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Re: [ranchos] Tamales


 
Linda,
 
As a side note, Mexico is not considered 3rd world.  In fact, Mexico is probably the most economically progressive Latin American country.  While I am not an expert in economic classification, I have traveled to various countries in Africa which were true 3rd word applications were provided - and the difference from these countries and Mexico were enormous!  Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can expound on this...??
 
In Michoacan, I think I had those tamales - they were called tamales ochepos (spelling is phonetic)- certainly not the dulce tamales that I was accustomed to here in the states - we were provided these tamales for breakfast, and they were divine, but I didn't know they were made of corn oil - now you might have answered my question about lard.....Maybe I should try using corn oil instead of lard to make them?  Any recipes out there?
 
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