![]() 10/06/2018 at 12:31 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
My wife and daughter are at a retreat, my son is still asleep, so I’m having a fantastic lunch- tamales with fried eggs. Yum!
![]() 10/06/2018 at 12:39 |
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I always forget there’s two very popular types of Tamales.
Some are made with banana leaf as the mold (the type I like) and some are made with maize leaf as the mold I think the ones you have are with the maize mold. If you haven’t I highly encourage you try the ones with banana leaf (called Oaxacan or Veracruzan at times)
Some are also sweet, and those I really don’t like.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 12:47 |
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The significance of the paper plate is not lost on me.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 12:48 |
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You have a good eye. It’s impossible to get decent tamales in Louisiana, so my in-laws bring us several dozen every time they come visit from south Texas. If I can find banana-leaf tamales, I’ll give them a shot.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 12:48 |
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How does the banana leaf make the tamale taste different?
![]() 10/06/2018 at 12:54 |
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It’s a Mexican benedict. Huevos benedictos?
![]() 10/06/2018 at 13:01 |
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Uh, sure!
:)
![]() 10/06/2018 at 13:05 |
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I think it keeps it drier when cooking it , which makes the spices in the tamale stand out a bit better.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 13:29 |
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Need some spicy black beans with it too. I’m starving now.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 13:55 |
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If I were to add beans, they would have to be refried. Oh man. Now I’m thinking about dinner.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 14:07 |
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In the Philippines sweet rice is wrapped in banana leaves. It is an acquired taste because the banana leaves have a very smoky flavor.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 14:09 |
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I think that for sweet foods, the maize wrapping is probably superior since it doesn’t impact the flavour as much.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 14:12 |
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The banana leaf was a hard flavor to get off my tongue. My Philippino friend was cracking up at the sour face I was making.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 14:15 |
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Its either that, or eat standing over the toilet or garbage can - which just works for pizza and sandwiches.
![]() 10/06/2018 at 17:46 |
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I think you might on to something there - I’d totally get that
![]() 10/06/2018 at 18:17 |
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The sink, you’re supposed to eat over the sink. Not the toilet.
Unless you’re drunk and have to plan for contingencies.