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At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will receive some jams
for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
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On Wed 01 Feb 2006 11:49:07p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Melba's
Jammin'?

> At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
> frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
> and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
> her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
> She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
> Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will receive some jams
> for her trouble. Life ain't bad.

That will be a treat! Especially to find such in MN. Obviously, here in the
Southwest there are many sources, both commercial and private. The sister of
one of my co-workers makes several types of tamales on a regular basis and
will take orders for them by the dozen.

Enjoy your gold!!! Maybe she will teach you, too.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA
 
On 2 Feb 2006 08:01:32 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wed 01 Feb 2006 11:49:07p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Melba's
>Jammin'?
>
>> At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
>> frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
>> and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
>> her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
>> She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
>> Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will receive some jams
>> for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
>
>That will be a treat! Especially to find such in MN. Obviously, here in the
>Southwest there are many sources, both commercial and private.

Rumor has it there will also be tamales at the Southern California
cook-in, in June. You could get your fix there too.. ;)

Christine
 
Christine Dabney wrote:
> On 2 Feb 2006 08:01:32 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed 01 Feb 2006 11:49:07p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> Melba's Jammin'?
>>
>>> At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see
>>> there frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una
>>> Mejicana
>>> and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas.
>>> I saw her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to
>>> make them. She said that instead of me making them, she would bring
>>> me some on Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will
>>> receive some jams
>>> for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
>>
>> That will be a treat! Especially to find such in MN. Obviously,
>> here in the Southwest there are many sources, both commercial and
>> private.
>
> Rumor has it there will also be tamales at the Southern California
> cook-in, in June. You could get your fix there too.. ;)
>
> Christine

The Tamale Queen is Pam, but I've made them. They are wonderful but a PITA
to make unless she enlists the help of the grandkids. The real PITA is in
the rolling in the masa and then the soaked corn husks :) They do freeze
well!

Jill
 
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
> frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
> and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
> her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
> She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
> Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will receive some jams
> for her trouble. Life ain't bad.

Sweet of her to make them for you! I love Mexican food - make and eat
it almost every day. I am not too fond of tamales, though, for some
reason. Might be because when we were poor, we used to get Tom-Tom
tamales (Chicago) in bulk, freeze them and eat them for lunch and
dinner every now and then. They were pretty awful, but you had to eat
what you had.

In San Jose I had a neighbor who made some awsome Tamales. I still
didn't particularly like them, though. May be the steamed masa.
-L.
 
In article <[email protected]>,
"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
(snippage)
> >>> make them. She said that instead of me making them, she would
> >>> bring me some on Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora
> >>> will receive some jams for her trouble. Life ain't bad.

> The Tamale Queen is Pam, but I've made them. They are wonderful but a PITA
> to make unless she enlists the help of the grandkids. The real PITA is in
> the rolling in the masa and then the soaked corn husks :) They do freeze
> well!
>
> Jill

It's my understanding that these are coming from her freezer where she
has them uncooked. She's going to cook them before giving them to me.
I've got my foot in the door. . . .
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http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 1-27-2006, The Best Dead Spread Yet
 
Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
> frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
> and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
> her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
> She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
> Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will receive some jams
> for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
>

See if your amiga ever makes the sweet ones. They are made with anise seed and
raisins, sometimes with pineapple juice or coconut. Taste a bit like rice
pudding, but with that corn/masa flavor. One neighborhood tamale store dyes
their sweet ones a virulent pink for the holidays. Yucko! And they weren't as
good as their more sober undyed cousins I bought across town.
Edrena, pulling a few tamales from the freezer herself
 
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
> frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
> and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
> her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
> She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
> Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will receive some jams
> for her trouble. Life ain't bad.

*** for tat? <groan, couldn't help that ;).>

You are really lucky. We never see "real" mexican food in this part of
the world... I hope you enjoy it!
Cheers
Cathy(xyz)
 
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> (snippage)
>>>>> make them. She said that instead of me making them, she would
>>>>> bring me some on Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora
>>>>> will receive some jams for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
>
>> The Tamale Queen is Pam, but I've made them. They are wonderful but
>> a PITA to make unless she enlists the help of the grandkids. The
>> real PITA is in the rolling in the masa and then the soaked corn
>> husks :) They do freeze well!
>>
>> Jill
>
> It's my understanding that these are coming from her freezer where she
> has them uncooked. She's going to cook them before giving them to me.
> I've got my foot in the door. . . .

More the better! I love tamales but really they are a PITA ;)

Jill
 
In article <[email protected]>,
"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > (snippage)
> >>>>> make them. She said that instead of me making them, she would
> >>>>> bring me some on Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora
> >>>>> will receive some jams for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
> >
> >> The Tamale Queen is Pam, but I've made them. They are wonderful but
> >> a PITA to make unless she enlists the help of the grandkids. The
> >> real PITA is in the rolling in the masa and then the soaked corn
> >> husks :) They do freeze well!
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > It's my understanding that these are coming from her freezer where she
> > has them uncooked. She's going to cook them before giving them to me.
> > I've got my foot in the door. . . .
>
> More the better! I love tamales but really they are a PITA ;)
>
> Jill
>
>

I'm fortunate to have a hispanic co-worker that will do that. ;-)

She will cook up fresh tamales and bring them to me at work, still hot
from the steamer! Good stuff too, made with the authentic pigs head
meat... She does not oversalt them either like some people do!

