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Making tamales is family tradition
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN ^
| Sunday, December 05, 2004
| By Suzannah Gonzales
Posted on 12/05/2004 4:28:37 AM PST by Arrowhead1952
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To: Arrowhead1952
I so miss the homemade tamales from my days in south Texas. If anyone out there knows a place in Des Moines to get good tamales, please let me know.
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:04:35 PM PST
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: FITZ
I've made chile-queso tamales, but without the lard. I usually used Jack cheese.
Next batch of tamales will definitely include lard in the masa.
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:08:34 PM PST
by
Gabz
To: Gabz; FITZ
I haven't cooked with it in ages, before my mother passed away, we would cook with it occasionally. I just bought some recently, by coincidence. It keeps well in the fridge. I found it in the section by the butter, but that was in a corner grocery.
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:21:49 PM PST
by
fortunecookie
(My grandparents didn't flee communism so that I could live in Kerry's Kommune - and I won't have to.)
To: Gabz; FITZ
Oh, and I forgot, when we heard the confirmation of Bush's re-election, I made spicy cornbread and chili and enchiladas (frozen, this time) and cocoa brownies with cinnamon. I heard Laura Bush talk about the celebratory foods they have which included those, and we thought it an appropriate way to celebrate!
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:25:18 PM PST
by
fortunecookie
(My grandparents didn't flee communism so that I could live in Kerry's Kommune - and I won't have to.)
To: snopercod
Oh, no. What next? Now that it's popular again... Luckily, I've had no problems finding it where I am.
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:26:33 PM PST
by
fortunecookie
(My grandparents didn't flee communism so that I could live in Kerry's Kommune - and I won't have to.)
To: Nathan Zachary
Ya got a decent pirogie recipe to share?
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:38:53 PM PST
by
SWake
("Estrada was savaged by liars and abandoned by cowards." Mark Davis, WBAP, 09/09/2003)
To: snopercod
my girlfriends mom told me that only one person can put the tamales in the pot with one hand or it ruins the whole bunch...
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:49:14 PM PST
by
todd1
To: dennisw
108
posted on
12/05/2004 8:50:27 PM PST
by
todd1
To: FITZ
Have you ever had a barbacoa Taco? It is made from shredded beef or beef tongue and you top it with cilantro and onions... mmmmm
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:52:30 PM PST
by
todd1
To: Arrowhead1952
I had a great bowl of menudo in Corpus one time.
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posted on
12/05/2004 8:53:40 PM PST
by
todd1
To: ImaTexan
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posted on
12/05/2004 9:00:27 PM PST
by
bjcintennessee
(Don't Sweat the Small Stuff)
To: Arrowhead1952
How long do husks take to dry?
112
posted on
12/05/2004 9:02:41 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The accidental trumps the purposeful in every endeavor attended by the incompetent.)
To: todd1
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posted on
12/05/2004 9:03:28 PM PST
by
Haro_546
(US out of UN)
To: Arrowhead1952
I know all about making tamales! Sorry, I meant tame males :D And now you made me very hungry!!!!
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posted on
12/05/2004 9:04:47 PM PST
by
Quinotto
(On matters of style,swim with the current,on matters of principle stand like a rock-Thomas Jefferson)
To: dennisw
My uncharitable take on this.... My family came to Texas in 1832 and families like these have been our friends and neighbors since that time. It's a shame that more of us don't have these type of traditions.
You really do have an uncharitable take on this.
To: FITZ
HEB grocery store has more than one brand of chorizo. One (I believe it is the HEB brand) has meat - no "stuff" in it. Still tastes the same. Yummy. I cook it, drain and squish between paper towels to get most of the grease off, add it to taters (cut in little squares)fried with onions and shredded cheddar cheese.
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
ditto. I had dinner tonight at a "taqueria" restaurant. The owner spent the first two months cleaning up the place by himself before opening for business - it was a asian buffet abandoned by the tenant. Two years later I was happy to broker the deal to sell the building to him. He's doing great and I always think of him when I read comments like that.
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posted on
12/05/2004 9:42:18 PM PST
by
centexan
(Go 1st Cav - stay safe and come home soon)
To: engrpat
I'm going to a "lefsa" making party on Wednesday with relatives......I hope I spelled that right....
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posted on
12/05/2004 9:51:27 PM PST
by
cherry
To: dennisw
I enjoy hearing about family/cultural traditions...
we need MORE families in this country......families that do things together...
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posted on
12/05/2004 9:53:24 PM PST
by
cherry
To: Snapple
"But I am cooking Borscht this morning. Much less fattening."
you kidding me?......my recipe calls for tons of real butter and cream......yummie!
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posted on
12/05/2004 9:54:53 PM PST
by
cherry
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