Making tamales is family tradition

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN ^ | Sunday, December 05, 2004 | By Suzannah Gonzales

[Denver Ditdat]

Holy Shiite! those were hot hot hot! The brand was La Morena.

Chipotles in adobo sauce... mmm, MMM! Embasa brand is pretty good.

[oceanperch]

Finding tongue up here on the Oregon Coast is rare but the local grocery had them out the other day.

Score! I was raised by an Asian family so it will be prepared and devoured in that tradition.

[JackelopeBreeder]

There's a big extended family here in southern Arizona that makes the best green corn tamales in the world. All the ingredients are locally grown in Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise counties. Fresh or frozen for later, these border upon being a religious experience.

Someone once suggested to one of the family matriarchs that canola oil would be more healthy. For unknown reasons, she let them live. I personally think the family secret is a healthy admixture of chipotle peppers when cooking the meat and an unknown amount of Jalisco cheese in the masa. I also think the beef is getting a tequila marinade.

[snopercod]

There's a little Mexican fast-food place up in Cashiers, NC, that sells tacos de barbacoa. I was told (but don't know for sure) that it was cheek meat, not tongue. They were tasty, but too greasy, I thought.

They also sell tacos de lengua (tongue).

[Gabz]

There's a little Mexican fast-food place up in Cashiers, NC, that sells tacos de barbacoa. I was told (but don't know for sure) that it was cheek meat, not tongue.

Actually, barbecoa is GOAT meat.

[todd1]

There are different kinds of barbacoa... beef, pork, or goat...

[todd1]

If you go to a meat market and ask for it I would be surprised if the couldn't get it for you... (o:

[todd1]

For me it depends on who makes it... I started eating it to cure my hangovers but eventually I acquired a taste for it...

[Gabz]

I'll go along with that......the only places I've ever seen it offered it was goat.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Already have, love chorizo, and no, like haggis you really don't want to know.

PS. Never visit any sausage factory to see what goes into the grinder. Just enjoy.

[oceanperch]

Nice thread except all night long I dreamed about making TAMALES.

I had a hard time spreading the masa mixture thin enough on the husks and it was tons of work and never got a chance to actually taste the end product.

[FITZ]

Yes --- those are very good. I think barbacoa on a corn tortilla with the toppings is one of the "healthier" kinds of Mexican foods for when you want think about health --- that and Caldo de Res.

[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.

There used to be a business here in Austin that would ship tamales just about anywhere in the US. I don't know if they are still in business, and don't remember the name. You may try to search on Goggle for tamales for sale.

[Arrowhead1952]

Try this for tamales for sale.

Texas Tamales