Tamales are best on a cold winter day. The spiciness and the
warmth do a body good.
Tamales can be traced back as early as 5000 BC. They served
as a nutritious and portable food for Aztec, Mayan, and Incan warriors.
In modern times, Tamales have become a favorite fall time
food in Mexico and many parts of the United States. I have observed that it is
really as much about making them as it is about eating them. Growing up, I can
remember the Hispanic women in the community gathering in the fall to make
tamales. Tamale making was a social event . . . a time to renew old friendships
and make new ones. Often young women would return home to make tamales with
their mother.
In making tamales, you are not just making and sharing great
food, you are creating memories. There are lots of things you can do with your
friends or children that generate memories, but there is something special
about tamale memories.
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