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09-07-2008, 07:54 PM
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Tamales...second to Thanksgiving...oh yeah..
After a couple years of not makin em, this year we will make um.
Since we are 85 miles to Grants(Chile kicks on rt.66) where we got them before; I have a rear hind quarter from a Arkansas Hog that is gonna make a nice mess of Tamales..and etc.
Anyone one to come on over and help in the (2) festivites come on down.
I might even make the fruit Tamales I made a few years ago.
The seasons are a changing.... 
Happy trails,
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09-08-2008, 07:30 AM
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Location: The Great Southwest
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Originally Posted by Hunter Wold
After a couple years of not makin em, this year we will make um.
Since we are 85 miles to Grants(Chile kicks on rt.66) where we got them before; I have a rear hind quarter from a Arkansas Hog that is gonna make a nice mess of Tamales..and etc.
Anyone one to come on over and help in the (2) festivites come on down.
I might even make the fruit Tamales I made a few years ago.
The seasons are a changing....
Happy trails,
Hunter Wold and SuninHair |
Tamal making....all that time and labor, LOL!! Have fun!
I've heard of dessert tamales, but have never had them! |
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09-08-2008, 08:31 AM
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Tamal making....all that time and labor, LOL!! Have fun!
I've heard of dessert tamales, but have never had them!
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Roberto's in Las Cruces has dessert tamales at Christmas time - filled with nuts and raisins. I tried to like them, but I prefer savory tamales, and sweeter desserts. They just don't quite satisfy as tamales or as desserts. |
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09-08-2008, 06:30 PM
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Roberto's in Las Cruces has dessert tamales at Christmas time - filled with nuts and raisins. I tried to like them, but I prefer savory tamales, and sweeter desserts. They just don't quite satisfy as tamales or as desserts.
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I am actually not that fond of any tamales, one of the few Mexican/New Mexican foods I can take or leave. We'd buy them every year when I was growing up in WT.
Occasionally, someone makes some really good ones (meaning quite spicy and very well seasoned), and I will get a couple dozen or so, but I generally don't eat them.
But I'd try dessert tamales if given the opportunity. |
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09-08-2008, 07:40 PM
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Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Originally Posted by Cathy4017
I am actually not that fond of any tamales, one of the few Mexican/New Mexican foods I can take or leave. We'd buy them every year when I was growing up in WT.
Occasionally, someone makes some really good ones (meaning quite spicy and very well seasoned), and I will get a couple dozen or so, but I generally don't eat them.
But I'd try dessert tamales if given the opportunity.
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To me the secret is: keeping them moist as well as seasoned. too many are dry. It is a talent, I worked for years to make them tasty and moist, some years it worked, other times OMG!!!!
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09-08-2008, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by nmnita
To me the secret is: keeping them moist as well as seasoned. too many are dry. It is a talent, I worked for years to make them tasty and moist, some years it worked, other times OMG!!!!
Nita
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Hmmmm.....that may be it....dry and bland, LOL!!
If you've worked at it over a few years, I bet yours are good!!  |
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09-08-2008, 08:16 PM
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My brothers and I just buctered a couple of fair pigs. They were nice and lean.
My mother in law makes really good tamales. She has a special handed down recipe. The red chile mixed into the masa is always just right. The tamales come out with the perfect spice and moisture. She probably sales 500+ dozen a year.
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09-08-2008, 08:57 PM
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oh, those Tamales....
Yes, lots of work, and can be combined with fun. But, the results are worth it.
I usually cook the ole Pork roast the day before; as I cook it for quite a while with good spices etc. Let it cool overnight and then the fun starts....
I invite a few friends over for a Tamale makin party...They bring some snacks etc, maybe some good brew/wine and we start in makin the Tamales.
I have the pork already cooked up and seasoned, then the corn husks are ready to stuff...and we fill, steam, fill steam etc. until the whole batch is down.
Maybe about 4 doz or so. Then....then...well...we have to "sample" them..
and then divide them up...
Anyway, Tamales make the season NM style...
Happy trails,
HW and Suninhair.... |
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09-09-2008, 10:19 AM
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LOL...Good one  |
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09-09-2008, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Hunter Wold
Yes, lots of work, and can be combined with fun. But, the results are worth it.
I usually cook the ole Pork roast the day before; as I cook it for quite a while with good spices etc. Let it cool overnight and then the fun starts....
I invite a few friends over for a Tamale makin party...They bring some snacks etc, maybe some good brew/wine and we start in makin the Tamales.
I have the pork already cooked up and seasoned, then the corn husks are ready to stuff...and we fill, steam, fill steam etc. until the whole batch is down.
Maybe about 4 doz or so. Then....then...well...we have to "sample" them..
and then divide them up...
Anyway, Tamales make the season NM style...
Happy trails,
HW and Suninhair.... |
the secret or partly is the party....I am planning to give them a try here in NWA this year: that is if I can get the ingredients. We don't have a whole lot of places to get mexican supplies, maybe closer to the Tyson's headquarters. That is where so many hispanics live. Our neighborhood Walmart has a section donated to Mexican foods, it consists of canned peppers and a few kinds of salsa.
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