corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
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Tamale \Ta*ma"le\, n. [Written also {tamal}, {tomale}.] [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
If President Bush doesn't eat the 75-pound health-food tamale sent by a tortilla factory, he can donate it to a homeless shelter, but he ought to try some of the smaller tamales included in the box, said the tamale maker.
If President Bush doesn't eat the 75-pound health-food tamale sent by a tortilla factory, he can donate it to a homeless shelter, but he ought to try some of the smaller tamales included in the box, said the tamale maker.