#GOOD GOLLY TAMALE MOVIE#

The tamales cook in a pot of boiling water, and when we scoop them out they look like small bundles of excellence. The assembly line involved dolloping the porridge-like masa onto a banana leaf, adding the fillings, folding it up with the special tactics of origami masters, and then binding it with twine. My host mom had prepared the fillings: carrots, potatoes, spiced rice, bell pepper, and some kind of strip meat (except for in the vegetarian tamales). And the tamales are going to be salted anyways, so itвЂ™s okay if a little sweat drips in.ДЇor those who haven't had a tamale before, it is somewhat of a delicious steamed dumpling/burrito hybrid. The grinding is hard work, though! A good arm workout. вЂњWeвЂќ is a bit of a stretch, since I only tag-teamed in for two rounds of the four kilograms of corn. Yesterday, we made the masa (dough) from scratch, by soaking whole kernels of corn and then grinding them in a machine descriptively named la maquina (вЂњthe machineвЂќ). Hard-core people, I should say, because tamale-making is no simple endeavor. In Costa Rica, tradition dictates tamales for la Navidad (Christmas) and Semana Santa (Easter Week), but people also make it for other special events.

There is also a strong tradition of 'dropping by' the house of a family member or friend, and then staying for coffee and chatting. Usually, it begins with early morning pounding on the door, and then cousin after cousin pouring in, arms laden with cabbages and bags of rice. I've already gotten to experience a few of these large-scale family-oriented events, and they're wonderful. This coming Sunday is a combined birthday celebration for my host grandpa, sister, and two uncles, and so the occasion calls for the preparation of over a hundred tamales. Thinking it is but a dream, I stagger back to bed for an hour or so, until the unmistakable smell of corn wafts under my door. and the tamale assembly line is already underway. USE THE RED NEXT PAGE LINK BELOW FOR THE RECIPE AND INGREDIENTS.I wake at 5:30 a.m. Recipe and photo credit courtesy ofВ Moms Who Think. Everyone loved this dip and you will too! It was just a little secret between my daughter and I. I was in a pinch for time! Luckily, I found this three ingredient recipe! It was so easy to make and tasted really yummy! No one even knew that I had totally forgotten to make something. But I was so busy that I had completely forgotten to make one. I am known for my yummy dips that I like to make. Well, one busy day I had actually forgotten to make something I try to be good all week long so that we can let loose and not worry about the food we are eating. Girls night out means that we get to pig out a little bit. This is a girls night out that is nothing but fun. We laugh, tell stories, do fun crafts before the movie, and lots of other things. We look forward to this every single month.

#GOOD GOLLY TAMALE MOVIE#

Every second Friday of the month, my daughter and I go to a mother/daughter movie night at one of my friendsвЂ™ house.

Good golly tamale