December 24, 20196 yr ...and have talked the family into making tamales. Need advice on cooking this thing.
December 24, 20196 yr Are you from a hispanic family or married into one (I fit the later)? If not, go find some loud Latina women to help. I've never seen quiet people make tamales.
December 24, 20196 yr ...and have talked the family into making tamales. Need advice on cooking this thing.You sound white.
December 24, 20196 yr Author 37 minutes ago, DonnyKerabatsos said: dont boil it. hole in ground with coals or low and slow in the oven. Was thinking about indirect on the grill.
December 24, 20196 yr Just now, Beau Vine said: Was thinking about indirect on the grill. That’ll work people boil to get all the meat off the bone and for the broth
December 24, 20196 yr Author 10 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: Did you buy pre made masa ? Yes. I may be gringo but I'm not stupid.
December 24, 20196 yr It’ll be easy. Make some sort of broth. Boil some big red chilis, onion and garlic. Those masa blocks are thick. Start with smaller chunk of masa, add a little broth / pinch of salt / pinch of cumino <<< all to taste. Lard or corn oil also comes in play here to soften it up. Add everything in small amounts until you get it that it’s easier to spread. Taste the meat too. It can’t be dry and bland Edited December 24, 20196 yr by tx 3 putt
December 24, 20196 yr 12 minutes ago, Beau Vine said: Here goes nothing. Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk That’s going to take some time
December 24, 20196 yr 54 minutes ago, Beau Vine said: 1234 Just gonna keep smiling like shit aint6going down?
December 27, 20195 yr How’s the taste ? next year you need to get fancy and make some bean / cheese / jalapeño tamales
December 27, 20195 yr Author 26 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: How’s the taste ? next year you need to get fancy and make some bean / cheese / jalapeño tamales We actually got so little meat off the hog head, that I had bought two pounds of chicken thighs, a pound of tomatillos, and a couple of anaheims as a backup plan.. Threw them in the instapot for a half hour, and that ended up being the filling for about half of them. And they are pretty fucking good! We'll do this again. Edited December 27, 20195 yr by Beau Vine
December 27, 20195 yr Yeah, but that head meat is sweet. (Phrasing) Maybe blend it with a butt or shoulder for larger portions, but whatever you do don't boil it.
December 27, 20195 yr We did tamales on Christmas Eve with some family friends. Used 80 pounds of pork butts - can't imagine how many hog heads it would have taken to get that much meat. Either way, props to Beau for cooking the smiling swine.
December 27, 20195 yr You know you can save yourself all that trouble and go to one of the Chinese places that sell roast pig by the pound and buy a roast pig head for 4 bucks. I bought one from Siu Lap city in Houston last week and made it into some tamales.
December 28, 20195 yr Author 4 hours ago, RPM said: How'd them ears turn out? The dogs really enjoyed them.
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