OT: deer tamales

[ronpolk]

Anyone had one of the processors around Jackson make any deer tamales? I know Vans and Dwight’s both do tamales. I’ve taken deer to both and like other meat I’ve gotten back from either of them.

 

[JML105]

I've had Tony's make me some before. I took them 20lbs of 80/20 ground meat and it yielded around 40 dz tamales. If I remember correctly they charged me ~$4 per dz. I would rate them a 6 out of 10 and I had tamales in my freezer for a long time.

 

[basedawg]

Anyone had one of the processors around Jackson make any deer tamales? I know Vans and Dwight’s both do tamales. I’ve taken deer to both and like other meat I’ve gotten back from either of them.

P&A in Pearl. Van's you say, if you only knew. P/A may have the cleanest warehouse/deer process place I've used.

 

[kb549]

Why not make them yourself? It’s not as hard as you would think. We decided to make some (from pulled pork) about a year ago. We now make them about once a month. We normally make enough to eat 2 meals off of them and another meals worth for the freezer.

Buy masa and corn husks. Mix mass with butter, chicken broth, cumin, and chili powder. Soak half a pack of husks per 6-8 pounds of cooked meat. Spread the mass dough out. I use a small spatula and my fingers. Put meat in so that you have enough masa on either side to cover it when rolled. Use the husk to start to roll it over. Make the masa dough meet and seal together. Your husk should overlap. Fold the bottom of the husk up so that it comes to the top. Tie with a strip of husk. We use an instant pot/electric pressure cooker. 20 minutes with some water in the bottom Natural pressure release. Or you can do them in a pot on the stove. I think it’s 45 minutes to an hour that way.

 

[o_LandDawg]

Milner’s deer processing south of yazoo city. Best deer tamales hands down. Know plenty people that drive over an hour just to get tamales from them.

 

[engie]

P&A in Pearl. Van's you say, if you only knew. P/A may have the cleanest warehouse/deer process place I've used.

they both outsource tamales to the same entity. Or at least they did a season ago when I had some from both places

 

[ronpolk]

they both outsource tamales to the same entity. Or at least they did a season ago when I had some from both places

I was guessing that most places outsourced to the same place.

 

[basedawg]

they both outsource tamales to the same entity. Or at least they did a season ago when I had some from both places

Yes, but P&A is a much better deer processor, cleaner by far! Actually I'm not impressed with the tamales, they are ok but nothing special.