How 60,000 Tamales Are Made For The Junta In Mexico | Big Batches | Insider Food

Every year, communities across Milpa Alta, Mexico, come together to cook a massive feast known as the junta. The meal is cooked by 500 volunteers, who work around the clock making over 3,000 kilograms of tamales, mole, and rice.
MORE BIG BATCHES VIDEOS:
How 3,000 Legendary Samsas Are Baked In Uzbekistan | Big Batches | Insider Food
• How 3,000 Legendary Sa...
How 40,000 People Are Fed Daily During Baba Milan In Rajasthan, India | Big Batches | Insider Food
• How 40,000 People Are ...
How 700 Kg Of Legendary Gulab Halwa Is Handmade Every Day In India | Big Batches | Food Insider
• How 700 Kg Of Legendar...
------------------------------------------------------
#Mexico #BigBatches #InsiderFood
Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire.
Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: www.insider.com/food
Insider Food on Facebook: / foodinsider
Insider Food on Instagram: / insiderfood
Insider Food on Twitter: / foodinsider
Insider Food on TikTok: / foodinsider
Food Wars on Snapchat: / 9045577297
How 60,000 Tamales Are Handmade For The Junta In Milpa Alta, Mexico | Big Batches | Insider Food

[@belindamoore3518]

I love how they came together as a community to worship and fellowship with one another. That's what's missing in the US right now. I hope they were able to reach their goal. God bless them! ❤❤❤

[@1Clearwords]

Happy that this was reuploaded; I must have missed it the first time. The food looks delicious!

[@gingerchris7555]

They are not playing holy cow. I thought making a thousand tamales was a whole thing. Their process is hardcore and that mole looks like heaven 😂😍😍

[@belindamoore3518]

That rice looks good to me! And I don't really care for rice....

[@juniorsanchez7441]

No matter what i eat in this world, nothing will ever come close to my aunt's red mole and rice and or my grandma's Christmas tamales❤😊

[@IvyMay-qn2ys]

This is where the saying "holy mole" comes from. 🕯️

[@janetrojas8939]

That’s what I miss the most about my country 😢 being part of the community

[@youropiniondoesnotmatter]

I never really thought about this, but I completely agree.

[@rinnyraonny549]

mejico lindo

[@johndoe5432]

That's one thing I think a lot of people who want to migrate to the United States don't realize... in most places there's no sense of community whatsoever.

[@boathousejoed1126]

Fascinating. Good to hear Claudia's voice but I miss seeing her face!

[@gasparpimentel6725]

Uma tradição com algumas semelhanças com as festas em honra do divino espírito santos nos Açores.

[@michelebriere9569]

I think I need to take a trip to Milpa Alta.

[@TIPSMASAKANSEHAT]

big batches wow ... beautiful proces

[@anniesama5729]

I would love to go there and uhhh... financially support that festival 🤤🫔

[@emmanuelharbor2350]

Such beautiful tradition

[@samanthagomez7074]

Wow amazing video l love it how they made delicious tamales rice beans mole it's looks delicious 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋 God Bless Them Always 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 From Edinburg Texas

[@BenBulks]

Man this stuff always DAMN good

[@ITSONLYMEWATCHING]

How beautiful and ALL for the Grace of the Lord. Glory be to God.

[@HFC786]

Fascinating

[@janicemintz8592]

This is wonderful.

[@waaanuuu]

Huh what a wholesome event

[@northtosouthfoods1126]

Super nice and very good

[@VillageCookingWithParnik]

Hi 👋 Thank you for sharing this video 📹 I like it 👌 Good luck 👍 💓 ✨️

[@BFRIZZLE909]

I want that mole, Looks so good.

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

LOVE TAMALES!!!!!!!🤗🤗🤗

[@VwithNature]

Nice👏👏👏👍

[@hylacinerea970]

after reading about the maya I was reminded that masa is still around, & that canned corn is doing no good to my sensitive body. I made really bad pupusas, & had a revelation as to why tamales have survived 600+ years

[@jesusreyna3697]

Saludos deaki de uvalde tx vien vendesidos 😊

[@abdulrahmanbhai786]

Wow

[@adeadcrab]

love her

[@SobeCrunkMonster]

the western world needs to return to a sense of culture and oneness with earth 🖤

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

Wait, im having a dejavu, is this reupload?

[@varveyok533]

Yep

[@NZ75er]

Thought the same

[@animefashiongirl93]

Some people couldn’t see the first video

[@chrischris1722]

No, it's the Mandela effect. Bounced on my boys tamale across dimension to write this

[@elladoz1966]

Beautiful Legendary Event ♥️🙏

[@hassanjaved1904]

Yummy

[@evolancer211]

Wasn't this uploaded last week?

[@TheMultisportGeek]

So the more money you donate, the more food you get. Competition and Status... Nice!

[@el5495]

I love this series

[@hadhilp3304]

I'm like to see 👍👍

[@rayadawn3535]

Why was this reuploaded?

[@enriquesalgadoaceves9017]

You should try banana leaf tamales, common in south mexico, 2 versions, colado and torteado, colado is soft like sponge cake And torteado is firm I prefer the consistency of torteado

[@Youbonyx]

I want to volunteer and go! Where is this again?😅

[@BaronEvola123]

How much do you love these people?

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

I choose the meat section. Hehe

[@teinelona7]

How do I get there... 😫

[@TheTamaleWhisperer]

Claudia please do the voice over for all of insider food.

