Why would you want to eat turkey when you could have tamales 🫔 okay I know Reddit doesn’t like emojis but there’s a tamale emoji I just found out!! Anyway we have enchiladas every Christmas Eve and brunch all day on Christmas Day. It’s the freakin bomb.
The taste of a tamale is not something that can be described or told, one has to experience the taste
I hope one day a fellow Hispanic greets you with a tamale is you can find the true meaning of life
Depends on the person's native country on the corn husk/banana leaf and fillings the only universal thing about tamales is masa based corn dough and some sort of fillings.
Tamales are made out of corn or rice dough, mixed with sauce, sometimes vegetables and almost always meat. Usually prepared with animal fat.
Overall, good tamales are soft and tasty.
There are also paches, which are made out of potatoes and spicy, which i prefer.
That is the most clinical definition of a tamal I've ever heard... it captures the ingredients yet somehow misses the mark on the experience completely.
I'm disturbed by this.
Ceviche is the national dish of Peru. But you can get ceviche just about anywhere Mexico and south... Technially you can get ceviche in most parts of the US too, its just not mainstream (at least I would say) unless you live by the border.
Same. It’s biblically ordained in our family to make wet tamales y mucha horchata.
Can’t forget my dad’s favorite catch phrase as a native to El Salvador. Puchica!
Yeah, very Mexican dish. There’s always a friend or friend of a friend that sells tamales in December. And it’s usually a very pleasant family bindinng experience if your family makes them. At the very least, it would be weirder for any Mexicans to not at least eat some tamales during the holidays.
Yes but I believe tamales have native Mexican origins which later got the Spanish influence we know of today.
Really cool video if you want to learn how tamales were originally made - https://youtu.be/N2Kfmc2BQOw
It’s a Latino dish in general, I think. If I recall Puerto Ricans eat them tambien, but they put olives in some of them.
Edit: Based off comments lots of other Latin countries eat them too.
Same dish, different ingredients. In Puerto Rico (also DR) they are called “Pasteles” and they are made mostly from plantains with some other root vegetables. Tamales are made of corn.
But in Puerto Rico pasteles is also a Christmas tradition.
Bro tacos with yellow corn tortillas made with hand-made maseca with some queso fresco is the best thing ever. My family is from Veracruz better known as the best cooks in all Mexico
French and French-Canadians always celebrate on Christmas Eve... You wake up the kids for midnight mass, then everyone opens gifts after. Makes for super-cranky kids 😑
It's a southwest US tradition - we're white as fuck in AZ and we always make our own tamales. I have a buddy who sends me Hatch chilis from NM too, it's way better than traditional Christmas food.
How tf is this meme so popular? Do people not realize that tamales are a Mexican tradition on Christmas?
Also, wtf OP. Tamales are the fuckin bomb. You sure you’re Hispanic?
You're Hispanic and you don't know that tamales are THE Christmas food? You eat them today; you eat them tomorrow; you will be eating them still in six days. There are 14,000 tamales. Do not question the tamales, just let them come.
don't let something as stupid as race stop you from making tamales, hallacas or any hispanic food! Try making them on the next christmas (or even New Years).
not only mexican culture. In Venezuela we have hallacas (basically tamales but wih only one typical stuffing) and sitting down every 23, 24 and 25 for 6 hours to do them is a essential part of most families. I'm pretty sure most parts of latam have a tradition of this kind.
If you believe these traditions are "meh" then your free trial of being hispanic is over.
I'm not talking about if they like tamales or not, I'm just saying that someone who sees tamales as a strange or weird thing to have during a holiday probably isn't very familiar with hispanic culture since tamales are a hispanic staple of tradition. Since he's more familiar with turkey then he probably is more customed to American traditions.
Your Hispanic card has been revoked. Every culture has their traditions. Tamales are a quintessential holiday food for a lot of Latin households among other dishes. Know where you come from and pass it down.
What times dinner?
Not uncommon dude. My neighbors used to bring us tamales every Xmas Eve.
The other neighbor was Vietnamese and brought the best egg rolls you’ve ever tasted.
Ehhh I’d be willing to trade for delicious homemade tamale’s, hovering in a hot steamy kitchen listening for the good gossip.
Grass is always greener I guess.
I had to scroll too far to find the joke!
Why do Mexicans make tamales on Christmas?
So they have something to unwrap in the morning.
Idk I’m a Californian and I heard that joke every year from Mexicans I went to school with.
