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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