green chili and cheese tamales
"Karen O'Mara" > wrote in message
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> "Linda" > wrote in message
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> > A lot of people claim you can put whatever you want in tamales. I know
one
> > year I had a
> > lot of leftover turkey from Thanksgiving and I used it to make turkey
> > tamales (o.k. folks, flame away)
> > They were so good, I was even surprised myself.
>
> Good idea for leftover turkey in a few weeks!
>
> I've never made tamales but am thinking about it. Tamales sure vary
> from cook to cook, too. Recently, I tasted a tamale where the masa was
> really too hard. Is that from overworking the mixture or rolling it up
> too tight? (banana leaves, not corn husks, were used to wrap before
> steaming.)
>
> Karen
Possibly not enough liquid or too much baking powder.
Linda
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