Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Mexican dish made of Indian corn and meat, seasoned with red peppers, wrapped in husks and roasted or steamed.
- noun A Mexican dish made of Indian corn and meat, seasoned with red peppers.
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- noun Alternative form of
tamale (Mexican food dish).
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word tamal is used to refer to many types of leaf-wrapped food, not only the familiar corn dough tamales.
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The word tamal is used to refer to many types of leaf-wrapped food, not only the familiar corn dough tamales.
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You can stand tamales in front of each other; just make sure that the open end of the tamal is facing upward.
Marcela Valladolid: Día de Los Muertos Marcela Valladolid 2010
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You can stand tamales in front of each other; just make sure that the open end of the tamal is facing upward.
Marcela Valladolid: DÃa de Los Muertos Marcela Valladolid 2010
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This tamal is 3 feet long, weighs about 150 pounds, and requires most of the leaves of a banana tree to wrap it.
Los Tamales: Five Hundred Years at the Heart of the Fiesta 2006
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This tamal is 3 feet long, weighs about 150 pounds, and requires most of the leaves of a banana tree to wrap it.
Los Tamales: Five Hundred Years at the Heart of the Fiesta 2006
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Her tamal is different, but I had another sil who made them like that you pictured.
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Another regional tamal is the uchepo, made with fresh, rather than dried, corn and served bathed with cream or as an accompaniment to stews.
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Another regional tamal is the uchepo, made with fresh, rather than dried, corn and served bathed with cream or as an accompaniment to stews.
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Another regional tamal is the uchepo, made with fresh, rather than dried, corn and served bathed with cream or as an accompaniment to stews.
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