The Tamale is a Typical Mexican Dish – Part 1 – Food Variety 34

Saturday, May 13, 2023

We “wrongly” called “Mexican foods” for traditional Mesoamericans or Latin American dishes. The reason, may be just for “simplicity.”



Fig 01- The Tamales, wrapped in banana leaves.


There are plenty of Mexican foods sold commercially in the USA. You probably know or ever consume some of them:

- Tamale

- Tacos

- Tostadas

- Chiles en nogada

- Enchiladas

Nachos



Fig 02- A little building, Just for illustration


One of my favorites is a Tamale. The way its cook is interesting for me, it is steamed with wrapping.


The “material” for wrapping is taken from nature, it could be one of these natural materials:

- banana leaf

- corn husk



Fig 03 – Another type of Tamale, wrapped with corn husk


# To be continued to Part 2


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22 comments:

  1. The tamales look gorgeous to eat

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  2. ...when I owned my nursery, many of my Mexican workers would share tamales at lunch time, what a treat.

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  3. Where I grew up in Texas it was more of a holiday treat around Christmas..back then the lady I knew would start them around October, but there are some much more quick recipes I'm sure. Our retired director from where I work makes them during the holidays with his mother's recipe and that it always a treat.

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  4. I will confess I'm not that fond of them. I'd rather have enchiladas. A good cheese enchilada can be hard to find in the heartland since most traditional Mexican foods here are made with flour tortillas....instead of corn tortillas. Oddly, we live in corn husker country. Go figure.

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    1. you are right.....

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  5. What a ınteresting meals, thanks for your sharing...

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    1. nice food for me....

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  7. I love all kinds of Mexican foods.

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  8. wow this food looks awesome and delicious

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  9. Can you believe I've never had tamales? I love everything else Mexican I've had though...

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    1. You should try it one day.

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  10. I love Mexican food, vegetation of course.

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  11. I have never had Mexican food. That meal seems delicious ... I will look for a Mexican restaurant in Rome.

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  12. Tamales are good. Looks like you're an expert at making them.

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  13. Hello!
    Great meals, I'm very inspired by food and I like learning about the culture of the kitchen ^^
    Greetings from Poland!

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    1. some people love it....

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  14. Great post. I love the Spanish language... so enjoyable to say for example names of foods like tacos, enchiladas, fajitas, tamales... y muchos nachos 😀 🌵

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