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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on November 26, 2011 at 10:18pm

Have you heard of bean tamales? I love black bean tamales myself. They are very good and vegetarian. 

Permalink Reply by Damonjim on November 27, 2011 at 2:48pm

They are not all that difficult to make and you can reuse the husks I think. When I was a young man I helped make tamales at their home, I remember it being a pretty straight forward process....and damn were they good, better than any I have ever ordered out.

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on November 28, 2011 at 10:15pm

I ordered a Tamale cookook, it should come this friday.  We'll see what happens!  There are lots of youtube videos with all sorts of variations.  The jalapeño with monterey jack tamale, with a salsa verde topping, that I got in the frozen food section of my grocery store was awesome.  Maybe I'll try that one.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on November 28, 2011 at 11:17pm

Ohh think of all the yummy tamales you can make. Now I am hungry for tamales.

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on May 14, 2013 at 6:25pm

Bumping this topic up....  

Funny, I bought the masa, got the cookbook...  but never made any tamales.  Time to try again.  Summer should be a good time.  We can cook them outside.

Anyone have good advice about tamale making?   No lard for me - vegetarian.  I've seen some made with crisco and some with butter.