making tamales

[loco]

Originally Posted by melia

i'd definitely buy some if i were closer, loco. good luck with that!

Like anything it's work but, It's good to get back to basics once in awhile.
I always think about doing some shows that have a good turn out and selling tri tip sanwiches. I use to do it for a bike shop here in town whenever they had mountain bike races. Every time I did it the next year would get better and better. The last one they did I made more money then the bike race. There not doing them anymore.

-loco

[John]

Originally Posted by Manuel

Actually... for those of you all in the area, my mom makes some f'n delicious tamales! I mean, chucky meat packed tamales, not the tic tacs people pass for tamales. Right about now, she starting to get slammed with Thanksgiving orders. They are soooooo good, especially with her salsa!
She will start selling them in a couple of weeks if anyone is interested. Shoot, I'll even give you a couple to try if you don't believe me. Or ask HUNT, he'll tell ya.

What's Momma Manuel charge for said tamales?

[John]

Man, making tamales is a lot of hard work. Keep your hands out of the mix and don't mess her up, Henry.

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by coastrat

What's Momma Manuel charge for said tamales?

I think it's $6.50 a dozen... but definitely no more than $7. A dozen can feed about three people.

[loco]

Originally Posted by coastrat

Man, making tamales is a lot of hard work. Keep your hands out of the mix and don't mess her up, Henry.

We do it every year with my wifes family it's tradition in her family. everybody helps

Just thinking about them makes me hungry.
I like to cook.
My wife aunt has a make the best chile verde. I only had it once. (It's takes awhile to make) It's all made from scracth no cans what so ever.
I'm going to talk to here about and learn how to make it.
It been passed down from way back

-loco

[loco]

Originally Posted by Manuel

I think it's $6.50 a dozen... but definitely no more than $7. A dozen can feed about three people.

She better up that price. We sell ours for $14.00 per dozen

people love tamales and will pay for homemade

-loco

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by loco

She better up that price. We sell ours for $14.00 per dozen

people love tamales and will pay for homemade

-loco

RIGHT! I've been telling her for years, but she thinks its a fair price. My mom is a really, really nice lady, and I think that's why people keep coming back to her.

[John]

Originally Posted by Manuel

I think it's $6.50 a dozen... but definitely no more than $7. A dozen can feed about three people.

Over priced, turned it down.

[poguemahone]

we ordered a mess of tamales for our wedding last year. goat cheese, pork, poblano. wonderful stuff in their own right but still don't measure up to old fashioned red and green homemade stuff. i love em all except for those damn rasin ones (ugh!)

[loco]

Originally Posted by Manuel

RIGHT! I've been telling her for years, but she thinks its a fair price. My mom is a really, really nice lady, and I think that's why people keep coming back to her.

My Aunt sold tamales for about 7-8 years every year about this time and stopped a couple years back. She would always sell them for about $14.00 - $16.00 and every year
like clock work the same people would come back.

It not a hard sell. It's hard to keep up with the orders when they come in

-loco