Los Gringa's Tamale Party!

Last year Sandra taught Jill, Heather and I how to make tamales. In fact last year Sandra and I sold over 100 dozen tamales..... it was absolutely EXHAUSTING work. This year we decided we would not sell any and just make them for ourselves. Sounds selfish doesn't it?? I am convinced most people don't understand how much work is involved, so go ahead and let me know how it goes. ;o)

Today we made 28 dozen green corn tamales and it took us about 4 hours start to finish. That includes time to shred the cheese, clean and cut the green chili's and jalapenos, make the masa from scratch of course, and assemble the tamales. It was so much fun to watch Manny and Jill mixing the masa. Sal took a picture of the commotion.....and WOW do I ever look pregnant! Of course thanks to Sal for making a drink run to Sonic before we started and thanks to Sandra for yummy Pasole and refried beans. They made for a delicious lunch!

We had quite the assembly line. Manny is always our spreader. He can spread masa faster than anyone I know. Jill was responsible for the green chili's, Heather did the cheese and the wrapping. Sandra prepared the corn husks, Sal wrapped the finished tamales in paper, and I packaged the wrapped tamales into freezer bags. I was also responsible for making sure Sal never ran out of tamales to wrap.

We always have such a fun time and we multi-task very well. After all what mother doesn't? We chat and laugh... I know Manny just thinks we are crazy girls, but we end up talking about EVERYTHING!

Thanks girls for the fun time and Jill thanks for housing our tamales in your freezer one more time. I promise we will EVENTUALLY get our own freezer!