Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>
>>Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>I just finished my weekly conference call with a couple of colleagues in
>>Guadalajara. Before discussing business, we talk about whatever for a
>>few minutes. This week, "whatever" was tamales.
>>
>>In mid-January (I don't recall the exact day) they serve a "King cake",
>>much like in New Orleans, and whoever finds the "baby" has to buy the
>>tamales for a big party they have on February 2. I don't recall the
>>Mexican names for holiday (the one in January is associated with
>>Christmas) or the King Cake or the "baby".
>
>
> Dia do los Reyes, maybe? Epiphany. Three KINGS day. They find the
> BABY. (Except in the Orthodox church, epiphany celebrates the baptism
> of Jesus.)



Yes, that's it, but somehow I got it in my head that the rosca de reyes
(king's cake) was served in the middle of January instead of Jan 6. The
tamale party on February 2 is Dia de La Candelaria (Candlemas.)

Bob