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Ndnorvell
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Tamales??
My husband and I are taking a trip (actually our honeymoon, got married in August) to South Baja.
We are renting a car and touring the area.
We will be staying two nights each in:
San Jose Del Cabo
Cabo San Lucas
Todos Santos
La Paz
My husband LOVES tamales. They are his favorite thing to eat ever. Apparently he used to buy them from a neighborhood lady when he lived in northern
Arizona. ANYWAYS, I thought I would ask and see if anyone knows where to get some good ones in these areas (I am not sure if this is even possible). I
would be considered the best wife ever to find some though!
Thanks for your help everyone.
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weebray
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Chuckie is correct. Mexico is tamalandia.
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Find the Iglesia
In whatever pueblo you are visiting, go to where the church is located, on Sunday just after mass.
Most likely, there will be ladies there selling tamales just outside the entrance.
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Funny, I have to scout out the tamale lady wherever I go. Some are pretty thick on the masa and skinny on the goodies. Bajacaliforniano tamales have
one or two green olives inside. The practice is sadly extremely uncommon on the mainland.
FGI El Rey de Tamales in Tecate used to have excellent wares. The store was to streets to the East of the old crossing, two blocks down.
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Bubba
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
In whatever pueblo you are visiting, go to where the church is located, on Sunday just after mass.
Most likely, there will be ladies there selling tamales just outside the entrance. |
This^. Enjoy!
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Bajahowodd
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So true. In the major tourist areas such as Cabo and La Paz, the restaurants are not big on tamales. But you can find local vendors on many street
corners. Never had a bad one, whether it was in Cabo, Loreto, or even by Estero Beach.
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vandenberg
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David E is right about the habit of including green olives in the Tamale. Not pitted, so watch when you bite into one. Quick way to break a tooth.
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DianaT
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Look for the tamale lady who has all of the locals buying from her. It is like taco stands. If no locals are eating there, walk away. The locals
know.
Welcome and have a GREAT time.
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Hook
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Tis the season, to be ta-male, fa-la-la-la.......la-la-la-la!
What are you guy paying over there? 8-10 pesos over here.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
David E is right about the habit of including green olives in the Tamale. Not pitted, so watch when you bite into one. Quick way to break a tooth.
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Right on. An old custom. I once bit into a tamale that had the olive with pit. Ouch! My poor tooth. Thank God I have a dentist amigo....just too
bad he's in Seattle!
p.s. I no longer think of any tamale as 'good'.
You must excuse me now. I need to stock the freezer for the winter and the reindeer are running by right now.
[Edited on 12-24-2013 by Pompano]
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BajaBlanca
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Congrats on your wedding and we wish you years of tamales with your new husband!
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We love to eat at the street vendor sites. Just about any town in the Baja has sidewalk stands to serve tamales ....fish tacos...you name it.
What we do is look for the vendor that has a crowd around it.....
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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We have several traveling vendor that sell tamales, chile rellenos, burritos, impanadas and frejoles. Each for around $13 pesos now. I definitely have
my favorite for each and let the vendor know so they'll return to my house. My tamale lady spices up the masa and has pork,chicken or beef if you
order ahead. The pitted olives just don't have the taste of seed in ones. I also b-tch when I think they've put too many potatoes in too.
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my painting subcontractor just dropped off 2 dozen. MMMMM......
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willardguy
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no argument there, nothing beats a traditional authentic tamale!
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weebray
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La iglesia is a good suggestion. In La Paz they're available every day in front of the ISSTE mkt. at the corner of Revolucion y Bravo. Price just
went up to 13 pesos cada uno. Sadly the best tamales in Baja are no longer. RIP Carmelita, Villa Jesus Maria. One cold cold cold Jan. AM she fed me
wonderful warm tamales and sang me a beautiful song she had made up. Oh that I had known that was the last time I was going to see her. BTW, her son
has taken over the business and is serving up just about the worst food I have had the displeasure of consuming in the Baja. REALLY bad food
dispassionately burned in a microwave.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Congrats on your wedding and we wish you years of tamales with your new husband! |
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Congrats on your wedding and we wish you years of tamales with your new husband! |
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what part don't you get?
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