Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> ensenadajim > wrote:
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>>On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:59:25 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
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>>>Couple questions for the panel: What kind of pork roast is used
>>>effectively for the filling? What else goes on the plate when tamales
>>>are on the menu? What I picture is a combination plate from El Loro
>>>Restaurante -- frijoles, arroz, an enchilada or something. Is is a
>>>*bad* thing to eat them unaccompanied? I don't know these things and am
>>>curious.
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>>Sounds like a good set of questions for that best friend.
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>>jim
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> Good point. I hope she'll be there this morning. Then I hope I"ll be
> there this morning. :-)
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> I believe this was her sequence in making them: made them, froze them
> uncooked, cooked them, refrigerated them, gave them to me. Six of the
> precious little packets. Might I have frozen them after they were given
> to me so as to not demolish them at one sitting? Then what? Nuke from
> frozen to heat? Thaw then nuke?


I think they are cooked (steamed) and then frozen. I've never made
them; I've been threatening to make them for a couple of years but
haven't gotten a round tuit yet.

Bob