When I think about Thanksgiving and all the smells that fill the air when I walk into grandma's house, I remember the aroma of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, rolls, and tamales.
Once all the supplies were picked up, then came the thaw of the hogs’ heads which took place on grandma Rosie’s dining room table. It was a sight to see walking into the room and then boom! Heads on the table. Once boiled, the meat was pulled and then ground up using a small meat grinder. This was my grandfather’s job until he annoyed my grandmother and got kicked out.
Making the masa looked like the fun part and the one that I always enjoyed watching. My grandmother would glove up and pour in the melted manteca and create the masa. I would watch from the curtain as I wasn’t allowed into her special kitchen built just for tamale production. I loved watching her sing and dance.
After that, it was time to assemble the tamale. My mom and tías would smear the masa into the corn husk and then add the meat and then fold. What I remember most about the tamale season is the coming together of my grandmother, mom, aunts, and cousins. The chatter from the ladies woke me up early in the morning and lasted until the last tamale was folded late in the evening.
The gossip was always deep, and the laughter was guttural. I miss those ladies. They have all since passed away. There’s a part of me that wishes I could go back again to standing by that curtain listening to my grandmother orchestrate the most impressive tamale business I have ever seen.
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