Tamales

For New Year's this year we made tamales.

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One tip that we read for steaming them was to put some loose change in the bottom of the pot.  When we heard it start to rattle we would know that the water was getting low and that we needed to add some more.

Cabled Inspiration

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I think that knitted cables must have been originally inspired by tree roots like this.