Comments on: Más masa http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caroline http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36962 Caroline Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:41:08 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36962 <p>Can you post your recipe for tamales? (the combined Bayless/Martinez version) ¡Gracias!</p> Can you post your recipe for tamales? (the combined Bayless/Martinez version) ¡Gracias!

]]> By: Rocky http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36920 Rocky Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:26:01 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36920 <p>But then you miss out on going to Carniceria El Paisano and getting chicharron de carne.</p> But then you miss out on going to Carniceria El Paisano and getting chicharron de carne.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36898 Wendy Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:52:44 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36898 <p>Okay, I just read a sad story and watched a horrifying video about the Tio Carlos Tamale King tamale machine, a sort of tamale extruder.</p> <p>http://www.tamaleking.com/page5.html (the story)</p> <p>http://www.tamaleking.com/page1.html (I watched the Part Two video)</p> <p>I didn't turn the sound on, and I don't know if that made it more or less horrifying. Possibly the low point is when the demonstrator squeezes what I think must be some sort of meat paste out of a clenched fist.</p> Okay, I just read a sad story and watched a horrifying video about the Tio Carlos Tamale King tamale machine, a sort of tamale extruder.

http://www.tamaleking.com/page5.html (the story)

http://www.tamaleking.com/page1.html (I watched the Part Two video)

I didn’t turn the sound on, and I don’t know if that made it more or less horrifying. Possibly the low point is when the demonstrator squeezes what I think must be some sort of meat paste out of a clenched fist.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36897 Wendy Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:27:46 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36897 <p>I have a sort of sick fascination with those weird "omelet pans", because a lot of people seem to think they're "REAL omelet pans, instead of just a skillet". I'm sure something similar has been/will be invented for tamales. Possibly adapted for use in the microwave. And let's make the dough out of wheat flour, because there's something sort of primitive about corn. </p> <p>An otherwise-intelligent guy at the tamale making class said "Oh, I bet I know how you make tamales! You must put the filling in a spoon, and then you wrap the dough around the spoon, and then you slide the spoon out!" (His wife looked at him like he was insane.)</p> I have a sort of sick fascination with those weird “omelet pans”, because a lot of people seem to think they’re “REAL omelet pans, instead of just a skillet”. I’m sure something similar has been/will be invented for tamales. Possibly adapted for use in the microwave. And let’s make the dough out of wheat flour, because there’s something sort of primitive about corn.

An otherwise-intelligent guy at the tamale making class said “Oh, I bet I know how you make tamales! You must put the filling in a spoon, and then you wrap the dough around the spoon, and then you slide the spoon out!” (His wife looked at him like he was insane.)

]]> By: SteveO http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36896 SteveO Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:00:48 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36896 <p>Just wondering... if you're from Nebraska, you're a Corn Husker. But, shouldn't "husker" mean "someone who puts the husk on an ear of corn"? Taking the husk off should be "de-husking."</p> Just wondering… if you’re from Nebraska, you’re a Corn Husker. But, shouldn’t “husker” mean “someone who puts the husk on an ear of corn”? Taking the husk off should be “de-husking.”

]]> By: SteveO http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36895 SteveO Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:57:57 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36895 <p>I think most folks see "corn husks" on the ingredient list and quit right there.</p> <p>But ten bucks says if you could talk Ronco into selling a tamale maker, you'd sell a ton to those same folks!!</p> <p>In a nation that has produced snow cone machines, corn dog machines, and an inside-the-egg-scrambler, a tamale maker has to be in the wings, yeah?</p> I think most folks see “corn husks” on the ingredient list and quit right there.

But ten bucks says if you could talk Ronco into selling a tamale maker, you’d sell a ton to those same folks!!

In a nation that has produced snow cone machines, corn dog machines, and an inside-the-egg-scrambler, a tamale maker has to be in the wings, yeah?

]]> By: cindy http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36893 cindy Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:42:38 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36893 <p>my grama made the best tamales in the world, i miss them a lot! i wish i had the stuff to make tamales while we were snowed in too. that would have made it a bit nicer, to be stuck at home with tamales!</p> my grama made the best tamales in the world, i miss them a lot! i wish i had the stuff to make tamales while we were snowed in too. that would have made it a bit nicer, to be stuck at home with tamales!

]]> By: Melissa http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36889 Melissa Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:57:52 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36889 <p>We almost always have tamales for Christmas Eve--they are dirt cheap around here (Dallas) and there are fierce debates on where to get them. I've never attempted to make them, since I can literally walk down the street and get some. When I lived in NC, a friend who was dating a Hispanic guy had a tamale party. She had to explain to <em>all</em> of her friends that you do not eat the husk. Sigh.</p> We almost always have tamales for Christmas Eve—they are dirt cheap around here (Dallas) and there are fierce debates on where to get them. I’ve never attempted to make them, since I can literally walk down the street and get some. When I lived in NC, a friend who was dating a Hispanic guy had a tamale party. She had to explain to all of her friends that you do not eat the husk. Sigh.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36882 mamster Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:54:59 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36882 <p>I interviewed Rick Bayless once! So we're like best buds.</p> I interviewed Rick Bayless once! So we’re like best buds.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/comment-page-1/#comment-36878 Wendy Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:00:29 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/26/mas-masa/#comment-36878 <p>Rick Bayless was on our plane from Oaxaca to Mexico yesterday!</p> <p>Our cooking class featured tamales, and they were very delicious. We brought home some ingredients to make some soon.</p> Rick Bayless was on our plane from Oaxaca to Mexico yesterday!

Our cooking class featured tamales, and they were very delicious. We brought home some ingredients to make some soon.

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