My Mom Teaches Me How to Make Tamales (Brisket, Pork Butt & Chicken)

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    My Mom taught me how to make tamales and of course I filled them with smoked brisket, pork butt and grilled chicken.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 823

  • @gueroarias
    @gueroarias 2 роки тому +356

    "i don't have measurements i just do by feel" is the key to "mom's" cooking

    • @ArnieTex
      @ArnieTex  2 роки тому +32

      Right on buddy, thats the best way!

    • @SynnJynn
      @SynnJynn Рік тому +6

      Yes,lol.

    • @Daniel-vf5oc
      @Daniel-vf5oc Рік тому +5

      Amen brother 😆

    • @mrgreanjeans
      @mrgreanjeans Рік тому +6

      To any cooking with repetition. That’s how you know they’ve done it so many times it’s just reflexes at that point. It also tells you people have requested it, because if it was bad you wouldn’t be asked to do it again.

    • @nancymoreno9955
      @nancymoreno9955 Рік тому +5

      Yes, I have no recipe! I go by: taste, feel and look! Learned this from my mom!

  • @DanceofLies
    @DanceofLies 10 місяців тому +120

    My mom just passed away yesterday...
    So I'm on youtube watching folks enjoy spending time with their mums.
    I guess this is my way of coping
    Edit* I'm happy I watched this. I love cooking, my mom loved cooking, and I feel a little more at ease.
    Thank you Arnie and thank you for sharing your delightful mum with youtube

    • @wm.nabors4243
      @wm.nabors4243 6 місяців тому +4

      So sorry, condolences... B-KO

    • @Zombielover-mm9bf
      @Zombielover-mm9bf 6 місяців тому +3

      My condolences. she is in a good place, as she rest. god bless you and remember the happytimes, rejoice her life her love🙏🙌.

    • @veronicagonzales4781
      @veronicagonzales4781 5 місяців тому +2

      I’m sorry about your mom my condolences ❤

    • @veronicamoorman2645
      @veronicamoorman2645 5 місяців тому +3

      I am sorry for your loss..may JESUS the Comforter give you peace and comfort during this difficult time. In JESUS HOLY name I pray. ❤

    • @elle8hcim
      @elle8hcim 5 місяців тому +2

      Condolences 💐

  • @dennisblevins5723
    @dennisblevins5723 Рік тому +80

    I love this. My daughter married into a Mexican family and my son-in-law's abuela cooks just like your mom with no written recipe. Tamales every Christmas is family time! Everybody gets together to help make them. I've actually gotten pretty good at spreading the masa on the hojas.

    • @jdos5643
      @jdos5643 6 місяців тому +7

      Tamales are the best food in the world.

  • @gladconst
    @gladconst Рік тому +53

    My mom is Appalachian. They made tamales all her life. Her family was known around Knoxville for their Tennessee Tamales. Our family tamales are different from yours, but still delicious. Yours looks fantastic. Your Mama is a cutie. Thanks for sharing.

  • @thomasbrow744
    @thomasbrow744 3 роки тому +35

    Your mom is amazing. She put both feet in them tamales lol. You can see the real love you and your mom have for each other. Cherish her while you have her. She's an angel.

  • @HectorHilva
    @HectorHilva 2 роки тому +130

    I think this is my most favorite episode - I’ve watched it several times just to master the masa spreading technique (so I can try to impress my own mom). Arnie’s mama needs to make more guest appearances, maybe even have her own channel, she is so funny. Love the bloopers at the end: “I used to roll some fat ones when I was younger” …. “I didn’t know WHY he was seeing UFOs, I just thought he was a scaredy-cat!.” Comedy gold right there. 😂🛸

    • @ArnieTex
      @ArnieTex  2 роки тому +13

      lmaorof, yessir, thanks Hector

    • @marymolina9801
      @marymolina9801 Рік тому +8

      Good morning just Love your MOM and you too. She know what she is doing . You have a beautiful MOM and she raised a great SON. I wish I could smell your food because it look very delicious home cooked meals. Just love your land too. Too bad you are not my neighbors. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year....

