Yesterday Jemma made Tamales. Tamales are a Latin American food, I don’t know which country they started in first, but they have them in Peru and in Mexico. I am having one for lunch and it is really reminding me of Peru. When I was there I ate them a lot. There was a woman who used to sell them on the corner of my street. She would stand there yelling out “Tamales, Tamales” for hours. Often on my way home from work I would stop to ask if she had vegetarian ones. At first she didn’t but after awhile when she saw me she would yell out “señorita, señorita tamales vegetarianas for you, for you.” So I felt I would have to buy them. So they bacame my regular afternoon snack with a cup of tea. Next week I am going to get Jemma to teach me how to make them. Maybe they will become a regular snack here too.
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Thats amazing that Jem worked out how to make them. Do you think we could make tortillas as well then cause do you have to use Maiz flour?
Yes I think we probably could. Martin got the Maiz flour from his friend Richie (Costa Rican guy from his work) and I reckon it would work.
I remember eating Tamales in Peru.
For sure we can make tortillas. We’ll have to hand flatten them which is a little bit tricky but not impossible. unless we buy a press somewhere. Oh the bag of flour smelt so nostalgic.