Yum!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-*****." -Jack Nicholson
 
OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> (snippage)
>>>>>>> make them. She said that instead of me making them, she would
>>>>>>> bring me some on Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora
>>>>>>> will receive some jams for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
>>>
>>>> The Tamale Queen is Pam, but I've made them. They are wonderful
>>>> but a PITA to make unless she enlists the help of the grandkids.
>>>> The real PITA is in the rolling in the masa and then the soaked
>>>> corn husks :) They do freeze well!
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> It's my understanding that these are coming from her freezer where
>>> she has them uncooked. She's going to cook them before giving them
>>> to me. I've got my foot in the door. . . .
>>
>> More the better! I love tamales but really they are a PITA ;)
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> I'm fortunate to have a hispanic co-worker that will do that. ;-)
>
> She will cook up fresh tamales and bring them to me at work, still hot
> from the steamer! Good stuff too, made with the authentic pigs head
> meat... She does not oversalt them either like some people do!
>
> Yum!

Ahhh, no don't salt them. Years ago when I supervised an accounting firm I
had an emploee from Vietnam who made a bunch of egg rolls; she had her
husband bring them up one night when we had to work past 7PM. Oh man,
fantastic!

Jill
 
In article <[email protected]>,
"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >>> In article <[email protected]>,
> >>> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> (snippage)
> >>>>>>> make them. She said that instead of me making them, she would
> >>>>>>> bring me some on Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora
> >>>>>>> will receive some jams for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
> >>>
> >>>> The Tamale Queen is Pam, but I've made them. They are wonderful
> >>>> but a PITA to make unless she enlists the help of the grandkids.
> >>>> The real PITA is in the rolling in the masa and then the soaked
> >>>> corn husks :) They do freeze well!
> >>>>
> >>>> Jill
> >>>
> >>> It's my understanding that these are coming from her freezer where
> >>> she has them uncooked. She's going to cook them before giving them
> >>> to me. I've got my foot in the door. . . .
> >>
> >> More the better! I love tamales but really they are a PITA ;)
> >>
> >> Jill
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I'm fortunate to have a hispanic co-worker that will do that. ;-)
> >
> > She will cook up fresh tamales and bring them to me at work, still hot
> > from the steamer! Good stuff too, made with the authentic pigs head
> > meat... She does not oversalt them either like some people do!
> >
> > Yum!
>
> Ahhh, no don't salt them. Years ago when I supervised an accounting firm I
> had an emploee from Vietnam who made a bunch of egg rolls; she had her
> husband bring them up one night when we had to work past 7PM. Oh man,
> fantastic!
>
> Jill
>
>

I'm not sure which I like more...

Fresh egg rolls or hot tamales! :-d

It's a toss up.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-*****." -Jack Nicholson
 
The Joneses wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
> > frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
> > and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
> > her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
> > She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
> > Monday. (snips)
>
> See if your amiga ever makes the sweet ones. They are made with anise seed and
> raisins, sometimes with pineapple juice or coconut. (snip)
Barb, I would love to come to your home and teach where I imagine the
perfect kitchen space and steaming equipment for making tomales! Every
year end holidays season I start lecturing myself to get busy making
them, but have taken a few years off. Unlike what others have said, I
find the making not at all a PITA, but instead very much enjoy the
tedium. As I've aged my feeties sure don't appreciate the long
standing, though. I've never been one to work well in the kitchen
while seated, else I could set up my assembly line differently and make
more than what was my usual (minimum 12 dozen batches) before family
moved too far away to enjoy my efforts. Maybe this year, though sooner
than November/December, I will recruit a few of my USMC boys to come
help. They're always ready for food!

The Jones reply here made me laugh! When one makes the tamales
(nicknamed to-mals) without a meat they are commonly referred to as
"Borrachos" (maybe spelled wrong, but it's in reference to a man being
so drunk he forgets to put the meat in), and are made in several
different ingredient ways, though most commonly with dried fruit
included.

Picky-Thanks for good memories.
 
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> At a holiday lunch at the Y before Christmas, a lovely woman I see there
> frequently spoke of her holiday traditions. Soccorro es una Mejicana
> and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
> her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.
> She said that instead of me making them, she would bring me some on
> Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora will receive some jams
> for her trouble. Life ain't bad.


You're in for a treat. Tamales are my favorite Mexican food.
They are tedious but rewarding to make at home, too.
Ud. es muy afortunada.

Digale "muchissimas gracias" a Socorro.


gloria p
 
In article <[email protected]>,
Puester <[email protected]> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> > and I was salivating as she told of making tamales for Christmas. I saw
> > her this morning and told her I was interested in learning to make them.

> You're in for a treat. Tamales are my favorite Mexican food.
> They are tedious but rewarding to make at home, too.


Many years back, I went to a party where we made tamales. There's a
name, but darned if Google likes my spelling. It is something like
"tamalido".

It was a lot of fun. It was one of those "many hands" things. I would
guess there were a dozen of us. Some spent the whole day, but others
came in the afternoon. We all brought a potluck dish to go with the
tamales.

--
Dan Abel
[email protected]
Petaluma, California, USA
 
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:42:39 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>(snippage)
>> >>> make them. She said that instead of me making them, she would
>> >>> bring me some on Monday. Ye-e-e-e-s-s-s-s!! La estimada señora
>> >>> will receive some jams for her trouble. Life ain't bad.
>
>> The Tamale Queen is Pam, but I've made them. They are wonderful but a PITA
>> to make unless she enlists the help of the grandkids. The real PITA is in
>> the rolling in the masa and then the soaked corn husks :) They do freeze
>> well!
>>
>> Jill
>
>It's my understanding that these are coming from her freezer where she
>has them uncooked. She's going to cook them before giving them to me.
>I've got my foot in the door. . . .

Although I've made tamales a time or two, I'm far from expert. I
never had the benefit of a live, hands-on instructor, just a book.
That said, I'd be surprised if they were frozen uncooked. The masa
I've used would freeze better after steaming than it would before.

The key to making tamales in my experience is to get a group of
friends to help. By yourself it's humdrum repetitive work.

modom
 
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