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Tamales Workshop
Do you love tamales but not sure how to make them? This is the perfect workshop for you! Join us at Picado Mexican for a fun-filled evening of all things tamales!! Tamales are one of the oldest and most traditional dishes in Mexican cuisine. They are a celebratory meal and widely eaten all over the country. They are delicious, suitable for Coeliacs and a tiny bit tricky to make, but when you master the art of making them, you'll never stop!!
In this workshop, we'll show you how to make tamales from scratch. We'll make them with two different fillings (one meat one vegetarian) and make a couple of salsas too so you'll have plenty of hands-on practice. When they are ready, we'll sit down to a delicious meal with everything we cook.
Tamales Making Workshop
March 7th, 2015
6 pm - 10:30 pm
Cost: 35 euro per person
Picado Mexican Pantry
44a South Richmond Street
Dublin 2
Book your place by e-mail on hola@picadomexican.com or by ringing us on 01-479-2004
A non-refundable deposit of 10 euros is required to guarantee your booking.
The last two weeks have been super exciting. I was invited to do a screen test for RTE's Today Show. RTE is the national broadcaster of Ireland and the Today Show is an afternoon magazine show broadcast from RTE's studios in Cork City. I told no-one except close family about it. Live television is not for everybody and until you have to go through the rigours of a cooking demo live on telly, with all its time constraints and the self conciousness that goes with it, it is hard to understand why.
To begin with, you have only 6 to 7 minutes to do everything: you need to cook, chat, answer questions, instruct and plate food, all the while smiling and not showing how terrified and panicked you truly are. Then there is one minute left for tasting the food and say your good-byes. Hence, the screen tests. There are many very talented chefs and cooks who just don't transfer well to telly, so I told no-one about it.
I got myself to Cork early on a Monday morning with all my ingredients and my lovely niece Daili came with me for moral support. The production team was absolutely amazing, they made me feel at ease, walked me through the ins and outs of live telly and showed me the studio kitchen. They were encouraging, super friendly and helpful. I was a ball of nerves and when the screen test was done, I felt as if I had run a marathon! I was exhausted!! A few days after I was contacted again and was told they liked me and wanted me on the show. Man I was super happy and proud! Then it hit me: I had to do it now for real!! After a bit of discussion we chose a recipe and they gave me a date.