For Christmas this year both of our families are having Mexican food!!!
I gave myself the assignment to bring Tamales (among other things). Easy right?
WRONG! 
Here is how my hunt for Tamales has gone so far:
1. Drive around the Wal-Mart parking lot
looking for ladies selling tamales.
2. Drive down to the projects aka Section 8 housing
at 9:30pm to pick up tamales.
(Too scary. I couldn't do it!)
3. Call all 25 Mexican food restaurants in my area.
Too expensive!
4. Buy frozen from grocery store
Actually that one is NOT an option.
This leads me to #5:
5. Make them myself.
My qualifications you ask?
A. I've sat in on 2 Tamale Cooking Classes
B. I've been invited to make Tamales several times but haven't been able to go
C. I've eaten MANY Tamales.
I have 5 full days before Christmas to figure it out.
If anyone knows someone, I'd LOVE to buy them instead!
Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
(Name that movie for 128 points!)
***Update: My wonderful chef/SIL JW came over and taught me how to make tamales.
120 Tamales to be exact!
They were time consuming but the best EVER!
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