The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile. Anyway there are 2 steamer baskets with all stuff, corn husks etc. You do have to add your own fresh ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales."
Michael
-- “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” _Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise
The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile. Anyway there are 2 steamer baskets with all stuff, corn husks etc. You do have to add your own fresh ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales."
Michael
LOL! That's a good one! How can anyone hate tamales? Okay, Nancy hates tamales... she doesn't understand them. But tamales are good! 🙂 YAY Steven!
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile. Anyway there are 2 steamer baskets with all stuff, corn husks etc. You do have to add your own fresh ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales."
Michael
LOL! That's a good one! How can anyone hate tamales? Okay, Nancy hates tamales... she doesn't understand them. But tamales are good! 🙂 YAY Steven!
Jill
Besides, I've got planters all over the place. He's never liked tamales. Don't know why. He likes enchiladas though so he's saved 😉 This kit looks kinda cheapo but I'll give it a shot next week.
Michael
-- “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” _Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise
LOL! That's a good one! How can anyone hate tamales? Okay, Nancy hates tamales... she doesn't understand them. But tamales are good! 🙂 YAY Steven!
that's right! you almost ordered the pork tamales from that mexican restaraunt called, La Plata Grande...hehe...(The big plate) or do you eat the chips and salsa drink your free water and disappear back into the jungle...
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile. Anyway there are 2 steamer baskets with all stuff, corn husks etc. You do have to add your own fresh ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales."
Michael
LOL! That's a good one! How can anyone hate tamales? Okay, Nancy hates tamales... she doesn't understand them. But tamales are good! 🙂 YAY Steven!
Jill
Besides, I've got planters all over the place. He's never liked tamales. Don't know why. He likes enchiladas though so he's saved 😉 This kit looks kinda cheapo but I'll give it a shot next week.
Michael
I'm thinking I'll make chicken enchiladas tomorrow. I have to get some ingredients to prepare the sauce but I've got the chicken and I've got several cheeses and I've got the tortillas 🙂
Hey, do you have any idea where Queenie Park is in STL? John has asked me to check into cheap lodgings March 30-April 3rd. He'll be doing an indoor art show there. I might actually get up the nerve to drive 300 miles; regardless of that, he will want an inexpensive place to stay.
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The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile. Anyway there are 2 steamer baskets with all stuff, corn husks etc. You do have to add your own fresh ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales."
The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile.
It's a carrot. Melissa's (like Freida's) retails specialty produce and other foodstuffs.
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Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote: > The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty > cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is > 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile. > Anyway there are 2 steamer baskets with all stuff, corn husks etc. > You do have to add > your own fresh ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it > since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and > thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said > "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales." > > Michael
LOL! That's a good one! How can anyone hate tamales? Okay, Nancy hates tamales... she doesn't understand them. But tamales are good! 🙂 YAY Steven!
Jill
Besides, I've got planters all over the place. He's never liked tamales. Don't know why. He likes enchiladas though so he's saved 😉 This kit looks kinda cheapo but I'll give it a shot next week.
Michael
I'm thinking I'll make chicken enchiladas tomorrow. I have to get some ingredients to prepare the sauce but I've got the chicken and I've got several cheeses and I've got the tortillas 🙂
Hey, do you have any idea where Queenie Park is in STL?
Why yes I do as a matter of fact. The dog museum is there and I horseback ride with a friend there once in a blue moon. Want me to research some hotels and email them to you?
Michael
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John has asked me to check into cheap lodgings March 30-April 3rd. He'll be doing an indoor art show there. I might actually get up the nerve to drive 300 miles; regardless of that, he will want an inexpensive place to stay.
Jill
-- “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” _Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise
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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:
The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile.
It's a carrot. Melissa's (like Freida's) retails specialty produce and other foodstuffs.
The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it."
That's an expensive "planter" at ~$40.
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I can NOT believe he spent that much money on a tamale kit - aka planter. Sheesh. It sure doesn't like like all that to me. That is the kit alright. Looks identical to the one on the link. Now I'm going to go kick his butt for buying it ;^). Thanks for posting the link and starting a minor domestic squabble 😉
Michael
-- “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” _Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise
I don't hate them, I've never had them. No, I don't 'get' them, at all.
How could you not "get them" if you've never had one?
Anyway, the bad thing about tamales is the fact that traditional tamales are made with manteca, which is typically hydrogenated lard. The masa (dough) used for tamales is about 40% manteca and 60% masa, so the finished dough is very fattening. Also, traditionally, tamales are usually about 2/3rds dough and 1/3filling. This means one must eat a bunch of them to get an adequate meat fix. The good thing about tamales, if you make them yourself, *YOU* can make them however you like. Reduce the fat, make the tamales with 2/3rds meat and 1/3 masa, etc. Also, much of the fat in the masa is steamed out during cooking.
I won't eat the skimpy filled tamales, but occasionally I come across a good one with a lots of meat. When you find those, tamales are awesome.
I don't hate them, I've never had them. No, I don't 'get' them, at all.
