Talk about Tamales here.

Originally Posted By Elderp

We can keep a topic if we try REALLY REALLY hard...

Anyhow, I have convienced Mrs. Elderp we need tamales this year. Now I just need to find a good place to get them in AZ.

 

Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP

I'm contemplating that same thing myself, and in a couple of minutes, check your email.

 

Originally Posted By Dave

Hey Elder

Have these shipped to Az...

<a href="http://www.tamarastamales.com/etamales.html" target="_blank">http://www.tamarastamales.com/
etamales.html</a>

She has some good stuff

 

Originally Posted By friendofdd

<a href="http://emol.org/dining/greencorntamale.html" target="_blank">http://emol.org/dining/greenco
rntamale.html</a>

This from Tucson.

 

Originally Posted By Dave

fodd,


Are they good ???

 

Originally Posted By Elderp

UPS tamales what a concept?!

"<a href="http://emol.org/dining/greenco" target="_blank">http://emol.org/dining/greenco</a>
rntamale.html"
Tucson is exactly where we are going.

"Are they good ???"

Million dollar question there.

 

Originally Posted By melekalikimaka

I. Love. Tamales.

 

Originally Posted By Elderp

The cool thing about them is there is such a variety. My favorite are chicken in red sauce.

 

Originally Posted By Big Thunder

<"UPS tamales what a concept?!">

Hey you think that's cool? I once joined a group of peeps at Disneyland who anxiously awaited a shipment of a Key Lime pie from Canada.

It was still cold when it arrived. I must say, it was the best Key Lime pie I've ever eaten, #1 for taste, and also because I was with good company, eating it at my favorite place in the world, [Disneyland] and knowing that it was shipped from another country and smuggled into the park. All that combined made it ultra cool.

OK back on topic... what part of AZ ElderP? I will look into this with my AZ contacts. I know of a good South West restaurant that serves tamales, but I dont know if they sell them to go. I know this doesn't help you, but I cant help thinking about it... my favorite take out Tamales are in Denver CO, near Coors field, I wonder if that lil place is still there?

For So CA tamales, the best tasting are actually homemade by Big Thunder himself. I must admit, we Thunders make a mean tamale. [pork w/ red sauce] For store bought, there are several places I know of in CA that sell them, but the trick is finding good ones. I presume the same is the case in AZ?

Here's a tip, most panaderias [Mexican bakeries] sell tamales. Maybe a few times a week sample one or a dozen from different panaderias?

Maybe, just maybe... if the Thunder family makes tamales this year, I could send a dozen? That's not a promise, but a sincere willing intention at this point. [keyword being "if"]

 

Originally Posted By Big Thunder

oops just read the Tucson destination.. OK, my favorite neice lives there, I see if she can find out through her other relatives

 

Originally Posted By Elderp

"what part of AZ ElderP?"
Tucscon is where my inlaws are. I don't know exactly where in Tucson. I figure I am going to drive arround Tuscon shouting out there names and see what happens. JK!! Mrs. Elderp has been there so presumably she knows where they are.

"[pork w/ red sauce]"
It is all about the red sauce.

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

mole - it's called mole.

 

Originally Posted By Big Thunder

is'nt mole chocolate sauce?

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

No, not always. We don't make our mole with chocolate. Different regions use different recipes.

 

Originally Posted By Elderp

mole and red sauce are not the samething where my family comes from (Aguas Calientes). In fact they take the difference very seriously over there.

 

Originally Posted By FaMulan

El Pollo Loco has pretty decent chicken tamales.

[runs and hides]

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

I know Elderp. Our family has used basically the same recipes for about oh 100 years, never used chocolate, always called in mole.

Course, when we make it and put it in our tamales it's more dark brown than red. Same with our chicken mole.

 

Originally Posted By Dave

>>> once joined a group of peeps at Disneyland who anxiously awaited a shipment of a Key Lime pie from Canada.
<<<

And it was good too. A little runny but good if you remember.


>>>> the best tasting are actually homemade by Big Thunder himself. I must admit, we Thunders make a mean tamale. [pork w/ red sauce] <<<<

BT,

So bring some to the resort this weekend because fodd and I will be hungry and no one else thought of us!

~

 

Originally Posted By Big Thunder

well, I've had green mole, which I didnt care as much for, and I know there are different varieties of mole.

But I think I read ya.. "mole" basically means a type of sauce then huh?

BTW Chicken mole is one of my favorite dishes, it took me a while to accept after I'd found out years later that it had chocolate in it. I memer thinkin... "chocolate sauce on chicken? yuck" but I couldn't deny, I'd already come to like the taste.

Man I'm hungry now, thank goodness Mrs Thunder made enchiladas earlier [yum] microwave here I come

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

Just like I don't like black beans, only use pinto.