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TAMALE TIME!!!
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Oakland, CA · A description of tamales from the Florentine Codex to encourage you to get creative with your tamales this season.
"[They] sell meat tamales, turkey pasties, plain tamales, barbecued tamales, those cooked in an olla—they burn within; grains of maize with chili, tamales with chili, burning within; fish tamales, fish with grains of maize, frog tamales,… axolotl tamales, rabbit tamales, gopher tamales; tasty—tasty, very tasty, very well made, always tasty, savory, of pleasing odor, of very pleasing odor, made with a pleasing odor, very savory. Where [it is] tasty, [it has] chile , salt, tomatoes, gourd seeds: shredded, crumbled, juiced. They} sells tamales of maize softened in wood ashes, the water of tamales, tamales of maize softened in lime—narrow tamales, fruit tamales, cooked been tamales…salted wide tamales, pointed tamales, white tamales…roll-shaped tamales, tamales with beans forming a seashell on top, grains of maize thrown in, crumbled, pounded tamales, spotted tamales; white fruit tamales, red fruit tamales, turkey egg tamales, turkey eggs with grains of maize; tamales of tender maize, tamales of green maize, adobe-shaped tamales, braised ones; unleavened tamales, honey tamales, beeswax tamales, tamales with grains of maize, gourd tamales, crumbled tamales, maize flower tamales” (Florentine Codex, Book X, Chapter 19).
Edited: Translation from Nahuatl added gendered pronoun "he". I changed pronoun to gender neutral singular "they."
What kind of tamales are you making this season??? Share ideas and photos!
Decolonize Your Diet
TAMALE TIME!!!
Decolonize Your Diet
Oakland, CA · A description of tamales from the Florentine Codex to encourage you to get creative with your tamales this season.
"[They] sell meat tamales, turkey pasties, plain tamales, barbecued tamales, those cooked in an olla—they burn within; grains of maize with chili, tamales with chili, burning within; fish tamales, fish with grains of maize, frog tamales,… axolotl tamales, rabbit tamales, gopher tamales; tasty—tasty, very tasty, very well made, always tasty, savory, of pleasing odor, of very pleasing odor, made with a pleasing odor, very savory. Where [it is] tasty, [it has] chile , salt, tomatoes, gourd seeds: shredded, crumbled, juiced. They} sells tamales of maize softened in wood ashes, the water of tamales, tamales of maize softened in lime—narrow tamales, fruit tamales, cooked been tamales…salted wide tamales, pointed tamales, white tamales…roll-shaped tamales, tamales with beans forming a seashell on top, grains of maize thrown in, crumbled, pounded tamales, spotted tamales; white fruit tamales, red fruit tamales, turkey egg tamales, turkey eggs with grains of maize; tamales of tender maize, tamales of green maize, adobe-shaped tamales, braised ones; unleavened tamales, honey tamales, beeswax tamales, tamales with grains of maize, gourd tamales, crumbled tamales, maize flower tamales” (Florentine Codex, Book X, Chapter 19).
Edited: Translation from Nahuatl added gendered pronoun "he". I changed pronoun to gender neutral singular "they."
What kind of tamales are you making this season??? Share ideas and photos!
Decolonize Your Diet
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