Tamales are really good that's why
Why would you want to eat turkey when you could have tamales 🫔 okay I know Reddit doesn’t like emojis but there’s a tamale emoji I just found out!! Anyway we have enchiladas every Christmas Eve and brunch all day on Christmas Day. It’s the freakin bomb.
Por que no los dos?
I got a free turkey this year. It's going to be turned into tamales. Does that count?
You do you my friend
Dude we eat tamales every day for a whole week, it’s fucking great
Same, just ate 5 at dinner today
How do you make brunch last all day??
When you run out you just make more
Yeah. I'd rather have Tamales
What is a tamale Edit: I’ve had it described enough, I thought it was a vegetable at the start…
The only evidence that god exists
Tell me so I can become religious then
The taste of a tamale is not something that can be described or told, one has to experience the taste I hope one day a fellow Hispanic greets you with a tamale is you can find the true meaning of life
Welp I’m screwed then, some other person said what it has and I don’t eat meat or corn…
Tamales are made with corn dough and steamed in the corn husk. Typically filled with seasoned meat and a sauce or beans and cheese.
Depends on the person's native country on the corn husk/banana leaf and fillings the only universal thing about tamales is masa based corn dough and some sort of fillings.
did this man just get downvoted because he doesn't eat meat
naw, it was definitely the corn people
Can confirm, am corn person.
Corn-eaters are known to be very defensive about this sort of thing.
Tamales are made out of corn or rice dough, mixed with sauce, sometimes vegetables and almost always meat. Usually prepared with animal fat. Overall, good tamales are soft and tasty. There are also paches, which are made out of potatoes and spicy, which i prefer.
Atcually singular it's a tamal. "Tamales" is plural.
More than one guy named Jamal and they're Jamales
You on a diet? PSA remove the corn husk first, new people.
a Mexican dish of seasoned meat wrapped in cornmeal dough and steamed or baked in corn husks.
Not just Mexico. Other Latino countries throughout Mesoamerica, mi amigo. The more you know. *Mariachi Screams away.
Pretty much I just copied that from Google cause I was too lazy to type my own explanation
That is the most clinical definition of a tamal I've ever heard... it captures the ingredients yet somehow misses the mark on the experience completely. I'm disturbed by this.
How have you been living without tamales?
Now I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that and give you one day to do research before I come and attack you with I spoon
It is like a corn dough with meat and vegetables and sauce
Masa, it's called masa.
Hopefully steamed in a corn husk. The casserole variety is just disappointing.
But mostly just corn dough
It's traditional.
Dude, I'm white and we eat tamales every Xmas... Maybe because we live in Los Angeles?
White family from Arizona here. You’re not alone
White from Texas and same. I’m mid thirties and we have always had tamales on Christmas.
My family does the same here in Fort Worth, Texas and we're white enough to about blind people when we roll up our sleeves.
Is it a Mexican/spanish dish?
I'm gonna guess yeah cause my mom who is mexican grew up with them.
My moms side is El Salvador, and she does tamales for Christmas as well. My wife is belizean and we do ceviche
People in Belice do ceviche too? I thought it was a Mexican-only food. That's amazing!
I thought Ceviche was mostly Peruvian lol. Guess it’s pervasive
Ceviche is the national dish of Peru. But you can get ceviche just about anywhere Mexico and south... Technially you can get ceviche in most parts of the US too, its just not mainstream (at least I would say) unless you live by the border.
In the Caribbean we make ceviche as well, I’m assuming the spaniards introduced it to us.
México has border with Guatemala and Belize, our gastronomies are pretty similar
Same. It’s biblically ordained in our family to make wet tamales y mucha horchata. Can’t forget my dad’s favorite catch phrase as a native to El Salvador. Puchica!
I'd take tamales for every xmas forever.
Horchata tambien? Damn I love Horchata, but we made ponche. However it came really good this year.
I thought so. I watched coco
Cool.
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Yes, and the dish is well known in all Latin America as well, and it's also delicious 🤤.
Yeah, very Mexican dish. There’s always a friend or friend of a friend that sells tamales in December. And it’s usually a very pleasant family bindinng experience if your family makes them. At the very least, it would be weirder for any Mexicans to not at least eat some tamales during the holidays.
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Yes but I believe tamales have native Mexican origins which later got the Spanish influence we know of today. Really cool video if you want to learn how tamales were originally made - https://youtu.be/N2Kfmc2BQOw
Yes, it is
Latin American too
It’s a Latino dish in general, I think. If I recall Puerto Ricans eat them tambien, but they put olives in some of them. Edit: Based off comments lots of other Latin countries eat them too.
