: cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed
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Several foods were outside of proper holding temperatures, including carnitas, taquitos, pork tamales and potatoes and chorizo.
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Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The brand’s authentic tamales are filled with pork, chicken or cheese with jalapeno.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2025
This outdoor, multisensory concept features authentic Yucatán recipes, such as tamales with crispy suckling pig and pumpkin sauce and local aguas frescas, paired with traditional storytelling around a firepit in a jungle environment.
—AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
Food spans across the board from tamales to ice cream and tacos to warm-and-comforting atole drinks.
—Lisa Hix, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The brand’s authentic tamales are filled with pork, chicken or cheese with jalapeno.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2025
This outdoor, multisensory concept features authentic Yucatán recipes, such as tamales with crispy suckling pig and pumpkin sauce and local aguas frescas, paired with traditional storytelling around a firepit in a jungle environment.
—AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
Food spans across the board from tamales to ice cream and tacos to warm-and-comforting atole drinks.
—Lisa Hix, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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tamale
noun
ta·ma·le
tə-ˈmäl-ē 
: cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed
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