My wife cooks 95%-99% of the food mentioned so far.
Yes, I'm spoiled, but not overweight, thanks to her.

Alberto.

--- Irma GomezLucero <igomezlucero@...> wrote:

> We called them tamales dulces.  They are pretty
> good.  Has anyone ever had
> tamales de elote?  Those are wonderful too.  
> Irma
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Erlinda Castanon-Long
> [mailto:longsjourney@...] 
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:16 PM
> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ranchos] Tamales
> 
> 
> Joseph, we must be the other family that eats raisin
> tamales, my mothers
> family is from Jalisco and my Zacatecas family
> thought they were crazy!
> Linda
> 
> Joseph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >> "Mexican
> >>genealogy is like a 
> >>big bowl of tamales, you never know what you're
> >>gonna get".  You may 
> >>pull out a pork tamale, or beef, or cheese, beans,
> >>coconut, sugar and 
> >>raisins.....
> >>
> Raisin Tamales. . .I thought my mom was the only one
> that made these.
> 
> Boy could I eat a dozen by myself right now (but not
> all Raisin). I 
> guess I'd have to say that Pork with lots of "gordo"
> on the meat are my 
> favorite. but I can't eat Tamales that have been
> cooked, cooled, frozen 
> and warmed up [well I guess I could]. I have to have
> mine fresh cooked. 
> Boy are they good.
> 
> I'd say that Tamales are my favorite food, then
> again I think I'd rather 
> have a big bowl of Menudo with lots of chopped
> onion, some oregano, 
> cilantro, and lemon juice and a tall pile! of flour
> tortillas (fresh made).
> 
> Can the next person flying to North Carolina bring
> me some tamales?
> 
> Solito aqui en Carolina del Norte,
> 
> joseph
> 
> ps: my mom's mom was from Jalisco. That is how this
> discussion of 
> Tamales fits in and stays on topic!
> 
> >>    
> >>
> >  
> >
> 
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Hi Linda,
	These sound like tamales de elote.  They grind raw corn--not dry
corn.  Corn that you would eat for corn on the cob.  I don't recall what
they mix the ground corn with, but they place the mixture into the corn
husks, again green corn husks and they steam them.  Then you eat them warm
with butter.
Yummy!
Irma 

-----Original Message-----
From: Erlinda Castanon-Long [mailto:longsjourney@...] 
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:49 AM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ranchos] Tamales

When I was in Mexico for the first time 2 years ago while in Guadalajara our
hostess stopped to buy corn tamales from a roadside stand that she
frequently buys from.  They were pure corn made with corn oil, no meat
fillers, no sause just pure corn tamale.  I had never seen that before but
they were very sweet just as they were.

As an American born Mexican I was surprised at all the foods I didn't
recognize both in Jalisco and Zacatecas.  I did find eating more healthy,
cooking much plainer and portions much smaller.  In El Durazno, District of
Jerez, the white cheese was delivered to the door wrapped in a cloth, the
corn tortillas were made by 2 local women who started at 5am and closed at
8:30am.  People came by and bought them by weight including just masa if
they wanted to make tamales.  I had never seen corn taken from the husk to a
corn tortilla, they let me help since I was family.. they did use a machine
to shape and cook them. They typically ate twice a day with a very light
dinner of chocolate and sweet bread or fruit around 8pm. We were invited for
lunch at 3pm and were served potatoes, beans, tortillas, white cheese and a
huge platter of cucumbers with limes.  Best meal I had in Mexico! They also
went to market daily and fruits and veggies were fresh not canned.. we may
still have a lot to learn from our 3rd world neighbors..
Linda




 
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>>
"Mexican
>>genealogy is like a
>>big bowl of tamales, you
never know what you're
>>gonna get".  You may
>>pull
out a pork tamale, or beef, or cheese, beans,
>>coconut, sugar and

>>raisins.....
>>
Raisin Tamales. . .I thought my mom
was the only one that made these.

Boy could I eat a dozen by myself
right now (but not all Raisin). I
guess I'd have to say that Pork with
lots of "gordo" on the meat are my
favorite. but I can't eat Tamales that
have been cooked, cooled, frozen
and warmed up [well I guess I could]. I
have to have mine fresh cooked.
Boy are they good.

I'd say that
Tamales are my favorite food, then again I think I'd rather
have a big
bowl of Menudo with lots of chopped onion, some oregano,
cilantro, and
lemon juice and a tall pile! of flour tortillas (fresh made).

Can the
next person flying to North Carolina bring me some tamales?

Solito aqui
en Carolina del Norte,

joseph

ps: my mom's mom was from Jalisco.
That is how this discussion of
Tamales fits in and stays on
topic!

>>   
>>
> 

>

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