I had planned to have tamales for dinner -- these became a Christmas tradition with us after my children and I moved to El Paso.
These are the tamales -- the one on top has been taken out of the wrapping.
Tamales are made from "masa" a ground corn product, and are usually gluten free. They are filled with (in this case) pork. Other fillings can be chicken, beef, or some kind of sweet. I have never had a sweet one. I have seen spinach tamales and black bean tamales but have not tried these. The masa is formed around the meat and then the tamale is wrapped in a corn shuck and steamed until done. In the picture below the tamale has been unwrapped and is on top of the shuck so you can see them together.
Then in the afternoon a Korean friend called and asked if she could bring some food. (You will see her pictured in the pictures of our quilting group Christmas party.)
This is the dish my Korean friend brought. I don't know what to call it (except delicious) but is contains noodles, mushrooms, carrots, onions, carrots, and beef. All the ingredients are shredded before being added to the noodles. She said it was made by her Mother-in-Law who is also Korean but who lives in Canada.
It was delicious and surprisingly quite tasty with the tamales.
With our main items accounted for, we added rice and a tossed salad and it was a great international dinner!
Merry Christmas!
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