Thursday, December 15, 2011

'Tis the season. . .

For merriment and good will to all. . . and for tamales! This is the time of year when folks bake tamales and give them to friends, family, etc., for the holiday season.

Lucy, Patricia, Darling and Seidy cooked up about 150 tamales a while ago, so everyone could have some.

It's a very doughy dish, with meat, vegetables, salsa all wrapped up in a banana leaf and then steamed to perfection.

The dough is extremely dense and most folks buy the dough from a couple of outlets in Ciudad Quesada, as it's not all that easy to make from scratch. It is a process to get everything tucked into there and wrapped up, but the result is worth the effort (so says someone who has only eaten them).

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