How could you not "get them" if you've never had one?
I've seen them made on tv. Food is made into a paste of some sort, then spread, inexplicably and painstakingly, onto a corn leaf. This is tied up in a bundle. Then the paste stuff is cooked. In the tied up corn leaf.
(laugh) Am I wrong?
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I won't eat the skimpy filled tamales, but occasionally I come across a good one with a lots of meat. When you find those, tamales are awesome.
I would order them if I knew of a good source, so I can change my mind, thus 'getting' tamales.
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> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote: >> The SO just came home from shopping. He dragged home this pretty >> cool bucket but it's a tamale kit. I *think* the name is >> 'melissa's' but not sure as the I is actually some kind of chile. >> Anyway there are 2 steamer baskets with all stuff, corn husks etc. >> You do have to add >> your own fresh ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought >> it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and >> thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said >> "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales." >> >> Michael > > LOL! That's a good one! How can anyone hate tamales? Okay, Nancy > hates tamales... she doesn't understand them. But tamales are > good! 🙂 YAY Steven! > > Jill
Besides, I've got planters all over the place. He's never liked tamales. Don't know why. He likes enchiladas though so he's saved 😉 This kit looks kinda cheapo but I'll give it a shot next week.
Michael
I'm thinking I'll make chicken enchiladas tomorrow. I have to get some ingredients to prepare the sauce but I've got the chicken and I've got several cheeses and I've got the tortillas 🙂
Hey, do you have any idea where Queenie Park is in STL?
Why yes I do as a matter of fact. The dog museum is there and I horseback ride with a friend there once in a blue moon. Want me to research some hotels and email them to you?
Michael
That would be great, thanks! Keep in mind, el cheapo 🙂
ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales."
Ha! That's hysterical. I love tamales but they are labor-intensive and I usually don't make them. That bucket sounds like a good idea, I'll have to look for it here. We have Melissa's brand Mexican food in our groceries here so I hope that's the one that makes it.
I don't hate them, I've never had them. No, I don't 'get' them, at all.
How could you not "get them" if you've never had one?
I've seen them made on tv. Food is made into a paste of some sort, then spread, inexplicably and painstakingly, onto a corn leaf. This is tied up in a bundle. Then the paste stuff is cooked. In the tied up corn leaf.
(laugh) Am I wrong?
The meat - pork, beef or chicken - is well seasoned, cooked in water, cooled, then shredded. The "dough" is masa (very finely ground cornmeal) which traditionally *is* mixed with lard although I used vegetable shortening and some of the broth from the meat until it reaches a spreadable consistency. You spread the masa dough on a soaked corn husk then add the cooked meat in the middle. Roll up the tamale in the corn husk and either tie it with a strip of corn husk or twist one of the ends. Then you steam them, stacked standing upright, usually over the leftover broth from the meat, until the masa dough easily pulls away from the corn husk when tested. The broth is then usually "recycled" to make a sauce for the tamales.
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I won't eat the skimpy filled tamales, but occasionally I come across a good one with a lots of meat. When you find those, tamales are awesome.
There is a place in Memphis called El Mezcal that does their tamales a little differently. I think they are actually Peruvian-style, but don't quote me on that 🙂 The dough is more like traditional flour rather than yellow masa. They are "fluffy", for lack of a better word. At any rate, the tamales are big and the shredded pork filling is quite ample. They serve them already removed from the corn husks. I don't get over to that part of town very often but now you've set off a craving!
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I don't hate them, I've never had them. No, I don't 'get' them, at all.
How could you not "get them" if you've never had one?
Anyway, the bad thing about tamales is the fact that traditional tamales are made with manteca, which is typically hydrogenated lard. The masa (dough) used for tamales is about 40% manteca and 60% masa, so the finished dough is very fattening. Also, traditionally, tamales are usually about 2/3rds dough and 1/3filling. This means one must eat a bunch of them to get an adequate meat fix. The good thing about tamales, if you make them yourself, *YOU* can make them however you like. Reduce the fat, make the tamales with 2/3rds meat and 1/3 masa, etc. Also, much of the fat in the masa is steamed out during cooking.
I won't eat the skimpy filled tamales, but occasionally I come across a good one with a lots of meat. When you find those, tamales are awesome.
nb
I've never made tamales but I'm going to. I've got to look up how to make the sauce for them though.
Michael
-- “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” _Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise
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ingredients, naturally. I asked him why he bought it since he hates tamales. The answer was "I liked the bucket and thought you would make a planter out of it." LOLOL... I said "Planter my ass, you're getting tamales."
Ha! That's hysterical. I love tamales but they are labor-intensive and I usually don't make them. That bucket sounds like a good idea, I'll have to look for it here. We have Melissa's brand Mexican food in our groceries here so I hope that's the one that makes it.
Stacia
The bucket is smallish but it's stainless. There are 2 steamer baskets in the kit with lots of other stuff. I haven't really looked it over good but it looks like fun to make.
Michael
-- “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” _Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise
