How to make tamales

[Poison Ivy]

Cool I love chicken or beef tamales... YUmm..





I noticed though your not wearing gloves when you prepared the tamales...that's a NO NO Mister!

[63190]

Cool I love chicken or beef tamales... YUmm..





I noticed though your not wearing gloves when you prepared the tamales...that's a NO NO Mister!

Those are the hands of my parents. I didn't help this year. They knocked 'em out in a only a few hours. They did wash thier hands. Besides, the masa was still raw at that point. The steam would kill any bacteria they had on them. After cooling, they went into the freezer wrapped in plastic bags.
My dad has made the banana leaf ones before.
Mierda.

My parents stuff is always moist. They only dry out when they've been sitting out under heat lamps or have been thawed out and refrozen a few times.
My dad made banan leaf and black bean, and banana leaf and some white fish of some sort. The corn husks really give a distinct flavor. The banana leaf ones seemed lacking any flavor at all to me.