tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1784275362472349381.post3647484808079934900..comments2023-05-01T07:13:35.676-06:00Comments on Livin' Our Dreams: Tamales: A TutorialShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07338784611800458980noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1784275362472349381.post-63929496293916649812013-09-13T14:58:10.208-06:002013-09-13T14:58:10.208-06:00Wow, teamwork! And you didn't even mention th...Wow, teamwork! And you didn't even mention the fact that the whole corn kernels had to be soaked and boiled the day before!<br /><br />You also didn't mention crying over the smoke. Whenever I'm cooking over wood fires I start tearing up and all the guatemalan ladies start laughing at me. <br /><br />It always amazes me how comfortable guatemalan woman are with cooking in mass quantities. Cooking for a large group would terrify most gringas, but Guatemalan ladies are so used to calculating recipes for large groups, it's like second nature for them! They also are very eager and willing to help out at a friends house to cook up a feast for a velorio or a posada or a wedding or baptism or what have you.Begonianoreply@blogger.com