The Tamale Lady Made Me Mad!

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mariela_ms Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 7:31pm
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I think i just drooled over my keyboard.......

I'm stuck having cherries as a snack....and now you made me forget about tacos & tamales...I now want ENCHILADASSSSSSSS hmmmm soo soo good!!

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Jasmine33 Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 7:43pm
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Did someone say ENCHILADAS? icon_surprised.gif

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You ladies are egging me on! lol I need to make some more. You can see my spanish rice on the side.

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mariela_ms Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 7:48pm
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man...those look soo good.. I had fish tacos yesterday..we should make a lunch thread and post our pics lol! too bad I didn't take pics of my tacos...they were eaten to fast!!!

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nicolepa Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 8:14pm
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OK, I was going crazy trying to quote what I wanted to comment on so bear with me!

For the Tortilla's, most recipes I've found are about the same, 4 c Flour, lard, baking powder & salt. The key is you must use LARD, no shortening/crisco etc.

I'm not sure why you are cooking them for 5 hours? We never cook them before we freeze. Then when we steam them we go striaght from frozen and cook probably 30 minutes. Of course, like I said the ones my grandma makes are small. So those big monster ones you'd have to cook longer. And for the microwave if you've already cooked them then you wouldn't do 2 minutes, maybe 30 seconds, just enough to heat thru. Mine are frozen and uncooked and I do 1.5-2 minutes.

You don't need to soak the corn husks for very long. 30 minutes. 15 will do in a pinch. But you can't over soak either so I just leave them in the water as I'm working and dry a few off at a time.

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TejasRebel Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 8:20pm
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Jasmine33

Girl, that's just WRONG... I just came in from doing errands -- no lunch, nothing but a stinkin' banana for breakfast, and there's this picture of ENCHILADAS icon_eek.gif

And I have red hair and brown eyes too -- and I tan, don't burn! I have some blond-haired, blue-eyed cousins too! Go figure...

Y'all I'm so hungry. Somebody email me some tamales and enchiladas please -- quick!

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mommachris Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 8:57pm
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I live just south of Fresno. That is where the backyard kitchen was busted.
Freaked me out. It will be a long time before I buy anything offered by sweet ladies in the grocery store parking lot.....if ever.

mommachris

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martmarg Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 9:44pm
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IF you want to make tamales from scratch try to find the maseca for tamales, It already has some of the seasonings in it. Also boil your meat with onion, garlic, pepper anything you want and use that water for the masa. That way you don't have to use that much lard.
My mom always mixes the chile with the masa...but some people don't . It's a matter of preferences. Man, now I am craving tacos from mexico.

I grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, TX so mexico is just a jump away. Now that I am 9 hrs away I miss that kind of food. The taste is so different. Organic, well at least where my grandma is from.

There is alot of mexican places here that I can go to but the taste is different becuase its Mexican food from another region in Mexico. Anyway, still love it.

Can't wait for the holidays to eat lots of tamales and bunuelos and pan de polvo and my mom's flour tortillas are the best.
Her recipe is::
Approx. 6 cups of flour
about 3 palmfuls of shortening
Eyeball the salt and the water and knead until ready.
That's how I make them when Walmart is out of uncooked flour tortillas.

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TejasRebel Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:00pm
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Buneolos... yummmm thumbs_up.gif

Does anyone have a good recipe for (not sure of spelling!) Polverones? In case my spelling is way off, I mean the cookies that are dry and crumbly and sometimes come in different colors.

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TejasRebel Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:02pm
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If I could type today, I'd be dangerous!

Make that Bunuelos.

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mariela_ms Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:06pm
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I want bueñuelossss!! i love them! my mom makes some bad buñuelos!!!

I want a polvorones recipe too! I think I saw one on the Kraft Foods magazine...maybe it's online....I'll have to check that out!!

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Molly2 Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:16pm
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I love making tamales my grandma taught me how to make them, I love the pork and I make the bean and cheese and have made chicken but I really love to make the spicy cream cheese mmmmm GOOD!

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TejasRebel Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:16pm
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At this rate my Georgia boy fiance is going to come home and find the salsa music going, the rice and beans cooking, masa everywhere, and me cooking up a storm! icon_lol.gificon_lol.gificon_lol.gif

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mariela_ms Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:21pm
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I think I'm giving this recipe a try today!

http://www.recipezaar.com/98379

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Jasmine33 Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:25pm
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Post the pics Mariela!

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kogden Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 10:35pm
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Am I the only one who is about ready to lick the computer. It is just mean to put all these delicious pictures on here. I am so getting Mexican food for dinner tonight. But, I am sure Taco Shop is not going to tast nearly as good as the food pictured on this post. So so mean! icon_wink.gif

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jmt1714 Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 11:33pm
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why would it be offensive to refer to someone from Puerto Rico "Mexican" by accident? I've had people think I was Canadian, and I've had people think I was English . . . I wasn't offended. Why woud you be? Just curious.

