Well, it turned out to be a good day, but it was so incredibly hot and humid! I had shared a space with my best friend, we set up an L shaped table arrangement, she had her crochet items on one, then I had my food items set up on the other, and it was great because it was air-conditioned! I ended up selling everything, some people bought a dozen of each. The bierocks were filled with beef and cabbage and white cheddar. I came home with a little salsa and empty pans! I took some pictures when I was making them, and a couple at the event, but I didnt get pictures of the bierocks this time because it was just me and half the time I was covered with dough lol, but I shall post the ones that are halfway decent since a) I am using a sucky camera on a phone and b) when it comes to any kind of plating or taking food pictures, I can come nowhere near what I see on here, so bear with me!
I have two of these 22 qt. pressure canners, I used them for the tamales yesterday, and I also use them for making the dozen or so different flavors of bacon jam that I take to farmers markets when the weather is cooler. Oh, and please excuse my horrendous stove, my sauce got a little too happy the day before and blurped red sauce everywhere.
A quick shot of the salsa verde, thank goodness I saved a little bit at home for me!
The pile grew as they came out of the pot lol
Neatened up and ready to cover and hit the road.
When I do these for an event, I do not make big ones. These sold for 1.50 each, and I set out the salsa verde, cilantro and cojita cheese crumbles so people could top them how they wanted. And of course, when I got hungry, tamales are on the menu lol. This is my entire lunch and I was stuffed after I ate it. I had a gastric bypass so quantities for me are small, but I make darn sure what I am eating is really good since there is only a small amount!
On 7/22/2016 at 11:22 AM, Shelby said:Wow. I'd love to see pictures. I know you're not too busy or anything
Get a floor fan going. Gonna get hot in there today.
Hi! Everytime I walked outside it made me want to run back inside! I would never have made it if we had not been indoors lol. What part of Kansas are you in?
On 7/23/2016 at 9:18 AM, pastrygirl said:Do you pressure cook the tamales? Never knew you could do it that way! But in truth, pressure cookers kinda scare me
I was terrified the first time I went to use one. I got it up to pressure and it was bobbling along but when I went to look and check on it, I stayed by the doorway at first and kind of peered around the corner to make sure it was not sounding like it was going to explode first lol. When I make a small amount of tamales for me and Chris at home, I put 6 in a Ziploc steamer bag and cook them in the microwave for about 8 minutes, I cant tell the difference between the nuked ones and ones done in the pressure cooker!
