>>22112254
what's the beige goop
what's the brown goop
what is that paper-like stuff

>>22112254
>OP makes a thread to talk ta males
Gay

>>22112260
The brown stuff is a mixture of smoked pork ribs, tomatoes, jalapenos, and salsa verde. That's the filling.
The beige stuff is masa. That is a combination of pork stock and lard (mostly rendered from the rib bones), and corn flour.
The paper stuff is corn husks. They are made from corn husks

I've never been able to into the texture of tamales. Are there any where they crisp up the outside a bit?

>>22112263
you bit homo

>>22112435
Not really.
The texture is supposed to be cake like since masa is a bit closer to a thick batter then an actual dough and you're meant to steam it.
Closest you might get is something like a churro maybe?

>>22112435
you might as well just have a taco instead

>>22112319
>The beige stuff is masa
Is there another term for this? I’m worried I’ll get tossed out of Publix if I ask where their “masa” is.

>>22112254
Why are you filling them with cat food?

>>22113882
Masa harina. It's not pronounced like master though. More like the mo in "mop" rather than ma in "map".

>made tamales one year for Christmas Eve
>realize it's supposed to be a family thing putting them together and not really something traditionally done alone

Last time I felt that alone and sad was when I went to Korean BBQ by myself.

>>22112319
looks nice but also very calory dense, i can see why mexicans are fat

>>22113912
I usually make my tamales for parties and gifts, specifically because they freeze well.
I think I'd actually feel weird having someone make them with me. But I'm also not latino, I'm just some dude who BBQs a lot and needed to figure out what to do with the lard and drippings I was collecting.

>>22113918
>looks nice but also very calorie dense
Extremely.
They're high on the list of shit I never eat but love to cook just to make other people fat

>>22113918
Tamales and other dishes are not an issue. Bigger issue is the national consumption of sugary Coca Cola.

>>22112254
those are the saddest crappiest most garbage looking tamales I ever have seen.

tamales are delicious, hard to find them in non-ethnic grocers around where I'm at. I should probably follow OP's example and make them myself.

r u supposed to eat the corn husks?

>>22113912
If you make tamales alone I have tremendous respect for your sheer force of will.

>>22114134
no

>>22112254
This is one of the very few American foods which really intrigue me and i have no idea what to expect what it would taste like. It looks really neat, i think it would taste good
-t. Real indian (none of that "red Indian" gobbledygook )

>>22114128
Your opinion is wrong and they taste better than any you've ever had.

>>22113924
What else is on this list? I hate my skinny sister.

>>22114757
Stuffed pasta and cookies are pretty high on the list.
I'm trying to expand that list to croissants but my first batch was pretty lame. Gonna need to step up my game with that one before I start trying to fatten people