Ta-MAH-les

[superpitching]

A colleague has brought "Hot Tamales" cinnamon sweets into the office. They look pretty vile. The conversation has of course lead on to "what's a tamale anyway"?

So to share the intel:
1. Singular of 'tamales' is not 'tamale', it is 'tamal', if you believe wikipedia;
2. Tamales are made from masa (a starchy dough, often corn-based) and then filled with all sorts of fillings*;
3. Wiki makes comparisons to zongzi 粽子, which is "a tamale but with glutinous rice and a sausage in the middle", a sentence which brings joy to my heart;
4. Tamales are available near Euston in London!

*Mestizo suggests “pollo con mole”, “queso con rajas”, or “puerco con salsa verde". (Chicken/cheese/hog).

Can we go can we can we?

Comments

[kake]

Ahh, so many restaurants we need to go to! I will happily come to Mestizo with you — though do you want to sort out the Le Wei Xiang trip first?