{"id":19,"date":"2021-11-24T21:18:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T21:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceilidhsmexicankitchen.4christies.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2021-12-29T17:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T17:30:25","slug":"welcome-to-my-l103-final-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceilidhsmexicankitchen.4christies.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to my L103 Final Project!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello! My name is Ceilidh Christie and I am taking LATS-L103, or Introduction to Latino Cultures at IU Bloomington this semester. For the final project of the course, I planned to study and explore Mexican tamales because my initial interest in Latino\/a\/x cultures stems from my love of Mexican food. However, I have never tried a tamal, but have learned about the importance and role of tamales in Mexican cuisine, culture, and celebrations in this course, so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to learn more about the history and culture associated with tamales as well as try a few at local restaurants around Bloomington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have decided to try tamales at La Poblana<\/a>, Bivi’s Tamales<\/a>, and Juannita’s<\/a>. I am interested to see how their tamales compare and contrast with each other since there are a large variety of tamales in M\u00e9xico. Then, my goal is to find a couple recipes for tamales similar to the ones I try and recreate tamales in my own kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, breaking up my project into portions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Historical background and cultural significance of tamales in shaping Mexican identity: I have read a few papers and plan to share a couple posts highlighting the major takeaways from the articles and how this information will be helpful as I begin tasting tamales and then eventually making tamales.<\/li>
  2. Trying out tamales from each of the selected restaurants: I plan to create a post for each of the restaurants where I describe the tamales I try and relate it back to what I learned in the research portion of this project.<\/li>
  3. Then, I plan to research recipes and try out a few in my own kitchen, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of each recipe.<\/li>
  4. At the end, I plan to share the recipe I prefer and why, or a recipe I created by combining multiple recipes together. Also, at the end of the project, I plan to share a reflective piece on what I learned and gained from this process, especially how this will affect my thoughts on the relationship between food and culture in the future.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Now, before I wrap up this introductory post, here are some pictures of tamales and tamal-making to get your taste buds excited \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n