Comments on: Make-ahead Holiday Treats

By: Kaszeta

Kaszeta — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:57:19 +0000

Dang, the local stores all seem to be out of corn husks (and I won’t even try looking for banana leaves up here). I’ll probably pink hit and use coffee filters for the first batch…

By: Kaszeta

Kaszeta — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:04:29 +0000

I’ve made tamales many times, although it’s a little hard to get good corn wrappers up here (I either have to use the so-so Goya ones, remember to buy good ones when I’m in civilization, or talk the guy at the local Mexican place out of some of the halfway decent Sysco ones).

El Rancho Grande is definitely on my hit list for one of my next visits.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:45:01 +0000

That sounds so neat! I would love to get something like that for the holidays. Have you ever made them yourself?

That reminds me, El Rancho Grande, the Mexican restaurant I’ve posted photos from on the RI food group, is doing a fixed-price dinner which looks really good (and includes a tamal):
http://elranchogranderestaurant.com/?p=news

By: Kaszeta

Kaszeta — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:13:32 +0000

My favorite comes from growing up in Arizona: Several of the local Mexican families would make gigantic piles of tamales and give out little bundles to friends and neighbors. So I always associate tamales with Christmas. I really should try and get that tradition going around here.

I’ve got a couple tried and true cookie recipes I’ve been using for several years as well.