[Sca-cooks] Tamales

[Bill Fisher]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:05:34 -0800 (PST), Chris Stanifer
<jugglethis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > Among some non-Mexican Latinos in New York, the New Year thing is
> > pasteles. They appear to be fairly similar to tamales, except instead
> > of masa harina, they use grated calabazo, which is similar to a very
> > hard pumpkin.
> 
> There is a Puerto Rican version which uses grated Plantain which is very tasty.
> 
> William de Grandfort

I had a cuban version of a tamale where they use fresh corn and masa 
and mix the
meat right in with the dough, usually pork or ham, though I had a
chicken one too.

Cadoc
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