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Making Christmas tamales has become a tradition in the Southwest, and many families get together for an annual tamalada, or tamale making party, in the weeks before Christmas. This wonderful video shows you exactly how Christmas tamales are made.
To make authentic Christmas tamales, you will need some simple ingredients, a tamale steamer, and some spare time. A group of helpful friends and relatives will come in handy as well. Recipes differ, and many recipes have been handed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. The basic tamale consists of a masa dough stuffed with shredded beef, pork or chicken, peppers, Chile sauce, vegetables, and sometimes cheese. The stuffed tamale is steamed in a corn husk wrapper and sometimes served with a sauce which complements the filling. There are also some delicious variations with dessert tamales stuffed with fruit and nuts.
Making tamales from scratch is a time-consuming process. The meats should be cooked ahead of time in a slow cooker to bring out their best flavor. The corn husks will need to be soaked for a couple of hours before use to make them soft and pliable. Preparing the masa from scratch is time-consuming, so some tamaleras now use prepared dough. Many hands make light work, and a tamalada brings family and friends together to enjoy both the season and the fruits of their labors. Feliz Navidad!
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What traditions do Spanish people do?
Make tamales at Christmas and Menudo for the New Year.
What do guatemalans eat at Christmas-time?
tamales
What is a typical Christmas meal in Mexico?
TAMALES of course.
Why do you eat Christmas turkey?
I don't eat turkey on Christmas, I eat ham.
What is the signifigance of tamales?
They were made in order for the poor people to have something to unwrap for Christmas
What are some things that Mexicans eat on Christmas?
Tamales, Christ cake, and menudo.
On Christmas in Mexico what do they eat?
From Mexico to Panama tamales are a "must have" food and are very common throughout the entire holiday. We make tamales of corn meal dough with or without a filling and steam-cook them to perfection. To steam them we wrap it in a leaf of the corn or in plantain leaves, depending on the customs of each country. Tamales in Mexico are deeply rooted in the pre-Hispanic times. They were important in many rites which had their own distinct type of tamales filling and form. There are many types of tamales, about "forty two different kinds" according to Karen Horsh Graber in her article "Los Tamales: Five Hundred Years at the Heart of the Fiesta." In Guatemala "Tamales of rice" make the list for Christmas foods as well. Guatemalans use the "tamal negro" -black, mainly for special occasions like Christmas or the New Year. They also have el "tamal colorado" -red, which we see most often along with the small "chuchito" wrapped with corn husks. Tamales can be filled with prunes, turkey, raisins and a sauce made with local spices. The typical Hispanic Christmas foods in Mexico include red tamales, sweet tamales and pork tamales which are served throughout the Christmas holiday. During the "posadas" you can find Mexican hot chocolate, a stew called "birria," "gorditas con carne deshebrada" which are corn made pockets with shredded beef, and "atole" -corn gruel. For "Nochebuena" Mexicans like to add to the tamales with a Mexican noodle casserole called "sopa seca," "menudo" -made from tripe or "Pozole" made from pork or chicken, Mexican rice and drinks made of a hot fruit punch or sparkling cider.
Where can you buy fat to make tamales?
no u can no buy fat to make tamales they r not even made out of fat
Why do Mexicans eat tamales on Christmas Eve?
Because they are delicious
What do Mexicans eat in the season of Christmas?
There are many foods the Mexicans eat in the season of Christmas such as tamales. Mexicans also eat Rosca de Reyes.
What do Mexican chrildren have for their Christmas dinner?
some Mexican kids eat tamales, menudo, posole etc.
What Hispanic dish is traditionally served during Christmas?
Posole,tamales,green chili chicken enchiladas.
