Every morning on my way to ITAM I pass a set of food stalls in front of the entrance to the Barranca del Muerto metro station. A common item at many of these stands are tamales — not just the normal steamed variety, but fried in a bowl of hot, smoking grease. These tamales, which are made of ground corn and are filled with green or red salsa or mole, already have a soft, crumbly, doughy consistency before they’re dumped in the hot oil. And after? Well, they’re basically fried bread!
There is nothing like the smell of deep fried tamales in the morning.
San Francisco, CA
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