Wednesday Walk Tamale Edition

My friend Erv and I had important business in Sommerton, Arizona this past Saturday. Erv's business was a chance to drive the new Ford Ranger. My business was eating Tamales.

This is in response to a Challenge by @tattoodjay to take photographs of things on a walk. Things you don’t normally see. I really like the challenge and the challenger so here I am again.

We were there WAY before the start of the Tamale Festival, because Erv doesn't like crowds any more than I do. FoMoCo said that he could sign up for his test drive at 10:00 am and so he did. This is the scene on the main street of Sommerton at that time.

This is the scene about 45 minutes before the official start of the festival. It's a pretty ordinary Sommerton view, pretty quiet and laid back. Food was purchased via tickets, so there was a (short) line at the ticket booths. My careful research had told me that it would take one ticket per tamale so I bought 10.

Meanwhile Erv had gotten signed up, infact he was the first driver out. For those of you that don't know, the new Ranger is a big deal. They haven't made a Ranger for 7 years, and this is the early release, they weren't officially in dealerships yet. Erv is very interested in leasing one.

There are over 40 booths set up to serve tamales. This one, booth #4, jumped the start time by about 10 minutes, being the first to serve. There was a guy on a golf cart rolling up and down the street announcing to the booths how much time was left until they were open for business...

This is sort of a random pre opening picture, but booth #43 served me my favorite of the day. Hot, fresh, good not overwhelming spices! It got real busy real fast when the place opened. Obviously some of the booths were well known to the patrons because long lines came out in a hurry at a few booths.

This picture was taken at almost precisely 11:00 am, the official start time. You can see the crowds starting to form. Within 10 minutes it was a mob scene. I managed to eat 3 on the street and took 7 home with me.

I tried to take some pictures in close on the individual booths, but there were just too many people right away. I don't know how many tamales they serve, but last year the foundation gave out $300,000 in scholarships as procedes of the Festival. That's a LOT of Tamales.

I also tried to take pictures of my food as served. Didn't work. Balancing the Nikon and the plate and eating just wouldn't cut it, and the tables seemed far away. So these last pictures are next day reheat pictures.

It's hot, it's got salsa on it, ready to eat. For the record, the ones I took home didn't seem up to the standard that I got on the street the day before.

That's some gooood eating. This was my first Tamale fest in Sommerton (there is one in Yuma later in the season) and I'll probably go back.

But this is really about our walk, the #wednesdaywalk. I really do enjoy this challenge and am grateful to @tattoodjay for sponsoring it.

All words and photos in this post are mine. For better or worse.

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