the tomato thing covered with salsa, lettuce usually sneaks on as garnish, and all they’ve been missing is the bacon. Well, consider that problem solved. Today, on National Bacon Lovers Day, we close the triangle of snack destiny.

Start with your trusty tortilla chips, blanket them with cheese (duh), then rain down bacon bits like you’re Zeus wielding a skillet. Suddenly the whole thing shifts. That salty crunch takes nachos from “fun snack” to “smug sandwich impersonator.” You don’t even need to go full fancy — pan-fried supermarket bacon works just as well as the artisanal heritage swine you found at the farmer’s market while judging everyone’s reusable tote bags.

Top it off with fresh lettuce shreds for the BLT checkbox, and you’ve basically reinvented picnic food in nacho form. One bite and you’ll realize the truth: bacon isn’t just an ingredient, it’s nachos’ long-lost sibling. And the reunion is glorious, messy, and probably not approved by the USDA.

So today, let’s not whisper about bacon as an optional topping. Let’s crown it as the missing piece of nacho history — the crunchy punctuation mark nachos didn’t know they needed.