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Default Masa for Tamales

On Dec 13, 7:43 pm, "Wayne Lundberg" >
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> Nixtamal without the tequeskite will never be as good as with that magical
> salt/soda rock from the Texcoco dry lake bed. I think you can order by
> email.
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> Forty five dozen!!! You are a sucker for punishment!
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> > We tested a batch of Chicken Chili Verde Tamales this weekend and
> > didn't like the masa we made. We usually buy it from the Mexicatessan
> > but thought we would try to make our own. Didn't work out I think/
> > felt it had too much lard in it. We followed the recipe... last year
> > we made 45 dozen. Hopefully more this year. We will make pork,
> > cheese and jalapeno and some sweet.
> > Tried to price it out, but for $1.05 lb it's cheaper to buy the masa
> > than to make it.
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Hey Wayne,
yea, I love it... after the first couple of drinks, it's a piece of
cake.
Enjoy your holidays... I'm cooking for 6 parties all before Christmas
and working my regular day job. glad I have lots of vacation time to
work