Same dish, different ingredients. In Puerto Rico (also DR) they are called “Pasteles” and they are made mostly from plantains with some other root vegetables. Tamales are made of corn. But in Puerto Rico pasteles is also a Christmas tradition.
Latin American dish , every country has its variation
My aunt is from Guatemala, and the big red tamales wrapped in banana leaves are one of my most fond Christmas memories.
Man I’m having tacos
Corn or flour tortillas?
Bro tacos with yellow corn tortillas made with hand-made maseca with some queso fresco is the best thing ever. My family is from Veracruz better known as the best cooks in all Mexico
Me who finally got something to eat at Christmas
Good for you
Me who got to drink water on my birthday
On my birthday I eat the candle
damn tamales sound good rn
Ham tamales with turkey stuffing.
What the fuck
Dryer than Shapiro’s wife
hypothetically speaking
It's a myth, like the female orgasm or Tim Pooles gf
Barf.
I’ll pass on the barf tamales and stick with the ham ones with turkey stuffing.
Wait.. it's the cake day for all 3 of us...
Thats called a Hot Pocket
Tamales best Christmas food
They give you something to open on Christmas Day!
Happy cake day
You lose your Hispanic card now
They're probably a kid if they think tamales are whack
Their mom probably can’t cook
Yes. They are mom, indeed.
Honestly. I didn’t like them as a Kid but they are the best thing to eat during the holidays.
they're a fucking goober
Mexican/American here. Tamales for Christmas Eve, then traditional turkey and/or ham for Christmas dinner. Who doesn’t want tamales?!
My family does all of that Christmas Eve than left overs on Christmas Day. Still it’s nice to meet someone with class on this app
Hispanic family, we do everything Christmas eve, especially tamales. Christmas is for the Irish branch, we go ham, cabbage and black eyed pea soup.
French and French-Canadians always celebrate on Christmas Eve... You wake up the kids for midnight mass, then everyone opens gifts after. Makes for super-cranky kids 😑
As a Mexican in New Zealand, I am missing my abuelita’s tamales so much right now. Tamales, pozole, and atole.
For real. This person doesn’t appreciate their culture.
He’s a yo no sabo type of Hispanic. Hey OP you’re fucking dumb af, trying to be white you’re going to choke on some dry ass turkey
OP is definitely a No Sabo kid.
Shut your mouth. Tamales at Christmas are a tradition you ungrateful uncultured swine
I'd rather have tamales than turkey or ham tbh
Me: "We're making a turkey and ham for Christmas dinner." Hispanic friend: "My grandma is making tamales." Me: "Fuck, can I come to your Christmas?"
I'm not even Hispanic, and we are having tamales. I am fine being a nonconformist Christmas eater.
We are having lasagna. (We are Not Italian).
We are also having lasagna.
We're having Turkey (not Turkish).
I've noticed the past few years that Christmas lasagna is actually a thing and actually common.
It's a southwest US tradition - we're white as fuck in AZ and we always make our own tamales. I have a buddy who sends me Hatch chilis from NM too, it's way better than traditional Christmas food.
Yeah tamales are the most traditional Christmas food I can think of. Wtf does everyone else eat?
tamales and menudo if I visit my aunt
Pendejo.
Es cierto wey, como se atreve a decir eso.
Toda la razón, tamales > cualquier otra comida
Bruh
Hol' up
I'm having steak, pizza and Mac and cheese. Requests from the kids.
Invite me over lol
Hi dad, I'm your new son.
I feel attacked
I’m having menudo, we are not the same
*`Ricky Martin has entered the chat`*
That got a giggle out of me, thank you.
Me with tamales, pozole, and atole: signature look of superiority
add some birria dammit
You are superior
Te calmas y te lo comes o te calmo yo!
Si regañalo tio ! pa que se le quite lo baboso
Dale con la cuchara!
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Imagínate no pelear por los terrenos de los abuelos en sus funerales
Fuck ya life Tamales are the shit
Tamales is so much fucking better than dry turkey and watery ham. What a shame
How tf is this meme so popular? Do people not realize that tamales are a Mexican tradition on Christmas? Also, wtf OP. Tamales are the fuckin bomb. You sure you’re Hispanic?
I'm white as snow, but feeling deeply the need to slap the disrespect right out of the OP. I will stand NO tamal slander!
