Spanish, Mexican and Puerto Rican food

How well I remember as a kid, our Spanish family picnics at my aunt and uncles home in Long Island. My mother and I would go clamming, my aunts were off to get some lobsters, and my uncles would be preparing the rest of the ingredients for our traditional Spanish Paella. I remember the steam rising when the lid was taken off the pan and all of the succulent clams, seafood and chicken would be sitting in that bed of saffron colored rice just waiting to be eaten. We made Paella whenever we got together and it was always fabulous.

Some times my mother and aunts and I would get together and spend the day making tamales from different Spanish speaking countries. pasteles from Puerto Rico, Hallacas from Venezuela and of course Mexican Tamales. My mother making the different masa's, one aunt making the different fillings, one aunt telling everyone else what they were doing wrong and me tasting everything.

How blessed I was to be raised with these incredible Spanish ladies.

La Tienda A little bit of Spain in the US. Chorizo sausage imported from Spain. Spanish Sorrano ham, and Iberico ham. Cheese, chocolate, cookies, olive oil. Paella pans and kits Spanish rice and all the authentic spices to make an unforgettable meal. Tapas Kits (tapas are small pieces of food served in most of the bars in Spain along with cocktails). They come with mild chorizo, hot chorizo, Soranno ham, olives and roasted peppers. Some of the kits contain a hand painted ceramic dish for serving. Shipping cost varies. To see these Spanish products click here

Melissa Guerra’s Tamales Tamales, and lots of them. Pork, tamales with chili ancho, chicken tamales with tomatillo, cheese tamales with jalapeno and bean tamales. All of the tamales are pre cooked you just need to heat and eat. The minimum order is 4 dozen so split them with some friends. Express shipping is extra. To visit this site click here

Corn Maiden Foods Gourmet Tamales Over 20 different types of Gourmet Tamales. Tamales like you have never had before. Cheese, seafood, vegan, meat and sweet tamales with exotic combinations like lobster, coconut, ginger and Thai chili or BBQ chicken, red onion, cilantro and smoked Gouda cheese. They even have Belgian chocolate and raspberries with caramelized walnut tamales for desert. Shipping is extra. To visit this site click here

Puerto Rico Pasteles Puerto Rican tamales (pasteles) and coffees direct from Puerto Rico. Pasteles are a totally different taste sensation for someone that has never tried them before. And for those of you that have made them, just think, you no longer have to spend 8 hours in the kitchen doing all that work. They select the best pastele makers from all over the island and ship them directly to you. Gourmet pasteles with a combination of pork, chicken, chorizo and ham, pork pasteles and chicken pasteles. They can be frozen and then steamed just like tamales when you want them. Since they come from Puerto Rico shipping cost will vary. For more information click here

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