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Ruidoso after a snow

Winter Fun in Ruidoso

It comes as a real surprise to some visitors to Southern New Mexico that there is a thriving, vibrant, and exciting winter sports scene in and around the resort community of Ruidoso. Set at an elevation of almost 7,000 feet, in a good winter one can sled, ice skate, and snowshoe right in town. Seventeen miles away and some 3,000… Related

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tamales

Talking Tamales with Edmundo Resendez

While they’re delicious any time of year, traditionally, tamales are a celebratory food, made for occasions like Christmas Eve, quinceñeras, and weddings, explains tamale expert Edmundo Resendez. Drawing on his experience making tamales with family since childhood, Edmundo hosts the annual Talking Tamales show on KRWG FM, for which he is the director of development. He also shares that these tasty, filled, steamed pockets of deliciousness are about community and family because it takes a village to make tamales. Tamales were first made by the Maya and Aztecs, who found them to be easily transported and could be eaten while on the march to war or out working in the fields. These and other Mesoamericans used fillings you won’t necessarily find today, like frog or seafood. Then the Spaniards came along and introduced pigs, leading to pork tamales, and a method of steaming rather than cooking the tamales in a pit. A Family Effort These ancient delicacies are labor intensive but offer the opportunity to bring family and friends together for a tamalada, a tamale-making party. Edmundo shares that he was the only boy in his family who joined the… Related

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