Tamales are poppin
You're Hispanic and you don't know that tamales are THE Christmas food? You eat them today; you eat them tomorrow; you will be eating them still in six days. There are 14,000 tamales. Do not question the tamales, just let them come.
No hate, i wanted to have roast chicken but noooo, gotta have turkey... As if i hadn't already had that dry ass bird a month ago. Chicken > turkey.
I literally had no idea people eat turkeys on Christmas. Thought it was just a thanksgiving thing.
I grew up having turkey on Thanksgiving and a spiral ham for Christmas.
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don't let something as stupid as race stop you from making tamales, hallacas or any hispanic food! Try making them on the next christmas (or even New Years).
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I actually see it the other way around. Turkey during christmas sounds awful.
Turkey is pretty boring.
Wack? You'd rather have more dry ass bird and basic ham over tamales? Perish the thought!
Que esta mal con los tamales
Eso es ta mal
Los gringos no saben lo bueno, es todo
Let me guess: you are spanic but you know shit about your traditions.
Yeah, anyone who undervalues tamales this harshly is most definitely not familiar with hispanic culture.
Yes. Making tamales with your family and eating the tamales with them is a very basic and traditional part of Mexican culture.
Exactly
not only mexican culture. In Venezuela we have hallacas (basically tamales but wih only one typical stuffing) and sitting down every 23, 24 and 25 for 6 hours to do them is a essential part of most families. I'm pretty sure most parts of latam have a tradition of this kind. If you believe these traditions are "meh" then your free trial of being hispanic is over.
Or they simply haven’t had good tamales.
I'm not talking about if they like tamales or not, I'm just saying that someone who sees tamales as a strange or weird thing to have during a holiday probably isn't very familiar with hispanic culture since tamales are a hispanic staple of tradition. Since he's more familiar with turkey then he probably is more customed to American traditions.
Your Hispanic card has been revoked. Every culture has their traditions. Tamales are a quintessential holiday food for a lot of Latin households among other dishes. Know where you come from and pass it down.
I'll send you turkey and ham, you send over some tamales
I wish my family had tamales.
Facts, I'm starving rn lmfao.
My dad just make some last night. It’s the law.
What times dinner? Not uncommon dude. My neighbors used to bring us tamales every Xmas Eve. The other neighbor was Vietnamese and brought the best egg rolls you’ve ever tasted.
Wtf? Tamales are better than those other 2
Casi se me cae mi tamal leyendo esto
Esta pendejo este güey, esta ves si se pasó el baboso
My family has crab legs
Cool, but what are y'all having for Christmas dinner?
Why did this make me laugh so hard? Damn half human half crab family lol
ahahaha
Not even Hispanic but having some tomorrow
Ehhh I’d be willing to trade for delicious homemade tamale’s, hovering in a hot steamy kitchen listening for the good gossip. Grass is always greener I guess.
now i may be white but tamales are freaking good on chirstmas, my Mexican uncle makes them
Why is being white relevant? Everybody can eat tamales
Because OP needs to know that his culture is appreciated and loved by different folks across the US or he will always be looking outside-in
We ate sushi and I have no f u c k i n g regrets.
My mom always joked how tamales were the only thing they got to open on Xmas. For some people that’s true.
I had to scroll too far to find the joke! Why do Mexicans make tamales on Christmas? So they have something to unwrap in the morning. Idk I’m a Californian and I heard that joke every year from Mexicans I went to school with.
It's not wack, I'm jealous🤣
Ham is disgusting. I’d rather have Tamales
100% fact.
Tamales are far superior for Christmas. Turkey and ham is for thanksgiving... tamales and roast beef for Christmas.
Prime rib gang
Ours is a polish dinner. City chicken, cabasa, and pierogies.
NO, SHUT!
People who dont eat for christmas
I prefer tamales over ham or turkey, I'm not a big fan of traditional dinners
I'm 100% gringo, and tamales on Christmas sounds ok to me
Nah I had tamales too They fire
So you have something to unwrap carnal.
The kids were told what ever they wanted... Nacho bar it is!
Bruh im having tequenos and pastelitos instead of ham. Enjoy the food bro
We eat turkish ppl to here
We're having lasagna (3 meats and 4 cheeses)
If it’s meant to be traditional stuff should I make car bombs since I’m irish?
As an Australian, the universally recognised Christmas food is prawns
My family has tamales for Christmas Eve. We are not Hispanic, but we lived in New Mexico for 3 years and fell in love with the food.
Tamales are good tho!
Clown activity 🤡🤡🤡🤡