Posted on 12/05/2004 4:28:37 AM PST by Arrowhead1952
BTW, speaking of traditions, I thought this was pretty neat!
When I was stationed in LA, one of our AF officers,Jose had his LA familia make them for our party. He said it was a special occasion because of the group chore. He also said if a Mexican restaurant does not have them,walk out. And judge restaurants based on their quality of tamale. I find it hard to leave any restaurant.
Now in Maine,there are growing numbers of Hispanics who come and/or stay for blueberry raking(harvest). Now there is a Mexican store and restaurant. The owner says she is Honduran and makes both kinds of Tamalis.
Reminds me of the days all the Ukrainian Aunts and Baba's would get together and make pirogies,borscht,petishka, (little buns stuffed with sauerkraut)paska and other dish's for the Ukrainian Christmas feast.
So many times conservatives write about family values, family traditions, worrying about the low birth rate, etc. Well, here you have not only a recipe for tamales, but a recipe for keeping families together, and encouraging families to have lots of children. If Mama's not happy, nobody's happy, and these women sound *happy* doing domestic things, keeping traditions alive, etc.
Rosa a lady where I work sometimes brings me home made tamales. :O)
Dip the tamales in Borscht! :o)
Tamales are still very tasty. I would never find the time to make them from scratch but you can buy good fresh tamales --- they're certainly not a health food though especially if made right.
Tamales are a tradition of SW Americans --- not just Mexicans.
I know. You can get those tacos cooked in a tiny amount of vegetable oil but they aren't worth eating --- they can never compare with those where the lard is dripping down your arm off your elbow. Same with refried beans --- it's got to be real lard or don't bother.
BOOKMARK!
I love church tamales!
A woman at my office has a tia or an abuelita (I forget which) who makes tamales for holidays. Pork and turkey, regular or spicy . . . I always get two dozen of each, spiced way up. Oh, MAN, is that ever good. I had some for lunch yesterday and will no doubt duplicate the feat today.
Nothin' beats Mama's family recipe of homemade tamales!
Thanks for the great recipe and taking the time to type it out for all of us.
I like Kung Po chicken a lot better. Thus all illegal Chinese should get amnesty
Oh, come on. Mexico is not a "third world country." Anyway, except for the deceased great-grandma (maybe), everyone in the story sounded like an American.
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Mexico is most assuredly a 3rd world nation. That's why it is clamped on like a lamprey to this 1st world nation
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