Corn husks for tamales smell like vinegar?

[BAPyessir6]

I just bought some corn husks I want to use for tamales (I've bought several times from this brand), but this time I opened up the package and whoosh they smell like vinegar. Are these husks bad and I should throw them?

The bag was slightly slightly damp when I brought it home and opened it up. Some other husks felt cold/damp maybe slightly but looked fine. I've never noticed this smell before, but I hear that tamale corn husks are sometimes soaked in a vinegar solution then dried/packaged to prevent mold. I am not Mexican!

I also don't wanna go through the tamales work then have moldy tamales.

Happy day after Thanksgiving everybody!

Ole!

 

[medtran49]

I'd toss them. I don't remember corn husks ever having a strong smell. Maybe they had started to ferment since they were damp. Too much work to make tamales to risk using something bad.

 

[taxlady]

I think I would bring them back to the store and ask if they are supposed to smell like that, since they didn't when you bought them before.

 

[caseydog]

I just bought some corn husks I want to use for tamales (I've bought several times from this brand), but this time I opened up the package and whoosh they smell like vinegar. Are these husks bad and I should throw them?

The bag was slightly slightly damp when I brought it home and opened it up. Some other husks felt cold/damp maybe slightly but looked fine. I've never noticed this smell before, but I hear that tamale corn husks are sometimes soaked in a vinegar solution then dried/packaged to prevent mold. I am not Mexican!

I also don't wanna go through the tamales work then have moldy tamales.

Happy day after Thanksgiving everybody!

Ole!

It is not unusual for corn husks for tamales to smell bad. Yes, it is preservatives to prevent mold. Soak the cornhusks well in boiling water until the smell goes away -- about twenty minutes. Then let them soak until you are ready to use them so they will be pliable.

CD

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

I wouild send an email to teh manufasturer, complaining about the smell and asking o return them. This normally results in a deluge of freebees and money saving coupons. I do it all the time. I got a stale and crumbled package of Artisian sausage rolls once and Bimbo sent me enough money off coupons to keep me in bread products for over a month!

 

[caseydog]

I wouild send an email to teh manufasturer, complaining about the smell and asking o return them. This normally results in a deluge of freebees and money saving coupons. I do it all the time. I got a stale and crumbled package of Artisian sausage rolls once and Bimbo sent me enough money off coupons to keep me in bread products for over a month!

Yeah, you can blackmail the seller into giving you free stuff, or you can contact the seller and ask them if this is normal, and as I have already said, it is normal. My choice is generally to be inquisitive and try to find out if things are just the way they are.

CD

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Don't judge me, I'm retired and on a fixed income, so I can use all the help I can get, even if it's just a $6 coupon from Bimbo bakeries. You can buy a lot of bread for six bucks!

Oh, it's NOT blackmail! I never threaten them. I just tell them the facts and they decide what to do about it.

 

[dragnlaw]

You can buy a lot of bread for six bucks!

WOW! up here $6.00 won't even buy 2 loaves of bread. Most bread, other than stale-sale is about $3.25 a loaf. Many are over $4.00.

I also believe, like you Sir LOB, that unless they are told something is wrong, they don't know and can't fix.
and like you casey, if I'm not sure how it's supposed to be I will ask them.