Anybody have a good(proven) recipe. I love em, and want to give it a try but don't want to waste my time on a random internet recipe.
Hot Tamales
- Thread starter BamaProud
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That is the feeling I get from browsing recipes on line. Thanks in advance.
Still looking for recipes....but if anyone in west TN has a favorite resturaunt that has them let me know too.
Open this and you will find all you need to know:
http://www.tamaletrail.com/index.html
I suggest that you make a pilgrimage to Claksdale and find Hick's.
Best I've ever had.
http://www.tamaletrail.com/index.html
I suggest that you make a pilgrimage to Claksdale and find Hick's.
Best I've ever had.
This story is 4 years old, but it may be worth trying to look this guy up....
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/20 ... d/?print=1
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/20 ... d/?print=1
LA man
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i get mine made in louisiana. i get 420 for 160 bucks. i bring 18 pounds of deer meat and they make them. 6 per pack vacumm sealed. i get 7 boxes of them. best i ever ate.
Thanks Hawk, the story and recipe on that site is exactly what I have been looking for. My first tamales were from a place called Doe's in Lake Village Arkansas. They have the look exactly like the ones on the "how to" section of that site down to cooking them in coffee cans.
My Mother N Law grew up in Lake Village AR across the River from Greenville, MS. I want to make her some for Christmas.
My Mother N Law grew up in Lake Village AR across the River from Greenville, MS. I want to make her some for Christmas.
Well I broke down and ordered 3 dozen some from Scotts
http://www.scottshottamales.com/ in Greenville, MS. Never had theirs, but seems hard to go wrong from a company in Greenville, MS.
...still plan on making some but couldn't resist. On-line shopping is just too easy.
http://www.scottshottamales.com/ in Greenville, MS. Never had theirs, but seems hard to go wrong from a company in Greenville, MS.
...still plan on making some but couldn't resist. On-line shopping is just too easy.
Well despite having an order of 3 dozen on the way from Scotts I decided to get started yesterday morning. This started as a 9 pound Boston Butt. 3 hours later... spiced, shredded and ready to be rolled:
I'll probably finish them up Tuesday.
I'll probably finish them up Tuesday.
When I was a kid living south of Jackson,TN a big treat for us was to go into Jackson to the court square in the evenings and buy tamales from a man that sold them out of a little push cart. My Dad and I would make trips into town in the fall just to walk around the square and eat those tamales. I joined the Navy and went on a 10 month deployment into the Indian Ocean and after the deployment came back home for a couple of weeks to visit. After a few days back home I told my Dad that I'd really like to go to the square one night and get some tamales. He said that won't be happening...the guy wasn't selling them anymore because they had caught him rounding up stray cats and dogs and killing them to use the meat in the tamales. Said it had been going on for years...guess he was increasing his profit margin.
To this day they're the best tamales I have ever eaten. LoL
To this day they're the best tamales I have ever eaten. LoL
Yea that was a lot of work they better be pretty darn good.
I got 7 dozen and spent about 40 dollars in all.
It took right at 4 hours to assemble and tie them and another hour to cook.
I got 7 dozen and spent about 40 dollars in all.
It took right at 4 hours to assemble and tie them and another hour to cook.
UPS just got here with my order of 3 dozen hot tamales. Wife thinks I have lost my mind. :)
They are good. Even the wife likes them. I made a sauce with cooking liquid and a. Couple cans of stewew tomatoes. I froze a bunch and have not tried a reheated one yet.
hunter drew
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BamaProud said:
Was they good bamaproud. I just order 5 dozen from them
LOL since mine arrived the same afternoon I finished making my 7 dozen I haven't tried them. However I will say they looked like the real deal.
hunter drew
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BamaProud said:
Good. Man I love those things. And I haven't had any since I was in Austin,Tx last year
hunter drew
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Well I got 5 dozen in the mail yesterday. Will be cooking them on the 25th for Christmas. Well let ya know how it goes. Now I gotta find some great salsa to with it
I took a couple of dozen to work and they were a big hit. I was on the fence as to if I wanted to do them again...but I think I will but try to reduce the recipe by half.