    • @ardythclark7096
      @ardythclark7096 Рік тому

      ​@@ArnieTex 111¹1¹¹111¹¹11¹11¹1

  • @gabeal2892
    @gabeal2892 Рік тому +21

    6:22 an absolutely precious moment! You could tell Ernie loves getting that look from his mom like, “You big dummy!” I bet he been laughing like that since childhood, you just hear his youth come through in that moment. 😂

  • @ricardoguerra9411
    @ricardoguerra9411 Рік тому +25

    Brings back alot of good memories of the past, During the Holidays, Mom used to get together with her sisters and make Dozens of tamales taking all day. My brother and I would harvest a Buck ( Deer) and mom would combine the meat with Pork to make Tamales. in the 1970's I visited my Grandmother and helped her grind white corn to make those Tamales of just Masa ( ? she had a name for them ? )they where spiced differently and she would use the green husks to wrap them. Those days (some of the Best ) are long gone but not forgotten..

  • @melodicarpenter5820
    @melodicarpenter5820 Рік тому +1

    Im a Texan born and bred. But i have lived in Indiana for 14 years and i cant tell you how much i miss Texas and the food so much.

  • @cabighorse
    @cabighorse Рік тому +8

    Decades ago, a lady in our church made 31 different tamales. Each day had it’s special recipe. The first of the month was Blanco’s, unfilled tamales. The 31st was shrimp tamales. She filled those with chopped shrimp, and frozen peas and carrots. All were wonderful. Can’t wait to try these

  • @ymoonwar
    @ymoonwar 7 місяців тому +1

    That was how I learned from my mother-in-law, this much, that much, all by sight...what great memories.

  • @Craig-ib7gk
    @Craig-ib7gk Рік тому +14

    I would weigh 350lbs if this wonderful woman were my mother. Years ago, someone I know was stationed at NBC (Naval Base Coronado) and there was a regular troop of hispanic mothers and grandmothers that made these by the truckload (not exaggerating). They sold them 2/$1 to base personnel, and I'm not overstating when I say they probably sold two-thousand/day, six days a week. Thanks for sharing good times with you momma, Arnie. She's a peach.🍑

    • @sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778
      @sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778 Рік тому +1

      I worked in a Mexican neighborhood for 28 years & The Tamale Lady would come with fresh tamales in her car-this was every Weds. The guys in the warehouse always bought us office ladies some tamales. Sooooo delicious!

    • @eileengalindo4949
      @eileengalindo4949 Рік тому

      Tamales definitely don’t cost that much anymore. So sad. Especially not in CA

  • @endofanera1983
    @endofanera1983 Рік тому +40

    I’ve never tried them on the grill but we’d always toast them on the comal. Great for breakfast with some frijoles and fried eggs. Love this video man. Your mom is hilarious. The end of the video had me laughing 😂

    • @cabighorse
      @cabighorse Рік тому +1

      We toasted the tamal in butter and top with a fried egg

  • @irishfergal
    @irishfergal 9 місяців тому +9

    Arnie! This is by far your best video. You are so fortunate to have such a warm-hearted, humorous, and camera-friendly mother. It is great fun to see you and your Mom making faces at the camera, (like, "He doesn't know how to do this" 😉). I learned a lot today. Thank you! And remember: all good teachers go to heaven.

  • @samiam619
    @samiam619 11 місяців тому +4

    I’m amazed, flummoxed and bamboozled(?) that you put cream cheese on your tamales! Would never say it’s wrong, just amazed is all. 👍Love your Mom, too!

  • @shereemorgan1430
    @shereemorgan1430 10 місяців тому +1

    Blessed are the ones who will be able to spend there last days feeling love!

  • @brandongil419
    @brandongil419 Рік тому +5

    Woww, I teared up and smiled watching this. My grandma passed 3 years ago and I used to make and spread tamales with her. I miss it so much but haven't made any since with her. I also had a laugh when Arnie put to much meat because she used to always get on me for doing the same. And he's right we would make 15-20 dozen because everyone wanted some. Thanks for the memories man, continue to make more and pay attention to her recipes because when there gone you'll wish you would've.

    • @heisrisen7961
      @heisrisen7961 11 місяців тому

      🙏 be love to others in her memory!

  • @thomassoto5201
    @thomassoto5201 Рік тому +22

    I miss making tamales with my mom. Special times, you two remind me of us, thank you for the memories

  • @ep081598
    @ep081598 Рік тому +1

    My Mum used to add some of her sauce to the masa. It gave it color and taste. She was never satisfied with the masa from the market. She would whip in lard until the right consistency was achieved. Usually dropping a pinch of masa in water to see if it floats. It was always pork too. That was the family recipe handed down for generations.

