I DEMAND TAMALES

mrt144

Druhim wrote:

Yeah, Gallerias has pretty good food but god the service. Still, worth it once in a while as long as you don't have to be anywhere.

Mexican food is too easy to make at home to go out for shit like that. Although when the farmers market shuts down on Cap Hill no refried beans for months.

mrt144

Druhim wrote:

Sars_Boy wrote: »

sometimes i get tamales from Rancho Bravo

something tells me that Dru is going to shit on Rancho Bravo

I've never eaten there, but the tacos look good so I don't get why you think I'd shit on the place.

Cause it's literally dirty. Good tamales, good burritos, but really has hygienic issues in the eating area.

PotatoNinja

This is true, but they offer tacos. I assumed that this implied they had something taco-like to sell you in exchange for currency.

What they have is soft, stale tortilla chips that are insulted by a man holding lettuce. Cheese is thrown at the tacos in disgust, but only after being thoroughly rinsed to be as vile as possible. All meats or vegetables are first boiled for several minutes to remove anything resembling flavor.

When you read about some fictional character cursed to live without the sensation of hunger or taste or the sated feeling of a good meal, these tacos are what you should imagine. They contain calories only because it is necessary, if the world was less structured but made more sense the tacos would be composed entirely out of disappointment, which is not particularly calorie-dense.

In happier taco-related news:

If you're stuck in Ballard, try Oaxaca. Seriously delicious food, painfully long wait times to eat though. Place is always crowded.

mrt144

PotatoNinja wrote:

This is true, but they offer tacos. I assumed that this implied they had something taco-like to sell you in exchange for currency.

What they have is soft, stale tortilla chips that are insulted by a man holding lettuce. Cheese is thrown at the tacos in disgust, but only after being thoroughly rinsed to be as vile as possible. All meats or vegetables are first boiled for several minutes to remove anything resembling flavor.

When you read about some fictional character cursed to live without the sensation of hunger or taste or the sated feeling of a good meal, these tacos are what you should imagine. They contain calories only because it is necessary, if the world was less structured but made more sense the tacos would be composed entirely out of disappointment, which is not particularly calorie-dense.

In happier taco-related news:

If you're stuck in Ballard, try Oaxaca. Seriously delicious food, painfully long wait times to eat though. Place is always crowded.

Sounds terrible. being stuck in ballard and all. I like the taco place that's in the same buiding as kimchee bistro. at the very top. It's cheap n good.

Druhim

The food at Oaxaca is really good, but I feel it's a bit overpriced when a single mole tamale costs about $8 if I remember correctly considering I can go to El Camion just a few blocks away and get wonderful beef tongue and beef cheek tacos for about $1.50 each. I'm totally willing to pay more for really good food and service, but the food Oaxaca serves is humble food and there are other places making that really good, humble Mexican food for quite a bit less. The only reason I don't outright dismiss Oaxaca is that at least they expose locals to Mexican food from a region they're not accustomed to.

mrt144

Druhim wrote:

The food at Oaxaca is really good, but I feel it's a bit overpriced when a single mole tamale costs about $8 if I remember correctly considering I can go to El Camion just a few blocks away and get wonderful beef tongue and beef cheek tacos for about $1.50 each. I'm totally willing to pay more for really good food and service, but the food Oaxaca serves is humble food and there are other places making that really good, humble Mexican food for quite a bit less. The only reason I don't outright dismiss Oaxaca is that at least they expose locals to Mexican food from a region they're not accustomed to.

Man, at least they expose people to mexican food that isn't azteca.

PotatoNinja

Also:

SALSA BAR.

Druhim

mrt144 wrote: »

Druhim wrote:

The food at Oaxaca is really good, but I feel it's a bit overpriced when a single mole tamale costs about $8 if I remember correctly considering I can go to El Camion just a few blocks away and get wonderful beef tongue and beef cheek tacos for about $1.50 each. I'm totally willing to pay more for really good food and service, but the food Oaxaca serves is humble food and there are other places making that really good, humble Mexican food for quite a bit less. The only reason I don't outright dismiss Oaxaca is that at least they expose locals to Mexican food from a region they're not accustomed to.

Man, at least they expose people to mexican food that isn't azteca.

But like I said in the very post you quoted, there are other places that already do great Mexican food cheaper. El Camion is just one of them, but there are definitely other places around Seattle that do really good humble Mexican food for cheap to reasonable prices.

Swill

I DEMAND BATALIS

Blake T

Is this the station where I can board The Hot Tamales Train?

Because I have a ticket.

Theidar

Homemade tamales are a little time consuming but oh man is the pay off worth it.

I don't know of any good places to get tamales here in Rochester. I need to do some investigating.

mrt144

Theidar wrote:

Homemade tamales are a little time consuming but oh man is the pay off worth it.

I don't know of any good places to get tamales here in Rochester. I need to do some investigating.

Really, tamales at home is an all day, make 12 dozen, freeze 11 dozen affair. It's simply not worth it to make small batches of them.

bsjezz

this is an awesome article about tamales and traditional mexican cooking

edit: note: it will make you envious of what you can never have

Theidar

mrt144 wrote:

Theidar wrote:

Homemade tamales are a little time consuming but oh man is the pay off worth it.

