jealous but also that sounds like a hell of a lot of effort to make when i just wanna do nothing
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tamales as a christmas food
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What's the best place in Houston? Also, I live in Austin, know any great tamale places here?
Tamales are mediocre filler food, but great if you love filling up on a bunch of cheap corn meal. Everyone thinks their family's tamales are the greatest, but no, your abuelita's tamales are just as underwhelming. I need tamales to be as spicy and soggy as possible to even be palatable, but even then they generally feel like a waste of calories, and I say that as
someone who typically loves pigging out on Mexican food. The preponderance of tamales is one of the many things that annoys me around Xmas time, humbug!
someone who typically loves pigging out on Mexican food. The preponderance of tamales is one of the many things that annoys me around Xmas time, humbug!
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Sounds like you eat shit tamales if you describe them as corn meal and soggy instead of, you know, meat filled goodness. But judging from your attitude, you deserve shitty tamales anyways.
Yeah they're usually pretty straight to the point, and have that homemade quality to them.
I don't have any preference really, fancy, homemade, cheap plain stuff. So long as they have meat I like them. I'm not too big on vegetable/bean tamales. I wish I liked them because my aunt makes them. She brought some to my grandparents this holiday like she always has.
Is... Is that potato salad...? With frijoles, rice, and tamales on the same plate...?
... Can I have some...?
I too have been stuck at Little Woodrow's in midtown at 1am with horrible hunger pangs even though the squad said we'd leave and get dinner like 5 hours ago.
We didn't have tamales for Christmas this year. We don't usually make a lot of food on this day with New Years Day around the corner.
We used to have a lot of more come, but with everyone growing up (or growing old) and just doing their own thing, we end up having a lot of leftovers that we can't finish, so we just do less food now and go all out for New Years.
We used to have a lot of more come, but with everyone growing up (or growing old) and just doing their own thing, we end up having a lot of leftovers that we can't finish, so we just do less food now and go all out for New Years.
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I felt jealousy when I learned about Christmas tamales lol. Some folk used to door-to-door sell them on our street when I was a kid, and they were phenomenal.
As SoCal transplants in Buffalo we miss tamales. I found some halfway decent ones last week though.
I'm white and I spend Christmas with my black in-laws, but my wife also has a Mexican aunt by marriage and a Mexican sister-in-law so we get delicious Christmas tamales. I never knew about that tradition until I married into the family but now they just taste like Christmas.
Lol same! And McElroy's.... And Harp... And Grand Prize... And.......
Puerto Rican here and we have Pasteles. Unbelievably good. I love this time a year mainly for them!
Tamales and menudo are family staples for us. So good. Can't wait to dive in for 3rds and 4ths today.
I'm currently on holidays in Guadalajara for Christmas with Mexican friends, and had my first bunch of tamales ever a couple of days ago. OMG so good!
Y feliz Navidad :)
Y feliz Navidad :)
I will never be in Houston but all the Mexican joints here all suck and can't cook a tamale for shit. PM me that family recipe, OP. I'll keep it a secret, scout's honor.
Costa Rican here reporting as well. Mexican tamales are ok, but I prefer ours.Our family made tamales but we're Costa Rican so they're a different style. (And more delicious 😋)
I still like the Mexican style though.
Coffee, salsa Lizano, a bit of bread and the beauty above... Food from heaven.
My record is thirty tamales starting on Christmas Eve and going for about three days.
Now I only eat like 6 a day till they are gone. We make a bout 100+ since a lot of family comes over and we like to have more for the week.
Now I only eat like 6 a day till they are gone. We make a bout 100+ since a lot of family comes over and we like to have more for the week.
My doughnut shop sells great tamales by the dozen. So anytime someone wants a doughnut that turns into tamale time.
I'm glad someone posted this before I had to. There is a yuca version as well which I tend to prefer.
Ain't that that truth. Honestly if the whole family ain't making them I not even thinking about making some. How much you sell the tamales for?
Heading back home to my fam in LA from the UK and absolutely requested they get some tamales from Portos for when I arrive today. Miss those bad boys soooo much. Add some Tabasco or some Los Calientes from Hot Ones and you got yourself a winner!
Yuca version is nice the thing I dont like about it is that the yuca flavor drowns the flavor of meat a bit
Hell yeah. That's exactly how I had mine. Coffee and salsa Lizano haha.
