Yesterday was the tamale making day. The meat was cooked on Thursday and had been shredded so it was a matter of making the masa, assembling the tamales and cooking them.
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I was tired and I had started them too late and that pot was looking awfully big at this point.
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I said to Vince . . want to help me roll these up? And Vince said to me . . I think I’ll watch the LSU game. Huh? He never watches the LSU games.
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Finally, the masa was gone, the corn husks I had boiled were used up and best of all . . the pot was full. These were steamed but it was too late to let them cool and then freeze them so I stuck the steaming basket in a cooler and put it on the front porch. Today I will vacuum seal and freeze them.
I did stick a few of the tamales in our small steamer and we had those for dinner.
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A little home canned chili and some cheese and we had a delicious dinner.
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It will be nice to have lots of tamales in the freezer!
Toni in TN says
Look so good. I need to print out your instructions and give it a try. We have a Mexican restaurant here that makes wonderful tamales but serves them with sour cream and shredded lettuce! Another restaurant makes horrible tamales but serves them with a wonderful chili sauce. Just need to make my own.
Donna Williams says
These are on my list of to-dos after the Holidays. Can’t wait!
Laura says
I’ve only had tamales once in a restaurant. Are you supposed to eat the outside husk?
JudyL says
You do not eat the husks.
leslie Cole says
I am with Laura, do you eat the outside husk? Never had them.
Susan says
Yours look delicious, like the kind I’m used to that Paul made, so I’m going to check out your recipe. The ones my friend here makes just are not right. LOL Some other part of Mexico, I guess. I’m a Sonoran tamale and sopapilla lover. Here in Knoxville, there is only ONE restaurant that makes sopapillas the right way. Everyone else makes cinnamon crisps, Chihuahua style. Ugh!
Judy H says
I made tamales once. I made about twice what you had pictured there and still had a lot of the fixin’s left. That’s when I pulled out a 13 x 9 pyrex dish and made a tamale casserole. I haven’t made tamales since!! The HEB grocery store makes them fresh here, and they aren’t expensive. I’d rather just buy them! I learned how and they were good, but I don’t want to go to all that trouble again!
I hope you and Vince enjoy your tamales, though! 🙂
Kathleen says
Hi Judy. Not sure how the rolling works. Is the husk rolled into the tamale like a jelly roll or is the outside just kinda smooshed with the husk only on the outside. I have probably only had three tamales in my life and didn’t care much for them because they only had a teeny tiny bit of meat in them. Still loving your blog. We are in Fort Worth for Thanksgiving. Drove through the sleet yesterday in OKC. What a mess. Took us hours and hours. Texas is supposed to be warmer than Missouri. The electricity went off last night in the neighborhood which set off the smoke dectors and we couldn’t get them to shut off. Think after the exhausting drive and no sleep we will have to have several naps today. Have a great Thanksgiving day. Wishing you were in Missouri with Addie.