The Tamale Apocalypse of 2022 is upon us!

SlowToke · Post by **SlowToke** » 12 Dec 2022, 15:57

Hovannes wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 15:43
sweetandsour wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 03:51 I wasn't aware that tamales had a season. I'll have to look around, I used to always see roadside trucks here and there in this area, selling fresh tamales.
Home made tamales are a Christmas/New Years tradition among some communities, and there always seems to be a kindly tamale lady to keep grateful gringos from missing out on the tamale action.

Friends don't let friends eat frozen industrial grade tamales.

I could get behind that Christmas/New Years tradition. Unfortunately, my situation is not any better than Del's in that the tamale lady's migratory patterns do not pass through Indiana this time of year.

coco · Post by **coco** » 12 Dec 2022, 17:29

Tamale "apocalypse" might imply that all tamales were being destroyed, or perhaps that tamales were destroying everything. Tamales are a cause for celebration! The holidays are tamale days!

We have placed our annual order with the local tamale lady for the 22nd. Feel free to stop in, Del.

Del · Post by **Del** » 12 Dec 2022, 20:22

coco wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 17:29 Tamale "apocalypse" might imply that all tamales were being destroyed, or perhaps that tamales were destroying everything. Tamales are a cause for celebration! The holidays are tamale days!

We have placed our annual order with the local tamale lady for the 22nd. Feel free to stop in, Del.

Be careful what you wish for. I know where you live.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 13 Dec 2022, 05:20

coco wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 17:29 Tamale "apocalypse" might imply that all tamales were being destroyed, or perhaps that tamales were destroying everything.

Or that tamales are everywhere this time of year---like it's a tamale invasion,
Inescapable deliciousness

coco · Post by **coco** » 13 Dec 2022, 17:55

Hovannes wrote: ↑13 Dec 2022, 05:20
coco wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 17:29 Tamale "apocalypse" might imply that all tamales were being destroyed, or perhaps that tamales were destroying everything.
Or that tamales are everywhere this time of year---like it's a tamale invasion,
Inescapable deliciousness

I, for one, welcome our new overlords.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 13 Dec 2022, 18:59

Another Christmas treat showed up at our door---a tamale pie!
I love this season.

Del · Post by **Del** » 13 Dec 2022, 19:05

coco wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 17:29 Tamale "apocalypse" might imply that all tamales were being destroyed, or perhaps that tamales were destroying everything.

I read somewhere that Apocalypse actually means something like Revelation.

Post by **Biff** » 14 Dec 2022, 10:25

Del wrote: ↑13 Dec 2022, 19:05
coco wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 17:29 Tamale "apocalypse" might imply that all tamales were being destroyed, or perhaps that tamales were destroying everything.
I read somewhere that Apocalypse actually means something like Revelation.

This. Or 'revealing'. The great Tamale Revealing? Ok, I'll allow it, it still works.

tuttle · Post by **tuttle** » 14 Dec 2022, 11:29

Hovannes wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 15:43
sweetandsour wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 03:51 I wasn't aware that tamales had a season. I'll have to look around, I used to always see roadside trucks here and there in this area, selling fresh tamales.
Home made tamales are a Christmas/New Years tradition among some communities, and there always seems to be a kindly tamale lady to keep grateful gringos from missing out on the tamale action.

Friends don't let friends eat frozen industrial grade tamales.

God has blessed me to be able to partake of the tradition. Two of my uncles married into Mexican families, both of which made tamales during Christmas/New Years. I don't remember a childhood without attending "The Tamale Party" with all my cousins.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 14 Dec 2022, 12:02

Margarita makes them for us and delivers them in a rolling igloo cooler. I usually get the chile rojo, half and half puerco and pollo.

There's also a lady near the office that sells them out of her trunk in a parking lot. She often has dessert tamales, too. I've had the cream cheese, pineapple, and cinnamon raisin tamales. All were good.

If your tamale transaction doesn't resemble a drug by, you're probably not getting the best stuff.