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Post by barrumundi on Dec 2, 2015 10:18:10 GMT -5
If you don’t think tamales (steamed, stuffed cornmeal parcels) are a breakfast food, think again. When we found these on our first morning in Bogota, shaking off jet lag from our long flights from Berlin, we looked at one another and smiled, “It’s good to be back in Latin America.” After one of these, you might not need to eat for the rest of the day.
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Post by barrumundi on Dec 2, 2015 10:20:21 GMT -5
An Experiential Travel Guide to Colombia: 25 Ideas to Get You Started Last updated on November 28th, 2015 by Daniel Noll —9 Comments When readers ask, “I’m traveling to Colombia. What should I do? Where should I go?” We’re left wondering how we’ll keep it short. Because the country is so huge and diverse and serves so many different styles of travel, the answer is: it really depends on what you’re after. To help (us and you), we created this experiential guide to travel in Colombia. It follows the sequence of our three weeks in the country. For any particular entry, maybe you like the image, perhaps the activity grabs your attention, or maybe both. Our intent is to offer some diverse inspiration and practical advice to round out your Colombia itinerary, to help you add a new destination to it, or to give you the building blocks to create your own from scratch. uncorneredmarket.com/25-travel-experiences-colombia/
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Post by barrumundi on Dec 2, 2015 10:30:30 GMT -5
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Post by gallito on Dec 2, 2015 15:20:43 GMT -5
Tamales are integral part of Colombian cuisine;a real chore to make,mostly made in mass quantities...a weekend thing or fiestas navidenas.
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Post by barrumundi on Dec 2, 2015 16:08:02 GMT -5
We occasionally partake of a tamale if we are out and about and it is getting late and we are too tired to cook at home. They really are fast food. Two minutes in the microhonda and they are ready........and the packaging is biodegradable.
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Post by gallito on Dec 5, 2015 13:54:19 GMT -5
les encantan y cantan they love those tamales and sing
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Post by gallito on Dec 5, 2015 14:09:10 GMT -5
preparing tamales
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Post by billforce on Apr 30, 2016 10:49:49 GMT -5
We occasionally partake of a tamale if we are out and about and it is getting late and we are too tired to cook at home. They really are fast food. Two minutes in the microhonda and they are ready........and the packaging is biodegradable. I'll second that but I have to "spice" them up a bit. Having been reared in SoCal on Mexican food I find Colombian Tamale's good but BLAND. They are excellent with a dash of AJI or Mexican Pico de Gallo. By and large Colombian's do not care very much for spicy foods, I find most Colomian foods very bland myself.
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Post by suba on Apr 30, 2016 19:30:45 GMT -5
Not many people here know (other than Colombians of course) that you never eat the carrots in a tamale - they are only in there to soak up the fat. Typically gringos eat everything and the Colombians just smile, they never say anything though.
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Post by gallito on Apr 30, 2016 20:28:34 GMT -5
Tolimenses use white corn masa carrots,peas,garbanzos and rice cocido...there are three basic styles of tamales in Bogota;Boyacense, Tolimenses,santandereano.We get our onces fix at Yanuba and Pastelaria Florida,envueltos too.Further south you have tamales Huilenses. Yes I heard the old wive's tale re.carrot,apparently it soaks up the toxins in the meat...I use the tamale to soak up the toxins from the previous night
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Post by billforce on Apr 30, 2016 20:37:29 GMT -5
Not many people here know (other than Colombians of course) that you never eat the carrots in a tamale - they are only in there to soak up the fat. Typically gringos eat everything and the Colombians just smile, they never say anything though. I always wondered why my wife always shoved the carrots over to me?
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Post by gallito on Apr 30, 2016 20:44:15 GMT -5
bill,she could be trying to kill you with unkindness!
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