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The Prairie Fire Lady Choir is on haitus until March or April, so instead of getting together to sing, we got together to make tamales!
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Valerie hosted us, with the husks and sangria prepared.
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There may have still been some singing and piano playing while we were together.
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Molly made masa all day long. Masa for meaty tamales, masa for veggie tamales, and sweet corn masa for plain tamales.
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Valerie (and her husband) have beautiful cats and Buddha alters.
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Adding lard!
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These cookies were homemade and covered in edible glitter. Me = impressed.
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Valerie showed us a few example tamales to get started, then we let ‘er rip!
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We were putting our tamales into the big silver kettle for steaming.
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We made so many! They took much longer to steam than anticipated.
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Annette decided to grab my camera while I was making tamales. Proof that I helped!
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Ready for eating!!
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Yum! I can’t wait to do this again!
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