  • @jiujitsuforall8627
    @jiujitsuforall8627 Рік тому +25

    Hey Arnie, I love your Mom!!! She reminds me of my recently passed Mom, a little sassy and brassy, teaching her son what's up! I treasure the times I'd hang around the kitchen helping and her sharing how to "do it the right way"!!! I envy you, brother!!

    • @davidortega357
      @davidortega357 Рік тому +1

      My mom made the best tasting tamales her church ladies axillary made tamales I would sell about her tamales at work at lunch time most of the workers and management would buy them back 1983

  • @jennymartinez916
    @jennymartinez916 Рік тому +19

    I never thought to use cream cheese. Can’t wait to try it! 😊

    • @linkay6
      @linkay6 Рік тому

      These look delicious! Is the chicken the only one you mix with the sauce?

  • @user-mg5ed3qk1b
    @user-mg5ed3qk1b Місяць тому +1

    That boy lives his Momma...makes me smile!

  • @cici7333
    @cici7333 2 роки тому +33

    Those tamales look so delicious! I live in Texas, and you two are making us proud. ☺️

  • @winkyp5101
    @winkyp5101 Рік тому +8

    Just learned this from my abuela this past year after also not paying attention to how they were made. This video was like reliving the whole experience haha Valley grandmas are very patient teachers

  • @CD-hc5ds
    @CD-hc5ds Рік тому +10

    What a special video, every day with mom is priceless! I grew up watching my mom in the kitchen & learned alot. At 72 the tables have turned & i get to cook alot for her. Mom's are the most special people!

  • @davidellenbaum1229
    @davidellenbaum1229 Рік тому +1

    nothing like mom cooking. my grandmom was the cook of cooks everything she made was out of this world

  • @lovelysmiles5975
    @lovelysmiles5975 Рік тому +3

    Lol oh man I was cracking up on the bloopers at the end 🤣

  • @EdwardQG
    @EdwardQG 3 роки тому +29

    Man! This is my favorite video of yours I've ever seen. There's nothing like being with your Momma. Your Mom reminds me of my Abuelita.

    • @ArnieTex
      @ArnieTex  3 роки тому +2

      Thank you Edward

    • @MrDoneboy
      @MrDoneboy 2 роки тому

      @@ArnieTex This is why I said...Why do you need a probe, or beef injections for a brisket, Arnie. Your beautiful mother knows how to cook, by instinct, my man! Chuckwagon cooks never owned those things! And neither do I!

    • @ArnieTex
      @ArnieTex  2 роки тому +7

      @@MrDoneboy hahah yessir but your forgetting how many times they and we screwed things up in the learning process, man i dried out a lot of chickens and over cooked plenty of steaks and my mom still does that on turkeys and chicken breast's omg! Over time yes we develop the ability to cook with out those tools but for newbies and beginners it's a great way to not ruin expensive meats and as far as me using them well i like toys hahaha. Thanks for your imput Don i sincerely do appreciate it.

    • @MrDoneboy
      @MrDoneboy 2 роки тому +1

      @@ArnieTex Arnie, I am an electronic technician in my schooling history. But as a cook....I will cook a brisket on my Weber, with nothing but my remaining senses, my Texas brother!

    • @MrDoneboy
      @MrDoneboy 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you, and God Bless us all!

  • @haritchie3460
    @haritchie3460 4 місяці тому

    If to say a Prayer heavenly Father Bless the this mother hands,
    For touching so many lives'
    Showing so much love with her cooking ..love her son will always remember
    Grateful ..
    This Christmas we made about 60 Tamales
    So thankful to learn your mothers way

  • @BackyardSmokeMasterBBQ
    @BackyardSmokeMasterBBQ 3 роки тому +18

    This is so awesome. You are truly blessed to be able make a video like this with your mom. The tamales look great!

    • @ArnieTex
      @ArnieTex  3 роки тому +1

      Yes i am blessed thank you

  • @guilhermanacas
    @guilhermanacas 3 роки тому +5

    Gotta love abuelites and their extremely precise hand measurements! Much love Arnie

  • @bradrichey6397
    @bradrichey6397 11 місяців тому +15

    Dude, this made my heart super warm. Muchas gracias to you and your mom.

  • @edt8535
    @edt8535 Рік тому +4

    Arnie, I love ya, buddy, but Mom stole the show!!! What wonderful, wonderful people!! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful recipes!!

