I'm from a border town in South Texas, transported to the frozen north. With Christmas around the corner, my mind has naturally turned to thoughts of tamales. Does anyone here know of a place I c...

Hi All! Growing up in Southern California, my family always picked up 2-3 dozen tamales a few days before Christmas and that was a main staple of Christmas dinner and the following vacation days...

by Melanie Wong 6 months ago

From Popotla where we struck out on buying any tamales de elote https://www.chowhound.com/post/popotla-baja-california-1075792 , we continued south.

by Melanie Wong 5 months ago

Another San Francisco food icon has passed. Rest in peace, Virginia Ramos.

We used to go to the one on Vicente at 24th. Specifically, I'm talkin' about their Turkey Tamales with the special Tamale Gravy. We've been trying to track down the recipe for that gravy, but the...

by Melanie Wong 3 years ago

On the drive down to the chowdown at La Simpatia, I took the coast route passing through Pismo Beach and Oceano to do a little chow-spotting. The most exciting development was Los Tamales Poblanos ...

Where can I buy homemade steamed refigerated or frozen tamales by the dozen???? Been Looking all over but can't seem to find any on Manhattan. Anyone wanna give me a hint?

I am going to venture and making this tamale recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beef-tamales/detail.aspx Question is, is 3 cups of lard really necessary? Do you have other healthier alternativ...

by Melanie Wong 11 months ago

A few weeks ago i needed a quick bite before a meeting in Watsonville. I popped into what used to be Lucy's Tamales, now called The Tamale Factory on Main Street. I tried one pork tamale and a m...

I love tamales but am not willing to spend the time and energy to make them so bought some from coworker's sister. Tamales were great but was very surprised to see sliced black olives in mixture. ...

I've only had tamales maybe three times ever, but I loved them. They're hard to come by around here, so I'd like to make a big batch to keep in my freezer. Specifically, I think I'd like to make ch...

by Leo in BR 1 year ago

Read this from Eater. Heading to Vegas soon and love tamales. Have only tried Dona Maria's from this list, and liked them a lot, but always looking for good ones. Any suggestions / recommendatio...

by aquariumtown 1 year ago

Transplanted Californian here and thinking about making a California Christmas meal. (Lots of citrus... some other ideas just starting to bubble right now) I'm hoping to get tamales for a Christma...

I finally decided to try my hand at making tamales the other day, but something went wrong. Once they were done steaming I took one out to try and it was really dry. I was surprised by this as I ...

by Cherylptw 9 years ago

I want to make tamales but I don't have a steamer, instead I've steamed them before using a colander set in a large stock pot... I would love to be able to make them in my pressure cooker. My inne...

My sister brought some tamales from TX (a friend of hers made them). We forgot they were in the fridge! I know they were made more than a week ago... probably on the 20th or 21st. They've been ...

Someone in my office was selling handmade tamale as a fund-raiser and I got mine. They are frozen. What's the best way to reheat these? They are in the husks. Microwave totally dries them out.

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

Yesterday I stopped at Ikeda's in Davis en route to Sacramento. Busy day and I'd missed lunch, so it was a no brainer to grab one of the hot tamales, $1.79, from the self-serve cabinet for a quick ...

CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME LOCATE THE SUPREME BRAND TAMALE COMPANY? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR ITEM TO MY SANDWICH SHOP DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA.IT SEEMS THEY DO NOT HAVE A WEBSITE NOR ARE THEY ON ANY LISTING...

A long while ago there was a thread of those that remembered the wonderful tamales from Johnson's on Vicente Street in San Francisco. I used to love them too. I live in a community that is 70 % ...