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Similar to my experience growing up in Houston where it seems everyone has a side hustling abuelita tamale connection. My parents grew up in suburb of Friendsw
by conductr 6y ago
Similar to my experience growing up in Houston where it seems everyone has a side hustling abuelita tamale connection.
My parents grew up in suburb of Friendswood and this tamale truck [0] is a local legend. I remember early 80s it was the only thing on this FM road for what seemed like miles in either direction. I think it's 2nd generation owner now but I went by last year and it's still very good.
[0] https://goo.gl/maps/fkMrZPm4S4mHAW68A https://goo.gl/maps/fkMrZPm4S4mHAW68A
- jxramos 6y agoevery now and then there'd be people hawking tamale's at a store plaza's parking lot by our house. In our house we still repeat the phrase we heard from one of the sellers standing in the dark shadows under a tree in that parking lot saying "tamale, tamale, tamale". Pretty awesome that tamale truck has a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hottamales76 https://www.facebook.com/hottamales76
- conductr 6y agoOur family tradition is tamales after Christmas. Usually the day after while extended family is still around. We also eat out Tex-Mex on Friday night including day after thanksgiving also while everyone is still gathered. I think it’s not uncommon to have some similar tradition for Texans of all backgrounds. That Facebook page is wild. I could tell last time I went that the hipster foodies had discovered the place. But those lines are wild. It was never like that as a kid in 80s-90s. Any given drive by there was usually max of 2 cars, most commonly 0. There was no parking lot. Things like this are interesting part about getting old, seeing how change occurs over decades.