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What is amazing is the story behind the product, http://www.tamaleking.com/page5.html http://www.tamaleking.com/page5.html, and how it really is a case of someo
by com2kid 6y ago
What is amazing is the story behind the product, http://www.tamaleking.com/page5.html http://www.tamaleking.com/page5.html, and how it really is a case of someone spotting a problem, learning multiple new specialized skills to create a solution, patenting that solution, and then making a living off of the invention.
People criticize the patent system in regards to software, but it has been reliably driving progress in meat space for a long time!
- deaddodo 6y ago> When he reached our table I ordered a dozen for me and a dozen for each of my two friends. "That will be eighteen dollars" he said. As I was paying I told him that it was a lot of money for three dozen tamales I mean, 50c/tamal isn't bad. Growing up in SoCal, homemade tamales bought on the street were 30c-$1/ea (sometimes less, in bulk). And that was without a tamale extruder. Honestly, I don't even see the point of this machine. People that could afford this won't enjoy the profit margins of making tamales and people who make tamales can already do it plenty fast for much cheaper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7EYf5h8HFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7EYf5h8HFc
- hnzix 6y ago> Honestly, I don't even see the point of this machine. You can hire unskilled workers or open up a second store and the Tamales will be predictable.
- deaddodo 6y agoThe sellers referenced in my story (and the quoted one) were street vendors, not stores. Places like El Pollo Loco, Del Taco, The Tamale Factory, etc already have their own (superior, based on images of the final product) specialized machinery.