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It depends on what you are calling a "tortilla".
A Mexican tortilla is circular, unleavened, corn or wheat flour flatbread that can be used for wraps and fajitas.
The flour and corn tortillas from Mexico were initially used as an implement to get other food in the mouth by the indigenous inhabitants. The Spanish named them tortillas because their shape was similar to what they ate in Spain.
A Spanish tortilla is a potato and egg quiche.
Tortillas are not a quiche which has a pastry, nor are they frittatas. Frittatas are beaten eggs with a potato filling. Frittatas are slowly cooked in a frying pan until they are almost cooked through. Then they other side is either baked, broiled, or turned over and then finished.
Tortillas are Spanish. Originally they were probably small cubes of potato filling bound together with beaten eggs. They were prepared in Spain before the New World was discovered and were a subsistence food of the peasants. They are always fried on both sides.
As conditions improved for the peasants and the popularity of the tortilla grew with other classes other fillings were adapted until today there are many varieties. Now days tortillas may contain, meat, cheese, sausage, sea food, and almost any kind of vegetable or herb. After they are completely fried they may be further cooked in water or broth but they tend to be very delicate and difficult to handle.
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Recipes are also available in "La Cocina de Hoy", Publisher - Editorials Everest, Author - Rosario Cifuentes, ISBN 84-241-2204-6
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Where can you buy fat to make tamales?
no u can no buy fat to make tamales they r not even made out of fat
Tamales are popular in which country?
The tamales - a steamed corn-based dish - is popular in the United States and Mexico, but can be found all over Latin America. Tamales are made of corn bread, which is wrapped in a dough and steamed.
Are tamales appetizers?
Yes, tamales are appetisers
What is the signifigance of tamales?
They were made in order for the poor people to have something to unwrap for Christmas
Do tamales make you fat?
Tamales can make a person gain weight if they eat too many of them. Depending on how they are made, the average tamale contain 285 calories and 11 grams of fat.
When was Gonzales' Tamales created?
Gonzales' Tamales was created in 1957.
Do you need to refrigerate tamales?
Yes, tamales will need to be refrigerated.
On Christmas in Mexico what do they eat?
From Mexico to Panama tamales are a "must have" food and are very common throughout the entire holiday. We make tamales of corn meal dough with or without a filling and steam-cook them to perfection. To steam them we wrap it in a leaf of the corn or in plantain leaves, depending on the customs of each country. Tamales in Mexico are deeply rooted in the pre-Hispanic times. They were important in many rites which had their own distinct type of tamales filling and form. There are many types of tamales, about "forty two different kinds" according to Karen Horsh Graber in her article "Los Tamales: Five Hundred Years at the Heart of the Fiesta." In Guatemala "Tamales of rice" make the list for Christmas foods as well. Guatemalans use the "tamal negro" -black, mainly for special occasions like Christmas or the New Year. They also have el "tamal colorado" -red, which we see most often along with the small "chuchito" wrapped with corn husks. Tamales can be filled with prunes, turkey, raisins and a sauce made with local spices. The typical Hispanic Christmas foods in Mexico include red tamales, sweet tamales and pork tamales which are served throughout the Christmas holiday. During the "posadas" you can find Mexican hot chocolate, a stew called "birria," "gorditas con carne deshebrada" which are corn made pockets with shredded beef, and "atole" -corn gruel. For "Nochebuena" Mexicans like to add to the tamales with a Mexican noodle casserole called "sopa seca," "menudo" -made from tripe or "Pozole" made from pork or chicken, Mexican rice and drinks made of a hot fruit punch or sparkling cider.
How many people eat tamales?
most of mexicans consume tamales
What are some of the native delicacies made from Galapong?
espasol,tamales,bibingka,cuchinta,kalamay,suman,
Masa means what?
Masa is a dough made from corn flour and used to make tortillas and tamales.
What are some foods in Guatemala?
Tamales (tamales en hojas de platano)
