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Tamalada “The significant legacy of the tamalada (tamale-making) is the legacy of family and sharing.”

The Tamalada by Carmen Lomas Garza

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In some communities, the tradition of making tamales is called a Tamalada is a time for sharing chismes, family stories, recipes and preparations for the Holidays. A tamalada definitely revolves around food and its preparation. It also revolves around family, and strengthening the bonds that already connect us to each other.

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In some communities, the holiday Tamalada is a time for sharing chismes, family stories, recipes and preparations for the Holidays. A tamalada definitely revolves around food and its preparation. It also revolves around family, and strengthening the bonds that already connect us to each other.

Hoja de maiz  Corn

husk

 How

does it feel?

 What

do you think you have to do to the husks before making tamales?

 Soak

them

La masa  The  The

dough

dough takes a lot of preparation. It is mostly made out of lard and various spices.

El relleno  The

filling

 Beans  Pork  Chile  Sweet

raisins

filling with

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Social gathering “la charla” “chatting”

Can you guess what this is used for ? A A

mo li ni llo

wooden Mexican wisk

Chocolate caliente  Mexican

hot chocolate

 Typically

it comes in a disk form.

 Drinking

chocolate is very common that they even have a song for it.

 Play

song

+ Molinillo Chocolate Song  From

the Texas State Libary and archives commission. "Children in Mexico often drink

chocolate with breakfast. They stir it with a special utensil called a molinillo which is held between the palms and rotated back and forth. During the chorus of this rhyme, children rub their palms together and pretend to "stir" the chocolate with a molinillo." Click to hear a real player audio of this song

Do you remember where the cocoa bean was first discovered?  Mexico  The

Aztec Indians served it to emperors as a royal treat.

Cocoa plant and seeds 

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