![]() ![]() The Spaniards, Sada said, introduced lard and proteins like pork into the tamale, transforming its drier, corn and water-based consistency to what we know today. ![]() ![]() When Spaniards arrived, their celebration of Christmas overlapped with indigenous people's harvest celebration. So venerated and "sacred" was corn that indigenous peoples would celebrate the harvest at the end of the year, Sada said. We come from the mazorca, the corn plant" Sada said. "There's a legend that says that people from Mexico, we come from corn. The reason people today associate the dish with the holiday season also has centuries-long roots. After all, she points out, the word "tamal" - which comes from the Aztec Nahuatl language - literally means "wrapped." Guatemalans, for example, usea creamier masa and wrap their tamales in banana leaves.Ĭhef Sofia Sada, Latin Cuisines instructor at the Culinary Institute of America, says that anything cooked and wrapped is considered a tamale. Most people are familiar with the Mexican take on the dish - firmer masa wrapped in corn husks - but tamales run the gamut in terms of variety. Man Threatens Shooting at Burbank Home Depot, Shot Dead by Police ![]()
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