At last! Tamales!
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Tamales at last! Tamales at LAST! Thank goddess almighty, I’ve tamales at last!
Okay, okay, I know, that’s abusing the quote – and my apologies to Rev. King; I mean no disrespect, but I truly am excited—I HAVE TAMALES!
I finally thought to poke my head in a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican market to see what they had – and sure enough, they have… well… it’s not even a restaurant, it’s a counter. They sell a couple of platters and tacos… and sure enough, they do tamales every Saturday.
I also got some ancho jalapenos (smoky and not too hot) to play with. And they had bottled Mexican Coke and Senoral—if you ever find Senoral, GET SOME. It’s sangria-flavoured (no alcohol) soda, and it’s awesome. Sugar, no corn syrup…
When I stopped by on Thursday, I got three tacos while I was there – fantastic! Real street-vendor style tortillas with pork, onion (which I had to pick off – can’t eat raw onion), and cilantro, with some HOT HOT salsa. yummy!
So I just picked up the tamales, and I’ve had a few – and I’m about to have a few more – oh, I’m overeating today, but it’s okay every so often…
What’s odd, to me—these are chicken tamales. I mean, I guess you can do whatever you want with the basic recipe—I was worried when I opened the first one and saw that (When I ordered, I didn’t even ask what kind – even BAD tamales, I wanted two dozen!)... and the first one was a little mushy, so I thought “meh, decent tamales…”—but the others have all been quite good, and I have upgraded my opinion. These aren’t the BEST tamales I’ve ever had, but they are quite good. Definitely above average. Worth every penny.