This week, students in Ms. Madalyn Templeton’s class are getting another hands-on culinary experience by learning how to make red chile tamales—complete with tender pork and just the right amount of spice. They’re exploring how to customize the heat level, from mildly spicy to extra hot, all while learning traditional cooking techniques.
Today, they prepared the masa (the dough), and tomorrow, they’ll carefully wrap it in corn husks and steam the tamales for over two hours. To top it all off, the class will enjoy a special tamale feast in an early celebration of Cinco de Mayo!
We’d like to send a heartfelt thank you to Ms. Estrella Montoya, Executive Chef at the Soaring Eagle Lodge, for guiding our students step-by-step through the process. And a big shoutout to our wonderful Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management teacher, Ms. Templeton, for always turning classroom lessons into memorable learning experiences.
This class is one of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportunities we offer at FMS, designed to give students valuable real-world skills, hands-on learning experiences, and insight into future careers and education paths. Stay tuned for more exciting programs.