Mexican Tamale Recipes: How to Make Tamales From Scratch

I was looking for tamale batter recipes and this book is a treasure trove, not only batters but fillings and sauces...some great ideas! I am very glad I bought it!

I love to cook and this is a perfect book to turn to when making tamales.

Not much taste.

100% DISSATISFIED! UTTER WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME!NO GLOSSARY OF TERMS OR INGREDIENTSNO INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING SAUCES, STOCKS, SALSAS, OR CREMAS.NO SOURCES TO PROCURE INGREDIENTS.NO AS ADVERTIZED "HOW-TO" LESSONS.NO AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION.NO LINKS TO INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS.AUTHOR MISTAKENLY ASSUMES THE READER IS FAMILIAR WITH MEXICAN INGREDIENTS, PRODUCTS, AND METHODS OF PREPARATION. NO ONE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THESE THINGS HAS ZERO USE OF THIS BOOK, WHICH IS EXTREMELY BASIC, AND TOTALLY FAILING.

How is a mixture consisting solely of Adobe sauce, 1 lime, zested and 8 oz Mexican creme Fraiche combined in a bowl a "tequila sauce"?? And is it just the zest of the lime, which is what it sounds like, or some juice also included? Very poor directions. Most 'tequila sauces" I have seen actually have a little tequila in them. Of course there are good sauces for tamales without tequila sauce invovled- but those sauces are not called tequila sauces. This is in the very first recipe- where does it do from here?

Lots of recipes. We love tamales at the holidays.