I don't know of any good places to get tamales here in Rochester. I need to do some investigating.

Really, tamales at home is an all day, make 12 dozen, freeze 11 dozen affair. It's simply not worth it to make small batches of them.

Agreed, usually can get a week or 2 of delicious food out of it at least.

George Fornby Grill

taco food?

George Fornby Grill

Tamales are fucking delicious and I haven't had one in ages. Bluhhhh

also @swill you ready for Jack Attack on friday??

Kakodaimonos

I don't know if you can get these outside of Chicago's south side, but a mother in law is fantastically awful. It's a chili-dog where you replace the hot dog with a tamale.

Stale

you can't, it is a Chicago only delicacy by Federal Law.

HyperBallad

ASimPerson

Blake T wrote:

Is this the station where I can board The Hot Tamales Train?

Because I have a ticket.

Hot tamales are actually from Mississippi and are made with cornmeal instead of masa. I think that train is on the next platform over.

lostwords

As a man who has eaten a whole taco bell grande meal in one sitting, I think I can speak about me-hican food

Swill

George Fornby Grill wrote:

Tamales are fucking delicious and I haven't had one in ages. Bluhhhh

also @swill you ready for Jack Attack on friday??

no not at all

Kakodaimonos

lostwords wrote:

As a man who has eaten a whole taco bell grande meal in one sitting, I think I can speak about me-hican food

Pfeh. A real winner can kill 10 pintos and cheese in one sitting.

Aneurhythmia

Kakodaimonos wrote:

I don't know if you can get these outside of Chicago's south side, but a mother in law is fantastically awful. It's a chili-dog where you replace the hot dog with a tamale.

Stale wrote:

you can't, it is a Chicago only delicacy by Federal Law.

Whoa, hold on. You know that food truck you wanna run with Pip? This shit and your dumb spaghetti burritos. A billion dollars a year.

George Fornby Grill

Swill wrote:

George Fornby Grill wrote:

Tamales are fucking delicious and I haven't had one in ages. Bluhhhh

also @swill you ready for Jack Attack on friday??

no not at all

oh well guess it's happening regardless of preparation though so!

I haven't seen you in a while though, that is a thing I am looking forward to

Projeck

i wonder where i can get a good tamale in this town

No Great Name

I enjoy pupusas


edit: I don't enjoy spelling tho

Dead Legend

tamales with chili n cheese n beans is fucking awesome

i remember once when i was little we were having tamales for thanksgiving and me being a little shit complained incessantly about it, but not having any other kind of meat meant that i ate the fuck out of them. and once i did, i came to love them.

hail tamales

Sars_Boy

now i really want tamales

and i already ate mexican tonight

thanks, druhim

Dead Legend

the worst thing about tamales is when you bite into a tooth

Usagi

Or a stray acrylic

mrt144

No Great Name wrote:

I enjoy pupusas


edit: I don't enjoy spelling tho

Just downstairs from the taco place I mentioned and across from Kimchee bistro is place that does papusas and they're hella good.

Druhim

Sars_Boy wrote: »

now i really want tamales

and i already ate mexican tonight

thanks, druhim

you're welcome! :mrgreen:

mrt144

Druhim and I are the resident Penny Arcade Seattle Foodies. We'd hang out but he thinks I'm crazy horrible neckbeard. I am merely a neckbeard. Why cant we just have a civil dinner dru?

Druhim

mrt144 wrote: »

Druhim and I are the resident Penny Arcade Seattle Foodies. We'd hang out but he thinks I'm crazy horrible neckbeard. I am merely a neckbeard. Why cant we just have a civil dinner dru?

When and where? (this week is bad and we're leaving Friday to go camping for Labor Day weekend)

mrt144

What hood do you live in again? My wife and I have a meal plan mapped out until next Friday.

Volucrisus Aedrius

I fucking love Tamales.

Tamales were the best part about being a Catholic in Eastern Washington. Granted, I say this as a morally bankrupt ex-Christian, but whatever. Every couple months some of the Mexican housewives would band together and make huge batches of delicious tamales and sell them after mass to raise money for the church.

Ffffffuuuuucckkk I miss those tamales.

On a related note, last night I had Polenta for the first time, and even if every time I come across the word I start to read it as "placenta" it spoke to my hellbound soul; the texture spoke of tamale masa yet the taste spoke of Italian pastas. Delicious!

Mortal Sky

Chuys tamales are one of the top reasons i want to live in Austin.

mrt144

Friday Saturday Sunday, 13th 14th 15th, choose your poison.

mrt144

Volucrisus Aedrius wrote:

I fucking love Tamales.

Tamales were the best part about being a Catholic in Eastern Washington. Granted, I say this as a morally bankrupt ex-Christian, but whatever. Every couple months some of the Mexican housewives would band together and make huge batches of delicious tamales and sell them after mass to raise money for the church.

Ffffffuuuuucckkk I miss those tamales.

On a related note, last night I had Polenta for the first time, and even if every time I come across the word I start to read it as "placenta" it spoke to my hellbound soul; the texture spoke of tamale masa yet the taste spoke of Italian pastas. Delicious!

Polenta is one of the best, easiest things to make. Polenta and mushroom ragu is classic and awesome.