So guess what I did this morning before 10:00? Yeppers I have been wanting some good tamales. I have done them before, and I even impressed myself how easy and delicious they are.
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/pp-tamales-foamheart.283673/
So anyway, I now understand more about the ingredients and the making and gotten where they are pretty tastee. I did 3 doz. this morning and like said they are not hard to make just time consuming. I will not retell the stories of West Texas and where I watched a house full of little old ladies, wives and daughters all come together usually between the Día de Muertos and New Years, and make 1000's of tamales in one day.
I finially get the courage to try 'em and now can't think of an excuse not to....LOL
Stacked up and ready for a good steam bath.
Three tamales, and yes that's mustard. Yes that's not normal in the West. But it was were I started eating tamales, in college. College pub on Friday afternoon had quarter drafts and they had two crock pots, one had links of boiled smoked sausage and the other steamed tamales, sausage was .50 cents a link w/ two packs a crackers or the Tamales were 3 for a quarter. And BTW I like mustard with my boiled sausage too! LOL
Getting better at these tamales every time, 10 or 12 more batches and I might get 'em down right.
Lunch today? Well of course, its tamales and long necks!
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/pp-tamales-foamheart.283673/
So anyway, I now understand more about the ingredients and the making and gotten where they are pretty tastee. I did 3 doz. this morning and like said they are not hard to make just time consuming. I will not retell the stories of West Texas and where I watched a house full of little old ladies, wives and daughters all come together usually between the Día de Muertos and New Years, and make 1000's of tamales in one day.
I finially get the courage to try 'em and now can't think of an excuse not to....LOL

Stacked up and ready for a good steam bath.


Three tamales, and yes that's mustard. Yes that's not normal in the West. But it was were I started eating tamales, in college. College pub on Friday afternoon had quarter drafts and they had two crock pots, one had links of boiled smoked sausage and the other steamed tamales, sausage was .50 cents a link w/ two packs a crackers or the Tamales were 3 for a quarter. And BTW I like mustard with my boiled sausage too! LOL
Getting better at these tamales every time, 10 or 12 more batches and I might get 'em down right.
Lunch today? Well of course, its tamales and long necks!