  • @calebrodriguez3748
    @calebrodriguez3748 Рік тому +6

    Arnie, grew up in harlingen, this reminds me of home. Love your passion and respect for cooking and your mother. God bless

  • @Purpleangel0788
    @Purpleangel0788 Рік тому +4

    I love seeing your mom and you cooking ❤ I lost my mother in law to Covid. She was the sweetest woman you could ever know. She treated me and my boys so well and this video makes me happy and sad at the same time.

  • @sandrasamuel5819
    @sandrasamuel5819 Рік тому +5

    What a blessing to see mother and son just loving each other in such an amazing way. Every mom and son should experience. Love you two. So refreshing!!!! GOD bless

  • @aprilcoursey4533
    @aprilcoursey4533 Рік тому +10

    Your mom is so sweet and funny! I wish I had a mom like that again.

  • @AlismonitesPatrides
    @AlismonitesPatrides Рік тому +8

    Wow man. What a wholesome video. Your best yet probably. Wonderful to see you and your mom have a good time together and laugh about the UFOs 😂

  • @garythornbury9793
    @garythornbury9793 Рік тому +4

    God has truly blessed you Arnie to have your mother teach you how to make tamales, i make them but took a class on making them, and i cheat using a masa spreader, sometimes they will have them at HEB.it was invented by a woman in Corpus CHRISTI and it cut the time making them in half.

    • @SynnJynn
      @SynnJynn Рік тому

      I wouldn't say that's cheating. They use a plastic in some restaurants when they tamales.

    • @garythornbury9793
      @garythornbury9793 Рік тому

      @@SynnJynn thanks, the spreaders save alot of time.

  • @jesserodriguez7244
    @jesserodriguez7244 2 роки тому +6

    She makes this look so easy. Many years of experience. Brisket tamales are so delicious. I'll buy 3 dozen from you(lol). Totally awesome.

  • @RedfishInc
    @RedfishInc Рік тому +8

    Your mom is a delight and a bit of a character I can tell. Loved this segment.

  • @larrymixer144
    @larrymixer144 Рік тому +1

    Annie, my family used to have parties to make tamales and enchiladas for the holidays. We made them for our Fiesta on the weekend closest to Mexican Independence Day in September and then through New Years. My mom would mix course ground hominy in her masa. We made mostly tamales that were savory but she would have us make sweet tamales with fruit in the and white masa. These sweet ones where saved for Easter Morning and Christmas.
    I always tried to put to much filling in mine and to thick masa. Momma always had us sit the tails on the husks to tie the tamales husks. We actually collected corn in the husk from the field before the fields were harvested. Really kept the family close doing these group things.

  • @antoniohuertas8909
    @antoniohuertas8909 Рік тому +17

    I love your mom, she's so cute! This was a super cool video. I absolutely love tamales and have even tried to make them, but your mom made it look less confusing than the instructions I was following. Of course, she's been making them all her life and that alone will make it look easy.

  • @runningstarthierry6809
    @runningstarthierry6809 Рік тому +1

    Gracias Dios, I love love your mommie!! My abulita left the earth with out showing me how to make tamales, I'm so thankful for all my Tejano sisters and brothers on U tube answering my prayers to cook real Mexican family foods, thank you El Senor Hesus!! I love you brother Arnie thank you for sharing your beautiful mom, I'm so thankful and happy!! Bless you both, you are so a good son. 🌞🌞🌞🦜🦜🦜🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚

  • @barbaraz4302
    @barbaraz4302 7 місяців тому

    What a sweet relationship you have with your mama , reminded me of my granny and that pork looked delicious!

  • @ILik3PH0T0
    @ILik3PH0T0 5 місяців тому +1

    My family loves the thick masa because we use chile and homemade chicken broth in the masa. You will want more masa if you make it that way. This tamales are like a burger with a thin bun.

  • @JohnVanRuiten
    @JohnVanRuiten Рік тому +6

    Dang, you guy's are taking me back to when I was a kid and being at my Mexican friends houses around dinner time. Must be why I love authentic Mexican food so much. Man I'd love to hang out with this guy.

