In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:25:34 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> > wrote:

> >Then call me a sucker, too. I've made tamales for years and the
> >absolute worst part is spreading the masa. I ordered one about 2
> >minutes after I saw the demo. Next cookin: tamales!
>
> I make them a couple times a year. I've never got it down to the
> point I can make them fast. I've got a friend who's a surgical nurse
> and his hands are amazing with these. I get all the stuff ready and
> we team up making them. He does 4-5 for every one I do. I sent him
> the link and I think he might order one too. So now his wife and
> Louise are planning a Cinco De Mayo tamale party. We're going to
> attempt Papas Rellenas also. He's Puerto Rican so we'll probably have
> to call them Relleno De Papa. I don't know what else we'll make but
> it will be fun.

This is called a tamalada:

http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.c...gram/16814-608

We went to one many years back. There were about a dozen people, and
some worked all day. My wife and I were on the crew at the table
spreading the masa on the husks. I believe we just used table knives.
That worked well enough. Our daughter was a runner.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA