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Tamales

Postby wittdog » Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:42 pm

Today was tamale making day�we used a mix of chicken and pulled pork�..
Soaking the husks
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The meat
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In the steamer
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Postby Mike D » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:27 pm

erm, ahem...excuse my ignorance, but what are Tamales ??? :oops:
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Postby wittdog » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:30 pm

No Problem...its a mexican dish...basically you stuff a corn husk with a corn meal mix and seasoned meat...roll it up..then steam it...
Its good eating..here is a how to link
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/tamales/
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Postby Mike D » Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:53 pm

Thanks for that Wittdog. Pretty complicated to get all the stuff together, but they do sound good. Plenty of chilli, garlic & paprika (I do a sausage with all that in) What would you have them with ??
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Postby Big Guy » Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:47 pm

they are very spicy hot!!!! at least the ones I have tried were hot, and I like hot stuff. Approach them with care. Good but hot. Did I mention that they are hot :lol:
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Postby Mike D » Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:27 pm

Big Guy....reading between the lines on your last post, I'm guessing that they'd be hot then ?? :?:
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Postby wittdog » Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:13 am

If you follow that recipe they aren't hot...heavily spiced but not hot...the tamales can stand alone served with some mexican rice...or as a side to something else...I like them for breakfast next to some scrambled eggs
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Postby Zulululu » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:46 pm

do you eat them with the husks, or do you unroll them?? :roll:
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Postby wittdog » Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:04 pm

You unroll the husks.
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Postby vinner » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:20 pm

We make tamales down here a lot, and we have some of the best teachers of different types. Our Salvadoran nanny makes a completely different type(s) of tamales, some with no meat but corn, and is almost sweet. Our Mexican gardener and I make cheese tamales, and for Christmas we make typical pork tamales. we also make them with venison. I went so far as to buy a hand pulled tamale extrusion machine... very nifty. You can see the video of how it works here:

http://www.tamaleking.com/


You can serve them with Mexican rice and refried beans, with cheese and onions crumbled on top as well, but my favorite is plain, just out of the husk.

And they freeze well too!
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Postby Oddley » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:40 pm

Well I've talked to our downstaires maid, and she says the upstairs maid who is Mexican has never metioned Tamales, the Butler and cook agree... :P :shock: :D
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Postby vinner » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:43 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Mike D » Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:11 pm

My head gardener says he can get the corn husks from one of the under-gardeners though ... :lol:
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Postby johnfb » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:53 pm

Yeah...with the credit crunch you're probably down to just 5 servants... :lol:
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Postby Mike D » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:54 pm

Just down to 5 below stairs, all the others are untouched at present. :shock:
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