  • @mayhembeading3737
    @mayhembeading3737 Рік тому +3

    Oh yeah. That's BEAUTIFUL FOOD right there. I'm in. Thank you! I picked up a giant bag of masa at Sam's Club with the intention of making tamales, but then clean forgot until now. I'm doing this, have a freezer full of meat that's going to get cooked. I love you and especially your mom. Lol

  • @keiths.6251
    @keiths.6251 Рік тому +1

    Your Mother is great she raised you right enjoy your mother while you can Arnie would love to meet you both.😎👍

  • @diannaloveshenry
    @diannaloveshenry 5 місяців тому

    Loving the now & then memories with your Ma!! Respectful ❤

  • @renev8223
    @renev8223 11 днів тому

    Awesome mom. Reminds me
    Of my mom. God bless her.

  • @davidflores9898
    @davidflores9898 2 роки тому +1

    I like the day after, get a hot griddle (comal) and get some char! Another flavor! WOW!!!

  • @Ivanfbi
    @Ivanfbi Місяць тому

    I love spending time in kitchen with my mom, learning, taking on a few tips n stuff. It is more than just about food...
    You are a very lucky man, Arnie.

  • @azdesertrat9104
    @azdesertrat9104 2 місяці тому

    Awwh, watching this make me really miss my sweet mama 🥲 Covid took her in late 2020. She was so knowledgeable about cooking our traditional Apache foods and taught all her daughters how to weave Apache burden baskets. Mom's are SO special! NEVER take for granted the time you have with your mom! She is passing on her tamale making knowledge to you and your audience. How precious is that❣You should do more episodes with her!

  • @mariachurchill4831
    @mariachurchill4831 2 роки тому +2

    ❤️ your Mom is in this video talking about not having measurements and doing it “Old School”!!!

  • @johnkelly1916
    @johnkelly1916 Рік тому +1

    Love this, bro is like 60 already and just learning how to make tamales.

  • @jacqulynlurten9545
    @jacqulynlurten9545 Рік тому +4

    I just made my first batch of tamales alone and I’ve been watching tons of yours and your mother’s video. Thank you so much her instructions on how to make the Masa without a mixer . I used my hands so you know the texture and consistency are correct that was what really helped me thank you. Thank you so much. My tamales taste, so good I wish you could try them.😂
    😊😊

    • @HoneyBee-zh9zw
      @HoneyBee-zh9zw 6 місяців тому

      I hope you didn't add cheese, I've never heard of that

  • @olgamilburg739
    @olgamilburg739 5 місяців тому +2

    I love this video of mom and son cooking together ❤️
    Tamales look delicious 🤤🫔

  • @maximus1200jb
    @maximus1200jb 11 місяців тому +1

    This is just like my mom. Trying to recreate her recipes takes months of cooking it over and over again, adding things while measuring each step. It takes so long to get the recipes close, but it's still not the same.

  • @1153mf
    @1153mf Рік тому +1

    Ever done “hot tamales” closer to the Mississippi delta? Instead of steaming them they are boiled and soaked in a hot chilie broth. Different take but still super good!

  • @maryfriesen462
    @maryfriesen462 Рік тому +7

    Brings back so memories for me from when I made tamales with my mum:) my favorite mexican food by far, n making it with family always makes it taste even better♡

  • @The_Cobalt_Lair
    @The_Cobalt_Lair Рік тому +1

    “Try to be a little bit more neat!” She told you Arnie.
    But this recipe looks amazing & I’ll try it out next week! Thanks for the recipe!

  • @kacygay9764
    @kacygay9764 2 роки тому +2

    More Momma!

  • @nanaberry4120
    @nanaberry4120 Рік тому +2

    Those tamales look SO good! What a blessing that you got to share this time with your mother.😊

  • @user-li4bf8fq2w
    @user-li4bf8fq2w 8 днів тому

    My favorite video. Mom cooking at its finest!

  • @DirtSpud
    @DirtSpud 4 місяці тому

    This makes me miss home. "Tamale time" was a family affair every year, multiple times a year lol. We all met at the Nana's house and spent all day making tamales. I've watched two of your vids Arnie and you have a new subscriber. You are an OG man.

  • @jaredbird9619
    @jaredbird9619 Рік тому +5

    Favorite episode so far! Moms make it so much better, they know so much! I know you appreciate it as well!!

  • @theoldbigmoose
    @theoldbigmoose 4 місяці тому

    I treasure every video you post with your Mom, Jose!

  • @coplock6689
    @coplock6689 2 роки тому +5

    Your mom is amazing bro. You're blessed. My mom used to make really good tamales too. Good memories.

  • @Chungus581
    @Chungus581 3 місяці тому

    My grandma used to make tamales for my mom, we lost the recipe but I’m gonna use this to make my mom a surprise tamale batch. Thanks my guy!

