[wizkid]

To some people, New Years in the deep South means black eyed peas but, to me, it means Hot Tamales.

[Nifster]

Tamales are traditional on Christmas

[okie01]

To some people, New Years in the deep South means black eyed peas but, to me, it means Hot Tamales.

Living in Texas, to me, it means both!!!

Why take chances...???

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

We talking tamales or the candy Hot Tamales?

[Hardastarboard]

I LOVE tamales. LOVE them.

[Mike Darancette]

And why have they stayed?

Because they taste good!

Tamales at Advent are a So Cal tradition too.

[South40]

I live in San Diego where Tamales are readily available at many of the cocinas. I love tamales!

[Red_Devil 232]

When I would visit friends in Jackson,Ms it was a given we would have Hot tamales for dinner. We would drive to this hole in the wall place and place our order through the window and drive home with dozens of tamales. Good eats!

[Charles Martel]

Alton Brown did a show about the Tamale Trail in his second "Feasting on Asphalt" road-show miniseries ("The River Run"), in which he rode a motorcycle north, following the Mississippi north from the Gulf.

Interesting show, well worth a look.

[Vaquero]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TOXXh24HnmY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTOXXh24HnmY#

[paint_your_wagon]

Yep. We had tamales on Christmas day. Delicious!

[SamAdams76]

I went for years not eating tamales because I did not know that you had to remove the outer wrapping before eating them. I tried eating them with the wrapper and found it an unpleasant experience.

Well since removing the wrapper, I've been finding them quite tasty.

[JoeProBono]

Polenta tamale with a pasilla chili beef mole, some ancho chili barbeque sauce and salsa verde

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

To some people, New Years in the deep South means black eyed peas

Don't forget the hog jowl.

[Arrowhead1952]

We bought three dozen from our Hispanic friend for Christmas and New Year’s day. We also got a pint of fresh salsa. Wife is out of state until Jan 2nd. What to do, what to do?? They are SO good.

[Michael.SF.]

Then there are these:

[Yaelle]

Someone had to do it.

[Gabz]

I do tamales for Christmas - and only the sauces are hot, the tamales are not.

I’m Brooklyn Irish Catholic and my husband in New England Irish English French Canadian......but he spent 11 years living in Texas and Arizona before we met. I learned to make tamales for him.

[JouleZ]

Yep. Baked ham, black-eyed peas (for good luck) and collard greens on New Years Day.

Tamales and posole are for Christmas Eve in the Southwest but good all year long, too.

It’s all good anytime and anywhere. Happy New Year FR!

[vetvetdoug]

Corinth, Mississippi, has a lineage of tamale makers dating back to WWI. The railroads passed through this town and the black tamale makers would sell them to the soldiers passing through. Several tamale makers had a small wagon where they made them and kept them hot to sell. Twenty years ago there were still four tamale stands in the town that were owned by the same families that made them in the 1900’s, now there is only one left. Twenty years ago tamales were peddled from a box mounted on the back of a bicycle by the makers and they'd sell them all over town.

[virgil283]

Good article Wizkid....It is mysterious the number of tamale joints up the Mississippi into TN. I've tried a number of tamales from different regions of Mexico which vary widely. Some are the familiar tubular shape and some are formed like a little pumpkin. Also one man here has a Cuban tamale where the meat is mixed with the masa. However the are mild and need Tabasco. The hot tamale of this region of MS. are spicy, requiring a cold drink along side and after dinner mints later [i.e. Tums]