primavera tamales with chicken stock???

July 12, 2006

So i found out " potentially " scandalous news yesterday that has yet to be

confirmed... but the guy selling the Primavera tamales at the farmers market

said he's not 100%, but he thought they used chicken stock/and or butter to

make the masa get gelatinous so it forms to the husks!!!!!!!! i was so

fuming and grossed out! you know how many of those damn tamales i've eaten

thinking they were deliciously vegan???! you know how many vegans and

vegetarians buy those things every DAY in the bay area??? Perhaps they're

okay and they do take care for the vegan ones (again, yet to be confirmed),

but it sounds like they put chicken stock and maybe even butter in them!

jesus! they offer three different flavors that are supposedly vegan, the

butternut/corn, black bean, and green chile. the package says nowhere that

there's fricken chicken stock or butter.

can anyone confirm this to be true? i tried calling the company this morning

(707.939.9350) but there was no answer. the owner's name is Karen. if this

is true, there will be MANY devastated pissed off vegans in the bay area.

ick ick ick.

nauseatingly,

mickey

www.veganlust.com

July 12, 2006

I'm not sure where you live, but wherever it is, it's worth the trip to

Berkeley to try Flacos tamales. They are the best tasting ever, and

EVERYTHING, including the owner, is vegan. So there is no wondering if

some yucky animal product got into your tamale by mistake. They also

have taquitos, great beans and rice, and super good avocado salsa.

Flacos is at all three Berkeley Farmers Markets. I make a trip to

Berkeley (from Novato) frequently to bring home tamales and/or taquitos.

They are listed in the Ultimate Guide, in case you want more info.

Karen

" Mick ster " wrote: " ...Primavera tamales ... sounds like they put

chicken stock and maybe even butter in them! "

July 14, 2006

Mick -

Before you get too upset, you should try to ask someone who really

knows. Generally, masa flour gets gelatinous with just water, no animal

products are needed for that. They may, however, use animal products

for flavor! Obviously, though, the person you spoke to really has no idea.

--erika

Karen wrote:

>

> I'm not sure where you live, but wherever it is, it's worth the trip to

> Berkeley to try Flacos tamales. They are the best tasting ever, and

> EVERYTHING, including the owner, is vegan. So there is no wondering if

> some yucky animal product got into your tamale by mistake. They also

> have taquitos, great beans and rice, and super good avocado salsa.

>

> Flacos is at all three Berkeley Farmers Markets. I make a trip to

> Berkeley (from Novato) frequently to bring home tamales and/or taquitos.

>

> They are listed in the Ultimate Guide, in case you want more info.

>

> Karen

>

> " Mick ster " wrote: " ...Primavera tamales ... sounds like they put

> chicken stock and maybe even butter in them! "

>

July 26, 2006

>

>hey tammy,

>yeah, i found out that all is well supposedly, with the tamales. the guy

>selling that said he thought there was chicken stock and butter, said he

>double checked and now says there's only olive oil in the " vegan " ones. i

>still am not fully trusting, but it's not like i eat the tamales every day.

>i haven't had them in a year, but i did have them more often last year. i

>don't think i'll be buying them anytime soon, but i'm glad to hear they are

>only putting olive oil in there. the dairy ones do have butter, and their

>meat ones are the ones with chicken stock. just the fact that there is

>chicken stock and butter and meat and cheese around is enough to make me

>not

>wanna buy them.

>anyway, thanks for checkin back about it.

>take care!

>Mickey