350589 Tue Dec 12 17:40:29 -0800 2006 4 31 Home Cooking 0 2092834 Anybody have the classic 1950s recipe for tamale pie that used masa harina rather than cornmeal? I don't remember there being a bottom crust as in this one: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1626,144180-225195,00.html Maybe it used to be printed on the Quaker masa harina bag? Or maybe it was from Sunset? There's no such recipe on either Web site. Tue Dec 12 17:40:29 -0800 2006 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 2093705 Page 187 of "Texas Home Cooking" by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison (Harvard Common Press, 1993) has a tamale pie topping recipe that uses masa harina. Tue Dec 12 21:13:10 -0800 2006 2092834 11977 ChiliDude 1 2093837 My dad's tamale pie NEVER had a bottom crust. It was delicious even though it had canned black olives in it and the crust was cornmeal. I think that was the last time I've eaten those canned black olives, THANK MY LUCKY STARS! Tue Dec 12 21:44:54 -0800 2006 2092834 10245 oakjoan 2 2093986 Yeah, I never saw it with a bottom crust as a kid either. Tue Dec 12 22:22:24 -0800 2006 2093837 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 2104272 I found this page which shows the intro to a Nov., 1991, Sunset article on revamping and "lightening" their 1980 tamale pie recipe; both use masa, apparantly the original had a crust all around and used lard, while the revamped version has just a top crust and no lard (of course). Maybe check your public library? http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n5_v187/ai_11404024 Sat Dec 16 00:45:01 -0800 2006 2092834 10074 Caitlin McGrath