Canned Tamales.NOT making that mistake again!!!!!

[the ringo kid]

I was in a pinch last night so stopped by the store to get something to eat. Was going just get soup-and fresh tamales-but no fresh available so I saw canned Tamales--Bushs Refried beans--and Wolf Brand Chili. Well, I needed the last two--but decided to try the spiced version of Tamales--and like I figured--were probably as bad as eating worm poop.

I mixed real deli cheese to melt with the tamales, as well as some chili with some refried beans. The beans and chili were good--but even dressing up the "'spicy""talmales--which had no taste and no spices either--I used two table spoonfulls of salsa verde--to ad the missing spice as well as kill the taste of the canned tamales. Well,it added spice and killed the taste enough to eat--but boy--the tummy wasnt happy at all.

I had to kill the after taste--with some fruitcake.

At least learning this lesson--it only cost me about .89 cents. Before you throw bricks--I DID go by and try to buy in-house made fresh Tamales--but they were out of the Beef,Chicken, Pork--but only had the bean tamales. So--since I wanted something pseudo-Mexican--I tried the canned stuff.

 

[pawncop]

Totally agree with you. Tried Hormel brand one time and will never make that mistake again.

 

[3dots]

LOL, I would NEVER eat a tamale from a can...unless I had the blind raving munchies!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I don't believe what I'm hearing. Not only did you eat canned tamales, you washed it down with fruitcake.
Will be standing by for an input from the lawyers, but I think the Supreme Court has ruled against that combination.
If you need some tamales, look in the freezer case. One good brand is the Albuquerque Brand- Bueno. They are a local family owned company and they make a wide range of excellent products.
Their chili powder is one of the best in the West, so I think it'll hold up back East.
You can probably get them in a lot of places in a number of states.
http://www.buenofoods.com/br_where_to_buy.html

 

[arjay]

The next time you're desperate,try some frozen burritos with a mess of melted cheese.My kids are horrified at the idea [emoji1]

 

[Rpg]

Canned tamales are pretty grim: they will probably sustain life but not by much.

Sometimes missing a meal isn't so bad. Especially given the alternative.

 

[Erich]

Sometimes missing a meal isn't so bad. Especially given the alternative.

Majorly cracked me up. Well said.

 

[kozmic]

What? Was the 7-11 all out of burritos kid?

 

[Gunhacker]

Canned Tamales and fruitcake???

As Jeff Foxworthy says in his bit about preparing for his first Colonoscopy.... "the first volley lifted me off of the seat".

Me thinks that combination would have similar results... talk about your "worm poop"

I'm skipping lunch today....

 

[4011]

I'm amazed a man of your age and so well traveled would stoop to such a thing. I don't feel sorry for you. Would like some of the fruit cake however.
I PM'Ed you my mailing address.
Thanks

 

[islamoradamark]

thats why i come to this great place i just learned something im never going to eat canned tamales

 

[wbraswell]

Two items, that for years, I have said I would never buy are canned tamales and canned potatoes. I have a friend whose mother would serve canned tamales, and to this day, he won't even look at good tamales. Potatoes, c'mon man. Frozen, maybe so, canned never.

 

[photocosmo]

Back in the late 60's/early70's my Dad (who, at the time, still drank a lot) was very fond of Hormel canned tamales. I remember swearing a fowl oath that I would never stoop to such a cruel debasement but then one bitterly cold night at the hunting shack when no one had seen, much less shot a single duck and everyone was too spent to even contemplate a run to the nearest general store he produced TWO cans of said tamales from the larder. Those, and a couple of cups of rice were our only repast until we "packed 'er in" and headed to town the next morning for a breakfast fit for kings in the finest "greasy spoon" style.

Every once in a great while I buy a can of those funky tubes just for old times' sake... but I can only eat about one.

 

[zzzippper]

Ah, the Mexican version of Spaghetti-Os.

 

[sophie]

Man, man, man, Ringo I can't believe you fell for the old canned tamales trick. Then of all things you followed it up with fruitcake. Sounds to me like you were on the path of stomach destruction if I was guessing. Oh, I believe you said it was not kind to your stomach and I can see why with all that and then "fruitcake" on top of it. Have a good Thanksgiving.