[@Kgio-2112]

Holy guacamole!

[@medardbitangimana4580]

And I always associated the word Junta with military takeovers and military repression 🤣🤣🤣

[@qwerty2409]

[@vintage1950]

Looks amazing, but wouldn’t steaming food in plastic black bags be somewhat toxic?

[@carlosmiranda5871]

The corn husk protects the tamal

[@big0ben209]

@@carlosmiranda5871the corn husk doesn’t magically stop the plastic fumes…

[@yesfinallygot1]

@@big0ben209 they were also boiling onions and stuff in plastic netted bags. Safe to say i'd pass on these although trying one probably won't hurt much in the long run.

[@stancexpunks]

Wouldn’t the plastic bags holding the tamales in the metal barrels melt when the fire is lit under them?

[@igiveupfine]

you've heard of the trick where you can put a closed water bottle in a fire and the bottle wont melt, right? because the water inside can't get above the boiling point? the pressure helps keep it below 212F. i'm guessing something about the evaporating water, the steam, helps keep the bag around that temp.

[@tutorialcentral6593]

Are you a every thing magician

[@JimmyBoombox]

They're just making it hot enough to steam the tamales but not burn the plastic.

[@adanieali]

Why is the narrator laughing lol

[@twolip7540]

Wait, they heat up the tamales in a plastic bag over a fire? 😮

[@yesfinallygot1]

yeah and theyre boiling onions and stuff in plastic netted bags... idk about this one fam.

[@uprrslo]

Awesome. I’d love to send my daughter there to learn values.

[@umeshchinnuvijju8644]

Hi

[@crazyafjal]

Legend knows it's reuploaded. 👿

[@robertocorona8216]

Is this a tradition that was celebrated before the Spaniards came to Mexico?

[@mrjustix7379]

English speaking people: the singular of tamales is tamal, not "tamale". Cultirize yourselves. Thanks.

[@PaddyMcMe]

No but seriously who was the first guy that was like 'We should steam these inside a garbage bag in a giant oil drum with a FIRE beneath it.'

[@heraldshalomvallente6375]

I'm waiting for an American communal feast that doesn't feature mere drinking of bear from kegs, done by half-dressed teens.

[@naveenn6235]

Why is meat boil with a plastic bag 🥺

[@igiveupfine]

the tamale you mean. that is so the corn paste with the bean paste in the center, the masa, steams and becomes cooked. at home it's just steamed in a pot with a lid.

[@Josh-wc2wu]

Mexican tamales but indian process

[@ThatADHDKid]

I just can't help but think that plastic trash bag lined oil drums with fire underneath of them would pretty much make everything in that drum extremely toxic and full of PFAS

[@icampos89]

Seeing these type of videos always makes me feel robbed of my culture. Wish my parents had not migrated to the States. Not worth it.

[@troy4298]

Speaking as someone from a 3rd world country, I'd rather my parents had immigrated to the states.

[@Starkesea]

I need to attend this feast

[@TeamStevers]

What a beautiful society. I love all races but I see no benefit to mixing them all together. Look at America with all of its hate and violence on every side along with mental illness. We need to be with those with the same heritage where a name means something.

[@MD-gc4xq]

Not a silicon glove in sight👍👍👍🤣

[@youropiniondoesnotmatter]

Ok, and?

[@youropiniondoesnotmatter]

Also, did you mean latex, vinyl? Because silicon is regularly used to hold hot materials. I swear Dunning Kruger is dangerous.

[@MD-gc4xq]

Is good to see latex gloves not being chucked into the bin and causing landfill

[@michaeladamstone2911]

Yes they are preparing a lot of food but don't kid yourself.... If you checked out online you can find kitchen and groups of people in various countries cooking for 150,000 people everyday... In India at the temples they cook from 500,000 people a day..... Everyday

[@ovh992]

They should raise money to send their schools to high school. A secondary education in Mexico is not free. Way too much of the population is uneducated.

[@charliekatsaros6842]

WTF is a kilogram????

[@dianapislaru8698]

A little more than 2 pounds. 1kg=2.20462262 pounds. The kilogram is the standard measure of weight. In my country we don't know what a pound is. 😂

[@alvarososa552]

Just the usa, england & 2 or 3 caribbean tiny islands still use the pound system. Metric is all over the world. Kg, kms, lits...etc. Would no be a bad idea to have an idea what the metric system is.

[@ZaddyOG]

And all with no gloves! So sanitary.

[@liliachan3753]

It’s a community event in a small town. The people cooking are most likely someone’s grandma, grandpa, father etc. Also everything has been cooked to high temperatures. If you are going to be afraid of the next person sneezing next to you, then you are better off staying home forever.

[@blodiger34]

Actually it is, gloves can be troublesome as even the thin one can reduce sensitivity. The steam process is hot enough to kill bacteria.

[@darkphoenixb4u81]

Pilgrimage in Mexico where Jesus has never stepped foot🤔 make it make sense

[@TheTamaleWhisperer]

Nothing like ruining good food with religion.

[@labra_cadabra_dor5065]

All overweight.

[@lovelytitaxo]

Wow how beautiful! This is sooo amazing. I love THIS!!!!! Ayyyyy mole Ayyy tamales!!!!!🫔🫔🫔 Jezzz I need a reminder don't want when your hungry..

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

Yeah, I like drugs too. =)

[@tutorialcentral6593]

😳...