Chicken. I think there may be a "just cheese" variety as well, but I know for sure that the chicken are delicious!
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Sandy via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are they chicken or beef ones? no Trader Joe's here yet. > > > Fear is just excitement in need of an attitude adjustment! > -----Original Message----- > From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Penny Reeder > Subject: Re: [CnD] Tamales > > Trader Joe's frozen tamales are delicious! > Penny > > On 8/27/16, Sandy via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> > wrote: >> As for purchasing them, I have found the best ones are by Schwans, the >> home delivery company. beef tamales. Honestly, I do not even like them >> when purchased out here, in OK, not from Wendy's, any of our local >> Mexican restaurants, which are mostly Tex-Mex cooking style. Hope >> Schwans never folds up, or I sure will be Sandydisappointed! >> >> >> Fear is just excitement in need of an attitude adjustment! >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Naima Leigh via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 6:00 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Naima Leigh >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Tamales >> >> Nicole >> >> Here's the Mexican food's group. >> >> https://groups.io/g/Arlettes-Sizzling-Mexican >> >> >> You can join if you want too? I have, and love it! >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicole Massey via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 2:50 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Nicole Massey >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Tamales >> >> A tamale isn't the problem, it's a good tamale, and as someone who ate >> tamales almost from the crib I'm sort of picky about my tamales. In >> this area tamale production is a standard form of entrepreneurship for >> Hispanic and Mexican-American women, but since I don't work in an >> office I don't have the almost ubiquitous Latin co-worker with a >> family member who makes tamales for her family member to sell at work. >> So that's why I'm listening for recipes to indulge the roommate's >> experimentation. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Naima Leigh via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 1:36 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Naima Leigh <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Tamales >> >> If you mean grocery stores, then try Aldies, wall mart, crogers, >> Publics or any other store that will sell them. For the family issue, >> you're not alone. >> I'm going through similar problems as well. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicole Massey via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 2:26 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Nicole Massey >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Tamales >> >> I'm unable to get her recipe for the fruit tamales, as she's currently >> at war with my family after the divorce. The reason I asked is because >> I was curious as to what you turned up for the meat fillings. I've had >> a problem finding decent tamales -- it's hard to predict what will be >> available from independent cooks, and the different specialty places >> that make them in the area are inconsistent in quality. My best tamale >> source, amazingly enough, is at Braums, but my roommate has expressed >> interest in making them sometime, so that's why I'm always interested in > recipes for them. >> Our front door has a sign up advising people of the rules of the >> house, and one of them is as follows: "No solicitation. Exceptions >> will be made for Girl Scout cookies and tamales." >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Naima Leigh via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 12:30 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Naima Leigh <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Tamales >> >> Well Nichole, >> >> I would love to try your versions too. >> >> Will you please post them? >> >> P.S. Every family has one or more of those in them. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicole Massey via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 1:26 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Nicole Massey >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Tamales >> >> To make this we'll need recipes for the filling too, as it's >> definitely more than just shredded meat. My former sister-in-law made >> a variation on this with raisins, diced apple, coconut, and chopped >> pecans, and she formed them as flat triangles instead of rolls. They >> were well liked by my family. (Far more than she was, but she was a >> drama queen who threw fits if she wasn't the center of attention) I've >> also encountered tamales made with cheese and spices or beans. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Naima Leigh via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 11:51 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Naima Leigh <[email protected]> >> Subject: [CnD] Tamales >> >> Tamales >> >> >> >> Tamales are wintertime food in the American Southwest, and a Christmas >> Eve must in the Mexican-influenced cuisine so popular there. Days >> before families gather round to fix these delicious bundles. >> >> >> >> Ingredients >> >> >> >> 1 recipe prepared >> >> >> >> Shredded Beef, Chicken or Pork filling, or Picadillo filling (about 5 >> cups >> total) >> >> >> >> 1 8-ounce) package dried corn husks >> >> >> >> 2/3 cup vegetable shortening or lard >> >> >> >> 4 cups masa harina flour, (Mexican corn masa mix) >> >> >> >> 2 teaspoons salt >> >> >> >> 3 cups broth from filling, or water >> >> >> >> 1/3 cups vegetable shortening or lard, melted >> >> >> >> Directions >> >> >> >> 1. Sort corn husks, setting aside any torn ones. Soak intact corn >> husks in warm water for at least 1 hour or until soften and easy to fold. >> >> 2. Beat 2/3 cup vegetable shortening or lard in large bowl until >> creamy. Combine masa harina and salt in medium bowl. Alternately add >> masa harina and broth to vegetable shortening or lard, mixing well >> after each addition. Gradually add melted vegetable shortening or >> lard, mixing until consistent of thick cake batter (masa). >> >> 3. Spread 1/4 cup masa, using back of spoon, to form a square in the >> center of one husk. Place 1/4 cup meat filling in center of masa square. >> Fold right then left edge over masa. Fold up bottom edge to roll. >> Repeat with remaining ingredients. >> >> 4. Place vegetable steamer in pot with lid; add water to just below >> steamer. Arrange tamales upright in steamer rack. Cover tamales with >> reserved dry husks and a damp towel; cover. Bring to a boil; reduce >> heat to low. Steam, adding water as needed, for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or >> until masa pulls away from husks. >> >> Makes 24 tamales. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
