Iyini i-tamale yaseGuatemala?
Ama-Tamales ayisidlo sendabuko eMelika Ephakathi, kanti ama-tamales aseGuatemala awahlukile. I-tamale empeleni iyinhlama eyenziwe nge-corn masa, egcwele izithako ezihlukahlukene ngaphambi kokuba igoqwe ibe yiqabunga noma i-corn husk futhi iqhunyiswe kuze kuphekwe. Ukugcwaliswa kungaba noma yini kusukela kweyenkukhu, yengulube, noma eyenkomo kuya emifino, ubhontshisi noma ushizi. Ama-Tamales ngokuvamile adliwa ukudla kwasekuseni noma kwasemini futhi ngokuvamile ahambisana nenkomishi yekhofi noma ushokoledi oshisayo.
Izithako nokulungiswa kwe-tamale evamile
I-tamale yaseGuatemala ejwayelekile yenziwa nge-masa harina (ufulawa wommbila), isinqumelo, inkukhu noma umhluzi wengulube, kanye nohlu lwezinongo. Ukugcwaliswa kuvame ukwenziwa ngenkukhu noma ingulube, kanye namazambane, izaqathe, nophizi. Ezinye izithako zingahlanganisa iminqumo, ama-capers, nama-raisin omisiwe. Inhlama ixubene nomhluzi kanye nesinqumelo kuze kube yilapho ibumbana bushelelezi. Iqabunga noma ikhoba lommbila libe seligcwaliswa ngesipuni senhlama nokugcwaliswa, ngaphambi kokuba ligoqwe futhi liboshwe. Ama-tamales abe eseshiswa kuze kuphekwe.
Ukuduma kwama-tamales aseGuatemala njengokudla komgwaqo
I-Tamales iwukudla okudumile komgwaqo eGuatemala, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi. Zithengiswa nasezindaweni zokudla ezincane noma ezinqoleni emakhoneni emigwaqo noma ezimakethe, lapho zingajatshulelwa khona njengokudla okulula okusheshayo nokulula. Nakuba ama-tamales edliwa unyaka wonke, athandwa kakhulu phakathi nenkathi yamaholide kaDisemba lapho imindeni ihlangana ndawonye ukuze yenze futhi yabelane ngenani elikhulu lama-tamale. Ama-Tamales nawo awukudla kwendabuko kwemikhosi efana nemishado nezinsuku zokuzalwa. Sekukonke, ukuduma kwama-tamale aseGuatemala njengokudla kwasemgwaqweni kungenxa yokunambitheka kwawo okumnandi, ukunethezeka, kanye nokuthengeka kwawo.