The next installment of making vegetarian tamales. In this step we turn our homemade nixtamal into a masa for said tamales.
I’ve been meaning to post some instructions on making your own vegetarian and vegan tamales from scratch for quite awhile, so I’m just going to get started and do it in pieces since otherwise it would be way too long of a post. Does that meet with your approval? Great! Let’s get started.
First things first: the reason you might want to make your own nixtamal is so that you can go through the process of making your own tamales from scratch, which means making your own masa from the base ingredients. You can use Maseca if you want to skip this step, its makes for good tamales. But if you are like me, you just have to try doing things the hard way, at least once just to appreciate the work involved in the making of our meals. Soon I hope to put up the rest of the steps to complete the tamal making process, like the sauces, fillings, and maybe some wrapping techniques, but for now, we start with nixtamal.
I mean really, why would I? I know that I’m not going to like it, its a given. When you hear or read what people say about this place, they just sound like they were happily drunk at a bar that also happened to provide something to eat. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But in all my years here in this unfair city, born and raised, I’ve never had an inclination to visit this popular eatery. After that dust up over someone supporting the anti-gay marriage proposition, I was finally in good company with my lifelong boycott.
I’d have left it at that, since I wasn’t really that curious about what to expect. But I’m going to be driving to work in another direction and I may not get to visit this part of the city very often, and I WILL NOT drive out here for this, nor will I test my friends patience and digestive fortitude. So this was a last chance: I’m by myself, I’m nearby, I need breakfast, I want to get away from work. Plus it’s the eve of Halloween, maybe a lil’ spooking is in order!
Fuck it, let’s see what all the mitote is about.
WTF?!? This is the second time I run across this sentiment. Is there some campaign I should know about?
Let’s step out on this cool and overcast day for a comforting breakfast of HR’s! Now where shall we take our seat this time? I noticed lettering on the window that said “Desayunos”, I think this place in East LA is calling my name!
Tome asiento, donde guste.
Locks and chains on security gates. Safety is job 1.
Public phones going missing? Not with a hardened steel Master lock. Plus, notice the extra secure metal band over the number keys. Don’t you dare try to improperly push our buttons!
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