Hot Tamales! (Photos)

Meredith talked me into making tamales. Usually I'm the one with the adventerous ideas! You can see the recipe we used here.

Cooking the pork in the slow cooker.

Lightly frying the dried chiles.

Shredding the meat.

Softening the corn husks.

Meredith frying the pork with the chile mixture.

Me making the masa.

See, I can use a mixer!

Meredith rolling a tamale.

Putting the masa on.

and the meat.

Rolling it up. Doesn't she have pretty hands?

In the steamer...

Steaming for a few hours...

Finally done!

Yum!