There's nothing wrong with drinking at 10:30 am! Hell, when I was unemployed, I sometimes had wine instead of coffee! That said, there's a couple who live in my apartment complex who make fresh tamales and sell them for $1.25 each. That was the BEST part of my period of joblessness. But now that I'm back to work, they sell them while I'm at the shop.Those were the BEST tamales I've ever had. Also, the word "BEST" shall always be capitalized........apparently. ...I want tamales.
my mom use to make those during xmas for people for like $3.50 a dozen (it was the 80's). those things are a pain in the ... to make. depending on if you go the cheap route and use ground up beef and pork, or you just cook the whole pigs head outright and then grind it down. nonetheless, the big thing is the consistency of beef to masa ratio is what makes a good tamale in most cases. i will never ever help my aunts do those things ever again after the hell they put me through as a kid making those things. now i just eat them every xmas along with every other baked good my aunt makes.
never really understood why some were made with raisins though.
funny thing is, as gross as this sounds, i love eating them with ketchup. (its a either you hate it or you love it thing)