View Single Post
  #4 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.mexican-cooking
Doc Martian Doc Martian is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10
Default My Tamales aren't brown like the pictures

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:57:04 +0000, Karisia_Safaris
> > wrote:
>
>> They are very tasty but those
>> depicted in the images are nice and brown as if they have seen a bit of
>> broiling from above. My tamales are very white. Very tasty but very
>> white.

>
> Tamales aren't particularly brown, even corn husks can't be considered
> brown. If they taste good, you're doing okay considering you have to
> make your own masa.
>
> --
>
> Never trust a dog to watch your food.



Like yellow soaked with meat juices brown, not brown-brown. Like this,
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/tamales.jpg