On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:06:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Javelin SST" > wrote in message
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>> On 4/15/2016 5:55 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:00:18 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:27:16 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I made the cup tamales tonight and while good, once baked, the meat
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> dry.
>>>>>> I used ground beef with seasonings, a chopped onion and some tomato
>>>>>> paste
>>>>>> and water. Cooked it down but it was still moist when I filled them.
>>>>>> Baked
>>>>>> for about 17 min. Not overbaked based on the masa. Should I have
>>>>>> added
>>>>>> more tomato? More water? Something else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>> What is the something else?
>>>
>>> Fattier meat... would be more moist with ground pork shoulder... can
>>> be 50/50 beef/pork.
>>>
>>
>> That's the ticket!
>
>But I don't like pork so not the ticket.

Make sure you use regular ground beef, and not the lean stuff.

Doris