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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Ian, you dont know what your missing....A Carnitas Tamal (Tamales is plural) with fresh guacamole on Xmas morning......Mmmmm, Capt C is right on. Tamales are steam cooked, usually the whole family does this as it is labor intensive (We did it one year at our house) where masa (corn meal dough) is spread onto a corn husk, then the filling in added in the middle of the dough. The husk is wrapped up like the tortilla of a burrito then they are packed into a big steamer pot and cooked. They are best eaten right out of the steamer but they can be frozen for a long time and then recooked, usually grilled, easily. They are delicious and can be made in a variety of stuffings. Most common are Chicken, Beef, Pork, and Green Chili and Cheese. Dessert Tamales are also getting more common with Strawberrys, Brown Suger, and Blueberries showing up. Capt C did you know we have a Tamale Festival out here every year? Its in the desert town of Indio, restaurants, and homemade gourmet tamales are available for all to sample. I have had some that the Aztecs would never recognize. Goat Cheese and Sundried Tomato tamal, Shredded Prime Rib tamal, Crab and Lobster tamal, and my favorite Choclate Chip tamal. If we go this year I'll try to pick up the list of varieties.[:D] [/quote] Vic, I am glad to see that you are a fan of good Mexican cooking. So many people are used to "Taco Bell" which is a far cry from true Mexican food. Tamales, however, are true to form. I have nothing against the "Festival" tamales you mention, it good fun. We had some "Tamales de Carne" last night and forces within my household were up early this moring with the "picadillo" (meat mixture) and "ojas"(corn shucks), as I left for my 30 min commute to Kingsville. We had a cold front come in last night (follwing our relatives that were coming in from Dallas) with some hail. I'm preping a roadbad that sustained minor rain damage. We had tamales and all wished to have Menudo. Do you have menudo, or shoudl I say, what type of menudo do you have over in Cali? I once say an episode of Emeril LIVE! where he made some. He, of course, kicked it up a knotch and got somewhat untraditional. My brother-in-law, who is half German, told me he had a similar dish in Deutsche Cooking. Menudo is a...well, to describe it is to bias the reader since it is made of a few things that people might not appriciate until they have had it. It is spicy though and it is a soup. Vic, if I may ask, is your wife (or yourself) Hispanic? I am, we have been in South Texas since it was part of Spain, in fact, you should more likely refer to me as El Capitan Don Jose Ely Carrales de Saenz. Capt Carrales
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