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Default Saturated fat for tamale dough

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2010 12:32:48 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
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>> A lot of the fat cooks out during steaming (the corn husk soaks it up)

>
> I don't agree with that at all. If corn husks soaks up oil, why
> aren't they using that in the Gulf instead of human and animal hair?
> they asking for contributions of hair?
>
> There's a fair amount of fat in tamale dough, and I've never any fat
> at the bottom of the steaming vessel. The fat stays in the masa, in
> my opinion.


Yep, I agree.

Serene

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