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Oh jeez oh jeez I want to tell you about the tamales I learned to make. I've been  trying to remember to make tamales for so long and I finally remembered to make them and it was sooo worth it. I'm getting hungry thinking about it.

But I'm really tired, and somewhat burnt out after being berated for how I choose to label myself so I'm posting this to remember to share the recipe in a few minutes when I feel better.

Edit: OK so tamales are so good.

I started with this recipe: https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/mexican-tamales/

Rather than lard, I just used vegetable oil. I was a bit worried it would be too thin, but it held together okay.

For the filling, I used 1 pack of [yves ground round](http://yvesveggie.com/en/products/ground-round/original-veggie-ground-round/) though any meat substitute would fit the bill, about 1 cup of cooked black beans, a cup or so of corn niblets, 1 tbsp cumin, 2 finely chopped chipotles, 1/2 a finely chopped onion, juice of 1 lime, about 1-2 tsp oregano, 1 tbsp annato paste, and salt to taste. Fried the whole thing together in a pan with olive oil until it was hard to resist eating it. For the lacto-friendly in the house I put a slice of cheese in the tamales, and for my own I added some finely chopped habanero peppers and sprinkled some chili powder inside the corn husk so the tamale came out red-tinted to indicate it was plant-based and spicier. It probably would have been good with a daiyu cheese sub or similar but honestly I didn't miss it.

Everyone tried to steal my plant-based ones. Luckily I made enough. Was it a mistake to train my kids to eat spicy food?
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