  • @mrgreanjeans
    @mrgreanjeans Рік тому +1

    Reminds me of Christmas in Texas. A mom and son used to sell tamales door to door in Houston when I was a kid. We would buy all we could afford and freeze them. I still make tamales every year now around Christmas. No one in Georgia makes authentic tamales. I’m going to try the cream cheese even though that’s not old school, but sounds good. I enjoyed the video! Thanks!

  • @shirleydtaylor6846
    @shirleydtaylor6846 Рік тому +1

    I love tamales. In our town is a little Mexican store they sell tamales with cheese and ancho chilled and they are so so good.

  • @ggfox1574
    @ggfox1574 3 роки тому +3

    There is nothing like cooking with our Mom's. I learned so much from mine.

  • @WayTruthLife2100
    @WayTruthLife2100 Рік тому +4

    Arnie, I'd love a video with your mamma showing you (us) how to make restaurant style refried pinto and or black beans. Yummy!
    I've made them before-easily soaked in the instant pot. I know I used a chicken bone broth that had collagen in it so it was thick like gelatin. That made them so yummy and creamy. I finished them in a cast iron skillet. Unfortunately, I don't remember anything else about how I made them and I would love and appreciate a tutorial from your loving kitchen.
    Hoping you had a lovely day giving thanks, 2 days ago.
    Much adoration, C. R.

    • @ArnieTex
      @ArnieTex  Рік тому +2

      Been planning a refried bean video soon, more like 2023, tnx

  • @ivorybow
    @ivorybow 10 місяців тому

    My granddaughter is coming for a visit. My son will smoke us some pork and she and I will get after it! Thank you for making this so easy.

  • @jimbobjoe
    @jimbobjoe Рік тому +1

    Your mother is a treasure. These look amazing.

  • @geoffmoody7809
    @geoffmoody7809 9 місяців тому

    Bless su madre!! I’m
    A California boy that has been cooking Texas style bbq for 15 years but also has authentic Mexican food all around me. I can’t wait to take abuelitas lessons and make bbq tamales for my family!!!

  • @brokendad2222
    @brokendad2222 10 місяців тому

    Living in Oklahoma tamales have been Christmas fare our whole lives. Best breakfast ever, two pan fried tamale and huevos.

  • @williammoreno-pp1og
    @williammoreno-pp1og 11 місяців тому

    As a Honduran and Salvadoran our tamales are the same the only difference is that we use more masa, and we use banana leafs, and tin foil we also use carne and papas as well and also chicken, the rest we also use a big pan and add water to heat it up and make it moist!

  • @darinautrey5412
    @darinautrey5412 9 місяців тому

    I LOVE this video SO much LOVE. Your Mamacita is amazing - so much to learn. My best friend David passed in 2016 and I had promised his mother that we would travel to Texas to learn how to make tamales. David's debate partner and my life long friend from the first grade and my wife went to Texas for 3 days to spend time with Celia (now my Mamacita) in July 2023 to learn how to make tamales the old fashioned way but very much like this video. These will be GREAT tamales just like the 70+ we made with a cooked and seasoned pork butt. There are so many crucial little details that matter as shown in this vid. How to check if you have enough oil (Crisco) in the masa. The back of Your hand after mixing should come out clean with a slight slimmer of oil.
    Thank you Arnie and Mamacita for sharing the techniques. Love your content. May your family have long and healthy lives!

  • @brianjonas4654
    @brianjonas4654 6 місяців тому

    You best listen to Mama, Arnie. Don't make a mess. LOL. 😂🤣. Blessings from Big Country Texas. 👍👍

  • @maggimadison9253
    @maggimadison9253 Рік тому +5

    One of my best friends in the world is from Mexico City and watching this I seriously miss her! I would love to sit with your mom and learn how to make tamales like this so she could check my masa consistency-that’s the hardest part for me to get right ♥️ thank you so much for sharing these videos! I love tamales but I’m not very good at making them 🤣

  • @LucasHardee-qi2zt
    @LucasHardee-qi2zt День тому

    I just made tamales today with my mom. Very nice recipe!

