A Spanish food history lesson

[Givethanks]

It makes sense. But tamales are from the Aztecs right? Or where can that be tracdd back to?

They're African I believe, I know for a fact we eat it in Jamaica.

 

[jackswstd]

Something tells me if you went around and presented this information to different Mexicans on the street, they either wouldn’t believe it, or would want to beat your ass

We already knew a lot of this so it’s not something worth throwing hands over.

 

[Yehuda]

It makes sense. But tamales are from the Aztecs right? Or where can that be tracdd back to?

They're African I believe, I know for a fact we eat it in Jamaica.

The word comes from Nahuatl and it's made from corn so there's that... as for how it's prepared I think that method was common across different cultures; I was watching Gordon Ramsay's show and he went to New Zealand to cook with a female Maori chef and she said her people cooked the same way.

 

[Geode]

So a white guy on food network saying it gotcha.

No. There's actually several black people who have written several books about this type of work. Y'all are the ones who are because you'd know exactly who I was talking about. There's whole threads in the Root with books and sources. I forget this is TLR and folks get their news and history from Tik Tok, so go on and get your daps, though.

 

[3rdWorld]

fukk any all things Spanish

 

[Mowgli]

Oh he saw that WorldStar video too?

 

[The_Sheff]

It’s almost astonishing how the majority of folks-let’s say here in the States, for example-take for granted foods they eat regularly or semi-regularly, yet never really look up the origins of said food. And if it’s tied to a certain culture or ethnicity, we automatically assume that group were the creators of that item.

Anti-immigrant Americans be munching on American “comfort foods” that were made from immigrants or originated in other countries

I’m sorry but normal people aren’t looking up the origins of food they eat. Never in my life have I used coriander and then decided to look up the true history of the spice.

 

[Givethanks]

The word comes from Nahuatl and it's made from corn so there's that... as for how it's prepared I think that method was common across different cultures; I was watching Gordon Ramsay's show and he went to New Zealand to cook with a female Maori chef and she said her people cooked the same way.

Maybe that's it, but in the Americas. I think it originated from the African slaves

 

[Brehvity3135]

This sounds good, but I don't trust social media. I'm going to need some food pathways historians/experts to chime in.

Lol yeh tamales are made from Yuca. It started with the Mayans.
It’s really easy to spread disinformation on TikTok. Put a trusting face to information there ya go.

Funny this guy popped up because I had to correct him on another topic where he was 100 percent off base and flat out wrong.

 

[Brehvity3135]

Something tells me if you went around and presented this information to different Mexicans on the street, they either wouldn’t believe it, or would want to beat your ass

Well yeh because most of this shyt was historically and factually incorrect

 

[Kasgoinjail]

We no share no culture papi




Jokes aside thanks even I learned something new about those drinks

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Tamales are garbage btw latinbrehs

I'm not one to say things originated in Africa but I will say we had the same cooking methods with what was available to our environment and West Africa, The Caribbean and South America have Tropical climates.

Even though the ingredients used are different Tamales and MoinMoin are cooked the same way traditionally, we just used banana leaf instead.

Dr Valentine put it best
People always wanna know what came first the or the when the first thing was the Idea.