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Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 04:21 PM
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pertnear
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Well it's that time of year again to buy & enjoy tamales during the holiday season. For us, tamales are hors d'oeuvres not usually the main entree. We'll buy a few dozens to take to friends houses, break out at home as a snack or give some away as a gift. So when did the prices hit $15 a dozen? I've bought some for as low as $8/dz & some as high as $15/dz. We've bought homemade & store made. We usually get the threat of "order now if you want any". I've been very disappointed in some of those expensive ones. I don't expect a tamale to be a burrito, but I do like to get my money's worth. As a kid growing up in SA, I remember buying a dozen for $3 & they weren't loaded with meat, but they were greasy & delicious - the perfect messy finger food! Okay semi-rant over....
"There are two wolves fighting inside all of us. The first one is evil, the second one is good... Which wolf will win? The one you feed." - Indian proverb.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 04:30 PM
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They have been closer to the $12-$15/dozen around me for a handful of years.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 04:43 PM
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You can forget about finding a good tamale nowadays unless you're really good friends with a Hispanic family that's keeping the holiday tradition alive.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 04:44 PM
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Have you ever made tamales?
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 04:47 PM
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If you want it done right, you've gotta do it yourself.
We make our own, anywhere from 60-100 dozen a year. It's a labor of love. I make a full meal out of a dozen, or a half dozen and a couple fried eggs.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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#8451398
11/17/21 04:48 PM
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Hudbone
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take a deep breath and pour yourself a lil' bourbon
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 04:50 PM
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I love me some tamales !
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 04:55 PM
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there's this thing going on.... (due to our gubbermint printing eight trillion bogus dollars) called inflation....
if they don't quit, tamales will be $30 next year.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 05:08 PM
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Have you ever made tamales? This. I made 10 dozen a out 5 years ago out deer scraps. Took this gringo two days to make them. I'm talking six hours in the kitchen, two days in a row.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 05:14 PM
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 05:19 PM
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skinnerback
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Have you ever made tamales? This. I made 10 dozen a out 5 years ago out deer scraps. Took this gringo two days to make them. I'm talking six hours in the kitchen, two days in a row. Everybody starts somewhere. It takes practice, and is a team effort if making more than a few dozen. It's amazing how many you can make with experienced help.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 05:23 PM
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Everybody starts somewhere. It takes practice, and is a team effort if making more than a few dozen. It's amazing how many you can make with experienced help.[/quote] We made 30 dozen once. Six people and lotsa beer.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 05:51 PM
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Well it's that time of year again to buy & enjoy tamales during the holiday season. For us, tamales are hors d'oeuvres not usually the main entree. We'll buy a few dozens to take to friends houses, break out at home as a snack or give some away as a gift. So when did the prices hit $15 a dozen? I've bought some for as low as $8/dz & some as high as $15/dz. We've bought homemade & store made. We usually get the threat of "order now if you want any". I've been very disappointed in some of those expensive ones. I don't expect a tamale to be a burrito, but I do like to get my money's worth. As a kid growing up in SA, I remember buying a dozen for $3 & they weren't loaded with meat, but they were greasy & delicious - the perfect messy finger food!
Okay semi-rant over.... Man the tamales from 20 years ago around SA were WAY better than any of the BS they have now. Only thing I have had that comes even close to the ones we bought for $3/dozen as a kid are the ones this gringo made himself. That said, after making some I wouldn't do it to sell them for $50 a dozen. Ive seen some little old ladies that can spread masa on a corn husk with the flick of a wrist perfect every time.... it is an art!
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 06:17 PM
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Love tamales...I can make a whole lot for $15 - several dozen with a little time and effort.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 06:30 PM
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take a deep breath and pour yourself a lil' bourbon I like the way you think...
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 06:34 PM
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I hope you don't go to the grocery or gas pump anytime soon if you think Tamales are high Rosa's tamales are worth every penny and a great reason not to attempt to make them yourself...but they are not cheap. Seriously, good luck and I hope you find some good ones...we bought a few dozen from a lady my wife used to work with that makes them herself, they were $15 a dzn but good enough I'll pay that for hers.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 06:36 PM
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skinnerback
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Well it's that time of year again to buy & enjoy tamales during the holiday season. For us, tamales are hors d'oeuvres not usually the main entree. We'll buy a few dozens to take to friends houses, break out at home as a snack or give some away as a gift. So when did the prices hit $15 a dozen? I've bought some for as low as $8/dz & some as high as $15/dz. We've bought homemade & store made. We usually get the threat of "order now if you want any". I've been very disappointed in some of those expensive ones. I don't expect a tamale to be a burrito, but I do like to get my money's worth. As a kid growing up in SA, I remember buying a dozen for $3 & they weren't loaded with meat, but they were greasy & delicious - the perfect messy finger food!
Okay semi-rant over.... Man the tamales from 20 years ago around SA were WAY better than any of the BS they have now. Only thing I have had that comes even close to the ones we bought for $3/dozen as a kid are the ones this gringo made himself. That said, after making some I wouldn't do it to sell them for $50 a dozen. Ive seen some little old ladies that can spread masa on a corn husk with the flick of a wrist perfect every time.... it is an art! The problem nowadays is that a lot of places are using tamale machines instead of making them by hand like they used to. There is a tamale business here that used to make and sell the best tamales anywhere for $5-$6/dozen. BIG tamales, thin masa, full of meat. Their business grew and then they bought a tamale machine, all down hill from there. Masa waaaaay too thick, thin and inconsistent meat for $12-$14/dozen. Apparently, regardless of how you adjust the machine it's just not the same as making them by hand.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 06:36 PM
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Have you not heard of inflation whetto?
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 06:38 PM
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pertnear
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Have you ever made tamales? I never have but I keep threatening to. The response I usually get is you're crazy. I hear you can get the masa pre-mixed like dough. I don't have a big roaster oven. I guess there are some good meat spicing recipes around. I did try to make some flour tortilla from scratch one time & they came out shaped like footballs & tasted like cardboard.
"There are two wolves fighting inside all of us. The first one is evil, the second one is good... Which wolf will win? The one you feed." - Indian proverb.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 07:00 PM
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I am making my own this year. I use to make them with my mom when she was alive. It is alot of hard work but the satisfaction is well worth it. I am not going to get crazy. Just making maybe 5 dozen if that and calling it good.
"Laugh with many, but don't trust any"
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 07:09 PM
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I love me some tamales !
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 07:21 PM
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My wife called on Saturday to tell me there was a Mexican food trailer on the FM highway around the corner from us. I told her I was afraid it could be old food since it was literally on a FM road vs. a corner in town. She said there were two tables out front that both had Mexicans there for lunch.
She brought home a few items including tamales. I didn't ask what they cost. They were by far the best tamales I can remember. We will be back!
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 07:33 PM
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Spent 35 years in Hell Paso. You can find some absolutely awesome tamales there. Dona Lupitas handmade are some of the best Tameles and Carnitas you'll ever eat hands down. $ 15 bucks a dozen and after 2 or 3 your ready for your food coma. Also have you ever seen the amount of WORK that goes into Tamele making? Its insane.
Last edited by SouthWestIron; 11/17/21 07:34 PM.
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 07:34 PM
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LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Semi-rant about Tamales!
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11/17/21 07:35 PM
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