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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 12:55 AM
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Mmmmmm...tamales
One of the things I love about my neighborhood is that a holiday can't pass, nor can a sickness or a death in the family without the neighborhood FEEDING YOU!

When I had my surgery a few years back, I had so many wonderful neighbors thinking of me, I didn't have to cook for three weeks.

My neighbor came by tonight with two dozen tamales...12 chicken and green chili and 12 of the one I am enjoying now...a sweet strawberry tamale....

I'm in heaven!
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 12:56 AM
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1. Homemade Tamales are the best
:D
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populistmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 12:56 AM
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2. Good food and great neighbors
Can't go wrong there. You're a lucky woman.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:00 AM
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4. I really am blessed
Even my freeper neighbor isn't a bad guy...just an ass about politics.....
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 12:56 AM
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3. I love tamales.
That reminds me. I haven't make them in a long time. My son-in-law positively inhales them when I do make them.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:01 AM
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5. They are a shit load of work
There is also a lady that brings them to my San Diego office made in banana leafs...( a Yucatan tradition)...ever had those?
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:04 AM
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6. No, but I know about them.
In Chile they make them with ordinary corn husks, but they call them humitas. The filling is slightly different too. Here,I make them Mexican style though with the masa. The Chilean version is done with fresh corn and frankly the American corn doesn't translate as well.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:05 AM
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8. I had those in Nicaragua
they make them that way there too!
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:09 AM
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9. Mmm...green corn tamales are the best, but I've heard that they're...
...very labor intensive. There are two or three places here that make great green corn tamales. One even ships them out, packed in dry ice, all over the country.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:11 AM
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11. Had some a couple weeks ago in LA
Quite yummy
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:05 AM
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7. I love tamales!!!
So it looks like your forecast is chile today, hot tamale! ;-)
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:11 AM
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10. YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN!
First it was In-N-Out, now I must have tamales. MUST HAVE tamales.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:12 AM
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12. Want me to push one through the screen?
You can always run by El Coyote for take out tomorrow :D

(sorry...no lo carb tamales)
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:14 AM
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13. Tease! I'll suffer through till Thursday.
A farmer's market sets up next to my office building in Century City every Thursday, and there's an awesome (and affordable) tamale stand. I like...well, I like ALL of them, but my faves are the cheese and green chile, and the pinapple. Yum.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:19 AM
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14. Oh GAWD I love pineapple tamales
with raisins! One of my employees used to bring those in...but these strawberry ones are pink through and through so I had a chicken one for dinner and a strawberry one for dessert...she came by at JUST the right time too! Work has been a bit stressful and gone a bit late and I REALLY didn't feel like cooking tonight.

I love farmer's markets for the baby lettuces this time of year...they are so good you don't even need dressing on them...especially the hearts!
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 01:28 AM
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15. farmers markets are the BEST
flowers, lettuce, breads, nuts, DATES, fruit, SWEET CORN, honey (with the comb still in--YUM)...and on and on.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 08:13 AM
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16. I just ordered a dozen!!!
:9

They get here on Dec. 15th! Can't. Get. Here. Fast. Enough.
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