In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'pasteles' - it's almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it's a very big deal, a very big thing.
Do you want to make a tamale with peanut butter and jelly? Go Ahead! Somebody will eat it.
There were lots of things that I recognized from my experience with Eagle Claw and Wu Hao, and here was the combination of the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole tamale in one.
But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.