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Ironbaker Posted 6 Aug 2008 , 11:56pm
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Uh, Jasmine, so when should you expect me for dinner?

I had to break down and go buy frozen ones from Trader Joe's just to attempt to satisfy the craving. I've heard they're decent so we'll see. I'm going to try to get my friend to go to our fav mexican place this weekend.

OK, I'll be in Round Rock/Austin area at the end of this month around the Labor Day weekend - any places to recommend for anyone out that way?

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martmarg Posted 7 Aug 2008 , 7:04pm
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puerto ricans, cubans, mexicans etc. are very proud of their heritage and their decendancy. Some don't care to be confused with another ethnicity but some will kill (an exaggeration) if confused with another ethnic group. So to be politically correct you use the words hispanic or latina to not offend anybody, unless you know specifically where they are from.

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mariela_ms Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 12:24am
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Hey! I tried the Polvorones recipe!! They are delicious!! I just made the second batch!!!

Just in case you didn't catch the link before, here it goes:

http://www.recipezaar.com/98379

(ok....they aren't exactly like my favorite panaderia in mexico but...they are pretty good! )

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indydebi Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 12:48am
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Originally Posted by mommachris

There was a big arrest in the area for unsafe cooking in a backyard. Turns out the people were boiling their meat in galvanized trash cans!!



My health inspector told me a story of someone who was making something like 5 or 6 turkeys and thawed them in their bathtub!!! And the reason she knows about it is because of all of the folks who got severe food poisoning from it!!

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Originally Posted by mariela_ms

I live right on the border with Sonora...so I can go across and eat really good tacos any day.




Near Nogales? One of the warehouses I used to manage was there and I LUVâD traveling down there and walking across the street into Mexico!

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mariela_ms Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 1:38am
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Near Nogales? One of the warehouses I used to manage was there and I LUVâD traveling down there and walking across the street into Mexico!




I actually about 25 minutes from Yuma. But I got to Nogales quite often. My sister and SIL live in Rio Rico which right next to NOgales. My sister's MIL live in Nogales. I love their weather!!! I actually went about 1 month ago!

Oh...and about the Polvorones...here is a pic! Sorry it's on my hand because I was about to devour it!
LL

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mariela_ms Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 1:39am
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sorry..double post icon_redface.gif

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indydebi Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 1:40am
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My sister and SIL live in Rio Rico which right next to NOgales. My sister's MIL live in Nogales. I love their weather!!! I actually went about 1 month ago!




I always stayed at the Rio Rico Resort when I visited my warehouse!!!!

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mariela_ms Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 1:42am
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Really?!?
Wow..we were so close to each other then! lol I love Rio Rico! My sister of course lives surrounded by 2 houses...which I love! and a beautiful view...and they get alot of rain..

Where as here in Yuma...we barely get any if that....lol

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feliciangel Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 3:04am
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Originally Posted by martmarg

IF you want to make tamales from scratch try to find the maseca for tamales, It already has some of the seasonings in it. Also boil your meat with onion, garlic, pepper anything you want and use that water for the masa. That way you don't have to use that much lard.
My mom always mixes the chile with the masa...but some people don't . It's a matter of preferences. Man, now I am craving tacos from mexico.

I grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, TX so mexico is just a jump away. Now that I am 9 hrs away I miss that kind of food. The taste is so different. Organic, well at least where my grandma is from.

There is alot of mexican places here that I can go to but the taste is different becuase its Mexican food from another region in Mexico. Anyway, still love it.

Can't wait for the holidays to eat lots of tamales and bunuelos and pan de polvo and my mom's flour tortillas are the best.
Her recipe is::
Approx. 6 cups of flour
about 3 palmfuls of shortening
Eyeball the salt and the water and knead until ready.
That's how I make them when Walmart is out of uncooked flour tortillas.




this is a dumb question but how do I know when the masa is done before I start the tamales.

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nicolepa Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 3:31am
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Originally Posted by feliciangel

this is a dumb question but how do I know when the masa is done before I start the tamales.





The masa should be the consistency of peanut butter.

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feliciangel Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 5:38pm
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thank you Nicole

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martmarg Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 5:54pm
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feliciangel...sorry I didn't answer before , I hadn't checked my email.....but nicolepa is right. You should be able to spread the masa on the husk very easily. You can also put the back of your hand to the masa ,. if it sticks to your hand it needs more lard..if it doesn't it's right.

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CakeMakar Posted 9 Aug 2008 , 8:36pm
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How about pupusas?! Yummy!

I'm on a latin-food binge this week thanks to you ladies! I've had carne asada, green chili enchilalas (as my DD calls them), today we're doing pork carnitas (we fry pork shoulder in a big turkey fryer outside and then chop it up ). Tomorrow I'm turning the leftover carnitas to make rolled tacos.....

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