Comments on: Tamales

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:29:16 +0000

When I was a kid, I remember seeing an Hispanic man selling stuff wrapped in foil from a cooler at the flea market. My father explained that the man was selling tamales and gave me a brief description of a tamale. I remember wrinkling my nose at the thought of chewing on a wet, slimy corn husk and never gave them another thought.

I’m in my 30s now and only recently enlightened by my husband, who brought some home one day after attending a work potluck. He, of course, had a good laugh when I adamently refused to try them and voiced concerns about him choking on corn husks.

By: tokyorosa

tokyorosa — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:26:10 +0000

Tamales are holiday fare in New Mexico, which means we’re coming up on tamale season! YUM!

And I have to say in response to avoiding the non-corn husk tamales: Even my dear old grandmother switched from corn husks to–yes!–tin foil wrapping years ago. And she makes the best damn tamales on the planet! So don’t be quick to judge a tamale by it’s wrapper…

By: Andie

Andie — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:10:42 +0000

Honestly? I just like the meat filling, I don’t care much for the masa goopey stuff.

By: Nicole Jackson

Nicole Jackson — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:05:34 +0000

I live in El Paso, so tamales are a dime a dozen here, lol. But there’s one place that sells them w/ cheese & chopped green chiles instead of meat. MMMMM… And then there’s the green chile chicken ones, and of course the red ones.

Thanks, now I know what’s for dinner tomorrow.

By: Joes_Amy

Joes_Amy — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:19:16 +0000

Remember kids: whatever you do, don’t eat the corn husk. Remove and discard it first.

(I had a friend who said tamales were too hard to cut up and chew, and after further discussion, discovered that he was eating the husk along with the rest of the tamale.)

By: Ace N.

Ace N. — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:13:14 +0000

Mmmm…my friend’s mom makes the best damn tamales ever. I especially like the shredded beef ones with a little red salsa and a little coat of oily goodness around it. Yummy.