-=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> I  leave them as found - right on the shelf. Even the newly arrived El 
 DD> Monterrey brand.

There are some El Monterey products in my store. Their taquitos may
not be restaurant quality but they're pretty good. Their tamales
don't get this far north.

 DS> What we just found at Harris Teeter was La Preferida, beef & pork
 DS> tamales with sauce.  Have not yet tried them though.

That does it! I'm going to Kim's for some banana leaves and make
some Central American tamales. Later on when corn on the cob is in
season I'll make Mexican ones too.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Panamanian Tamales (In English)
 Categories: Latin amer, Corn, pork, Chicken
      Yield: 1 large batch
 
      3 lb Cracked corn
      3 lb Chicken
      2 lb Tender pork
      1 c  Onions chopped
      1 ts Achiote
    1/2 c  Peppers to taste
      1 cn Tomato paste
      3    Leaves of culantro or
    1/2 c  Cilantro chopped
      1 ts Oregano
           Salt and pepper
    1/2 c  Capers
    3/4 c  Stuffed olives
      3    Tomatoes
      3    Cloves garlic
           Banana leaves
           String
 
  The leaves are washed, boil 20 minutes, let drain and dry. Boil
  the corn until soft and grind to make the masa. Boil the chicken
  or pork until tender, remove the bones and saute in butter or oil.
  When this starts to brown add the onion, pepper, tomato, culantro,
  oregano and tomato paste. Add 3 or 4 cups of water and cook to
  make the sauce. Strain and save both parts separately. Stir the
  liquid into the masa until it is a little softer than mashed
  potatoes. Take a piece of banana leaf, place a spoonful of masa in
  the center of the leaf, squash it down a little to make a pocket,
  add the meat sauce that was strained out, add another spoonful of
  masa and fold the leaf around it. Tie with string. Put a large pan
  of water to boil. Add the tamales. Boil for 30 to 40 minutes.
  Serve hot. They may be made ahead of time, frozen and re-heated.
  To re-heat, microwave or steam.
  
  Posted by Lloyd to: BBQ-L Oct 19, 1998,
 
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Cheers

Jim


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