  • @MikkiandAngel
    @MikkiandAngel 7 місяців тому

    My mom’s family is from Madeira Spain so I’ve loved Tamales since childhood… but I hope I can learn from your channel how to make tamales 🫔 ❤

  • @RG-zw5wc
    @RG-zw5wc 2 роки тому +1

    I love this video. Reminds me of my Nana. God rest her soul. New sub from San Diego 👍

  • @ragar4790
    @ragar4790 2 роки тому +5

    this is a great video, two pros going at it. of course mom won. I love tamales and toast them on the bbq pit too, make them crispy

    • @ArnieTex
      @ArnieTex  2 роки тому +1

      yessir thats some good tamales like that

  • @d.j.howardindtla8748
    @d.j.howardindtla8748 8 місяців тому

    Why do I feel sooo much ENVY for these two? And, why is this in my You Tube recommendations? Sheesh you guys!

  • @yw2274
    @yw2274 8 місяців тому

    I just discovered your channel and I love it. I’m a Texan living in Oregon and it’s hard to find traditional TexMex. West Coast Tamales have a ton of thick masa and not much filling. Your mom is great! Love her. And when people find out I’m from Texas they’ll say “I’m gonna take you for the BEST bar-b-que you’ve ever had!” I just say “please don’t!”

  • @strinity511
    @strinity511 10 місяців тому

    Holy smokes, my grandma raised me. I have so many amazing memories of her teaching me how to cook, this video brought so many memories. Thank you.

  • @seanhogan6209
    @seanhogan6209 4 місяці тому

    I know Im late to the show here, but I just discovered your channel and have been binge watching it. Those tamales look insanely good and it makes me happy to see Im not the only one that tries different meats. Im a white boy that grew up in a Mexican neighborhood most of my life, and learned how to make tamales from my Abuela neighbor. One day I made some with some corned beef I made from scratch and blew everyone's mind. You should try that some day, its pretty amazing. Thanks for the channel and teaching me some new stuff!

  • @ShreckOger-ne9ws
    @ShreckOger-ne9ws 5 місяців тому +1

    You're mom is wonderful thank you for sharing both your skills
    The tomalleys look delicious

  • @chrismarshall4486
    @chrismarshall4486 Рік тому +2

    Oh my goodness I’m going to have to try making these. I haven’t had good tamales for years.

  • @craigwalsh8116
    @craigwalsh8116 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for including the out-takes. Made my day! Your mom is a crackup! :)

  • @blancajuarez36
    @blancajuarez36 3 місяці тому

    I love how you and your mom cook Ernie.

  • @lew-e
    @lew-e Рік тому +2

    Some of my favorite memories are visiting family and having dozens of grandpas tamales. I'm trying my best to start incorporating more of the mexican dishes in my diet. Trying to learn a new recipe every couple of weeks. Next is beef heart and tongue tacos. This summer will be tamales with grandpa's recipe!

    • @heisrisen7961
      @heisrisen7961 11 місяців тому

      My grandmother was a meat wrapper for a grocery chain most of her life. She absolutely swore by tongue and liver keeping her healthy and strong. She was dynamic. This Mama in the video has the same glow of love that my grandmothers and great grandmother had. They lit up with love to share food, joy and time with us. I was just telling my husband why don’t the women have that glow anymore. I just saw it in this video and it made my heart smile with memories of beautiful grandmas I had. I hope that my grands will see my face light up with love for them. I adore my grandsons and I feel like I want to glow with love for everyone just beam with radiance like my grandmas did. They weren’t focused on career achievement or financial success, they just wanted to be love to their family. 🙏 this generation needs more love! 🙏

  • @rosesantiquesmore2856
    @rosesantiquesmore2856 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for sharing your mom's tamales with us I didn't pay attention to when Grandmother was making them I wish I did. We were little thank you looks delicious 💖🙏 🤗

  • @scotwest4843
    @scotwest4843 Рік тому +2

    Y’all are so fun to watch. I love tamales. Can’t wait to try them.

  • @bzrdbrew
    @bzrdbrew Рік тому +3

    I loved this! I so wish my mom was still here to cook with, please keep the videos coming ❤

  • @robertbenavides3899
    @robertbenavides3899 3 роки тому +2

    Shout out to Arnie Tex The Man :) Awesome Video :)

  • @jeannerogers7085
    @jeannerogers7085 10 місяців тому

    My MIL was from Guatemala, and her tamales were a bit different - beef and pork, olives, capers, tomato sauce, wrapped in banana leaves. Those give a wonderful flavor, but hard to work with. I wound up wrapping the tamales in corn husk, and layering banana leaves in the steam pot.