 

[walkin jack]

I learned that lesson many years ago. We love tamales with taco salad and I was unable to find any fresh so I though how bad can the canned version be, after all they ARE still tamales right?

WRONG!!!

Since then when I can't get fresh I have Chinese food and do the Mexican food later.....

I remember about 10 years back there was an old green panel truck that would park on the side of HWY 225 in front of the Shell Plant. It was an elderly Mexican couple that was selling the tamales they made at home. I was reluctant to get them for obvious reasons. One night I was on Graveyards and I was desperate for some fresh tamales so I decide to take a chance. They were FAAAAABULOUS!!! Best I ever had even in Mexico. They made chicken and beef and you could get either in regular or spicy.

I got up the next day I went by there and bought all they had of every kind and put 'em in the freezer. Buy the time I used 'em up (which wasn't very long) they weren't there any more. I never saw them again. Sigh............

 

[BE Mike]

Was the store all out of Chef Boyardee Beef Raviolis? This time of year, I miss living on the border and getting those homemade tamales made from venison and or pork. When my wife and her friend didn't feel like making them, we'd buy them for a buck a dozen. They heat up in the microwave just fine.

 

[shouldazagged]

Ah, the Mexican version of Spaghetti-Os.

I think of them as faux-Tex-Mex cannoli. But a couple of times a year, for the same reasons I sometimes eat White Castle burgers--masochism and episodes of abysmal taste--I'll drown them in chili and eat them.

And I love fruitcake if it's not soaked in rum or bourbon. Can't do that kind anymore.

 

[JayAychOh]

Dang, Ringo! I'm slightly nauseous just reading your description. Glad you pulled through! They say that moistening the toilet paper slightly relieves some of the irritation to the, ah, affected areas from overuse.

 

[PatAz]

Well if the tamales are home canned that is one thing but out of a tin can, never.

 

[howiema]

I don't even think they sell tamales up here - lol

Pete

 

[Road Rat]

Where do you find fresh made tamales today??

I used to get them all the time when I was a kid in Missouri...a man walked the streets with a hand cart selling "hot tamales"....

I found a woman in SoCal about 10 years ago who delivered to a car place!

Used to have a neighbor in Santa Clara who was always bringing over a big platter of various flavors of home made tamales....hmmm hmmm good.

Dang, now I'm hungry................

 

[timn8er]

Well, I guess we have some lightweights here on this Forum! Can't handle a Hormel gut bomb. I'm not saying they're great or even good, but it's just like Shoulda said: it's just something you have to do every now & then. I probably won't be doing it anytime soon, because here in San Antonio tamales are plentiful & good. But then again...who knows? I was impressed when Ringo said he followed it up with fruit cake, because that is something I won't touch. A severe amount of adult beverages would be involved, which would also insure said fruit cake not hanging around too long.

 

[RudyN]

Those tamales aren't to bad if you are hungry enough. After reading the previous post I think I will have a piece of fruitcake. B-)

 

[soFlaNative]

Ringo will be the one guy who could breach arjay's fumungous barrier in the end of society thread malfunctionaries.

 

[Wyatt p. Tato]

Here on the east coast tamales are rare indeed I must confess I sometimes stoop to canned tamales. Good Mexican food is one of the things I miss about California. Really miss galleo salmi.

 

[wyccad915]

Next time just get the fresh made bean ones then. I've personally never have had bean tamales, and am always surprised to hear the different varieties. I do not like sweet tamales. Anyways, I also have personally never seen canned tamales myself, but I am not surprised.

 

[Smoke]

Family tradition around here the day after thanks giving my wife goes to our daughter's house (no menfolk allowed) and all the women make tamales all day long.

They make a year's supply and freeze them

 

[smokey04]

OH GOD, I got a can on the pantry shelf. Based on this thread, I think I will use them to demonstrate the destructive power of a .44 Mag! I've grown too old to enjoy the " Macho Calibers" but, I would kill for a "Claymore". On second thought, if I ate them, it would probably be like a "Claymore in the "can". Come on Preparation H ! I better let this end right here! Nick

 

[lethe]

LOL, I would NEVER eat a tamale from a can.

Same here..I didn't know they made them in cans.