smoked pork tamales

[chefrob]

seen my nana, tias, and mom make 'em but i never have......and i know why, kind of a pain but well worth it!
here are the achiote pork CSRs i did yesterday.....


nothing like the sight, sound, and smell of chillis roasting......


everything ready to put together.......


in the pot for about and hour............


i ended up making 1 doz pork and one doz chicken........should be good.

 

[scarbelly]

Those look great - I will PM my address for my shipment LOL
I love Tamales - I just heard today that there is going to be a Tamale Convention in Indio CA in December

 

[chefrob]

if it is the one that i am thinking of, it is crazy! if you go you need to get there early or they run out.........

i am not big on tamales cuz i don't care for chille colorado.....i do like green and the slightly sweet corn ones. i was always more of a menudo fan at the holidays.

 

[scarbelly]

There are some guys at some of the swap meets and farmers markets that get pretty exotic with them - I am still trying to figure out the dessert one I had a couple of months ago - it tasted like it had a mixture of molasis and chocolate - man it was tasty

I found the link to the festival and it sounds crazy - 70 vendors - 125K guests over 2 days

 

[beer-b-q]

Those sure do look good...

Tamales sounded so good I just called the wife to have her pick up some on her way home...