![]() It will be fun and you will spend some quality time together. This is a perfect weekend project, one that you can enlist your family to participate in. I also recommend you make a double or triple batch so you can freeze leftovers - you will be happy to have them weeks later, trust me. One day you can make the fillings, and the next day you make the tamales. ![]() ![]() Tamales are a bit of a production, and I recommend you tackle the job in phases. Here in Ottawa tamales are a rare foodstuff, since they are not readily available to purchase as in Mexico or the United States. I don't mind at all, because we LOVE tamales, so much so that even when Alexa gets the baby I’m the one making the tamales. That means I will be the one making tamales. In my small family, my daughter Alexa seems to always get the baby figurine, except this time I was the lucky one. In reality, the person who gets the figurine is torn between excitement (if you're deeply religious, getting the figurine means that Jesus is in your heart) and dread (if you're NOT deeply religious it means you have to make hundreds of tamales for a party less than a month away!). Yes, it's a great tradition, filled with symbolism, but it's also a perfect excuse to get your family (and friends) together again and celebrate with great food, don't you think? The person that cuts the piece of the bread and gets the figurine is supposed to host a party on La Candelaria and make tamales. On Día de Reyes, families get together to cut the Rosca de Reyes (3 Kings Cake), which has a figurine of a baby Jesus inside. This celebration comes to us via the Día de Reyes, or Epiphany on January 6. Such is the case of La Candelaria (Day of the Virgin of La Candelaria, on February 2, otherwise known as Candlemas in English). Mexico is a deeply religious country, and we honour our traditions exceptionally.
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