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Carlos Lima

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Originally Posted by sf[_9_]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:46:23 -0800, "Doc Martian"
wrote:

"sf" wrote in message
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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.

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

Mine aren't that dark.

Neither are my tomales. ...wait, I think; usually I eat them so quickly after cooking them I don't really have a lot of memory of what mine actually look like, they're so delicious! In all seriousness though, mine are usually more white than anything else, too. I think...