MomsTamalesStory

So how did Mom’s Tamales come to be what it is now? Well, it all started long, long
ago in a place far, far away. Actually no. I was a student going to a community college
and was about to get a job for the first time in my life. I was blessed for having both of
my parents who gave me the opportunity to go to college and not worry about a job
while I was in school.

Eventually school was out, and it was time to get a job, the only thing was, I always
wanted to be my own boss but really had no idea about what to do. In the past my
parents had worked in the food industry and thought it would be a good idea for me
to give it a shot. At first I wasn't thrilled about the idea, but for some reason the more
I thought about it the better the idea became. But what to sell? After debating for a
couple of days, and thinking of different foods, the one we finally came up with was
Tamales.

As I had mentioned before, I had never had a job in my life, which means I didn't have
any money to begin with. So to start up, my mom let me borrow about $200 dollars,
and with that money I bought a couple of steamers, a cooler, and the produce to start
production. I remember the first time I went off to sell tamales was on February 11,
2001 out of the trunk of my 1979 Honda Prelude, and I remember I sold close to
nothing. Around that time it was raining pretty bad and nobody wanted to buy food
from a wet tamalero. A lot of times I came home with my cooler filled with tamales, and
so I had to reheat them and sell them the next day. Despite the tamales being
reheated, people were still complementing me on how good the tamales were, even
after they had been reheated, but I knew they were reheated and that the tamales
could taste way better and me knowing they were reheated was enough for me. So I
stopped selling reheated tamales and always took fresh ones everywhere I went
even if I had some left over from the day before, I didn't care. After those few times in
the beginning, I’m proud to say that I have not sold reheated tamales ever again. And
even though it was hard and costly, it was the way I wanted to do things to ensure
everyone got the best tamale they could eat. GUARANTEED.
It took me awhile before people started to get to know me and whenever I went to
new places I would end up giving tamales away as free samples, but I didn't mind
because I knew that what I was selling was a good product, and the minute people
tried them, they would end up buying more.

The first time I sold tamales during Christmas I remember I sold only about 500
tamales. Which took me only about 6 hours to cook. After that first Christmas, it grew
more and more. To the point where one Christmas I had to stop taking orders from
people because there was no way I was going to be able to keep up. That Christmas
we had the pot going for like 24hrs straight. Non stop. We were so busy. My Mom,
Dad, Sister, Brother, Neighbor and of course ME were all making tamales.
Fast forward 4 years and thousands of tamales later and we arrive at Mom’s Tamales.
I named it of course after the one person who has helped me the most, my Mom. But
not only my mom, but also every mom who has ever made tamales. Thank you Mom’s.
Thank you for keeping traditions alive and for starting new ones. Today at Mom’s
Tamales the only things that has changed is our menu. We offer pork, beef, cheese,
cheese and spinach, green chicken, mole chicken, sweet corn, pineapple and any
other idea our customers can come up with. We have only been open for just a
couple of months and our customers are very happy with our tamales, the same way
we are happy they allow us to be a part of their special occasions. Now that Mom's
Tamales is here, one thing will always be true. No matter how big we get. You will
never eat reheated tamales at Mom’s Tamales. GUARANTEED.