Road food payoff:
A No. 10 can full of tamales.
Stripped of shuck, and ready for application of cheap grocery store chili.
The final product, sans Saltines, which I added moments later.
And the remaining 2 dozen and 9 bagged up and waiting for the freezer.
For those who are not familiar, Delta tamales are a different creature from Mexican tamales. The seasonings are quite different, for one thing; salt, pepper, red pepper. No garlic, no onion, no cumin, etc. The masa is very thin, the filling-to-masa ratio is probably 4:1. They're boiled instead of steamed. And sometimes you find them wrapped in foil or waxed paper instead of corn shucks. Some folks prefer chopped onions on top of theirs; I don't care for raw onion, so I don't. And always, always, cheap no-beans grocery store chili, and Saltines.
And a cold Co'Cola.
One of the multitude of reasons I would live nowhere else.
