I'm making 3, count 'em, 3 kinds of Christmas tamales!

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   cosetteposted 15 years ago

   i'm scared.
   
   seriously. never done that before but one of my resolutions is to do stuff i haven't done before.
   
   i am making:
   
   red tamales. these are made with roast beef and dried red chiles.
   
   green corn tamales: made with fresh corn and green chiles
   
   vegetarian green corn tamales: the same but made with veggie broth and vegetable shortening in the masa
   
   i am also making homemade pinto beans, homemade Spanish rice, homemade empenadas (savory and sweet), and buenuelos.
   
   not to mention the usual Christmas cookies to give as presents.
   
   i must be insane but at the same time, i wanted to make it a homemade sort of Christmas.
   
   wooHoo haven't even done my shopping yet haha!!!
   
   
   
   
   
   now i know there's a lot of fightin' goin' on here but i am so filled with the Holy Spirit (heh) of Christmas i don't hate anyone right now
   
   
   i saw two accidents this morning at various times (well, after the fact), and right now there's police sirens and fire trucks, so something is going on. OOH and now a helicopter. must be baddd)
   
   so take care people and have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, ok?
   
   
   
   love, cosette

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      blue dogposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      i'll take a dozen of each.
      
      okay, six of each.
      
      one?

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   rmcrayneposted 15 years ago

   Yum cosette!  I hope my friend Josie brings me back some homemade tamales from Mexico this year! 
   
   Did you see the Sopapilla Cheesecake recipe from KCC Big Country: 
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Sopapilla-Cheesecake-Recipe
   
   We aren't going home this year.  It's my sister, brother, the dogs and me.  I think we're having baked ham and homemade baked mac and cheese.  Maybe some Cornish hens too.

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   NaomiRposted 15 years ago

   Yum! Can I join you? I love tamales! We had some wonderful ones when we were in Mexico City.

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   cosetteposted 15 years ago

   yep, it's going to be a spicy Christmas all right
   
   right now all the stuff is in bags, staring at me going "do you feel lucky? well do ya, punk?

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   Lita C. Malicdemposted 15 years ago

   Yummy tamales and empanadas! Wow, and I thought they are only our local delicacies down here. I like them. Of course we have our own recipes for these. They are signature give-aways for all occasions, right you are. Thanks for sharing.

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   yenajeonposted 15 years ago

   Aww lucky! I heart heart tamales. Three kinds though? amazing!
   kudos

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