Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tamale trouble

Obviously Gus had bigger eyes than his stomach. I decided to explain what tamales are. I told Gus that tamales are corn meal dough, sometimes stuffed with savory or sweet fillings, and cooked in a leaf wrapper. Usually corn husks are used for wrappers and the tamales are traditionally cooked by steaming them. In Mexico, tamales were once as ubiquitous as sandwiches. That means that they were everywhere.

Gus said, “Oh, you mean you’re not supposed to eat the husk?”

Maybe that’s why he had a belly ache.

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