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• Boy oh boy it’s cold today, hot tamale!From the entry hot tamale
• He' so funny; what a hot tamale he is!From the entry hot tamale
• Some longtime Texas tamaleros told the American-Statesman that good tamales easily slide right off the husk.2021 December 20, Natalia E. Contreras, “A tour of the top tamales in Texas”, in El Paso Times, volume 141, number 353, El Paso, Tex.…. From the entry tamalero
• My wife and I made tamales stuffed with corned beef cooked in Guinness.2009 April/May, Jim Ruland, “Tribute to J. J. Orsborn”, in Razorcake, number 49, Los Angeles, C.A.: Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc., page 32…. From the entry blustrification
• And polentalike tamales (grits replace cornmeal) can be grilled, along with the sardines, whenever hunger strikes.1989 May, New York Magazine, volume 22, number 20. From the entry polentalike
• The students enjoyed tacos, tamales, Spanish rice, enchiladas, guacamole salad, and the sopaipa dessert.1974 April 4, Holley Westbrook, “Manhattan High School News”, in The Northside Sun, volume 7, number 20, Jackson, Miss., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry sopaipa
• They make, freeze, and market Elena’s famous tortillas and tamales, tacos, enchiladas, and tamalitos.1958, Helen Evans Brown, “Introduction”, in Elena Zelayeta, Elena’s Secrets of Mexican Cooking, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company…. From the entry tamalito
• There is no Christmas without tamales in Costa Rica.11 December 2013, Making tamales, The Tico Times. From the entry tamalera
• Because tamales don't contain strongly acidic ingredients, tequesquite's leavening is gentle, producing a lovely but less fluffy texture.2000, Rick Bayless, Mexico One Plate At A Time, page 88. From the entry tequesquite
• For example, tamales have been around Knoxville for so long that they’re considered a local food, even though the tamal is an ancient Mayan idea.2018, John Tullock, “What You Will Find in This Book”, in Appalachian Cooking: New & Traditional Recipes, New York, N.Y.: The Countryman…. From the entry tamal
• A former Chili Queen could even nab a job working on the line at the Gebhardt packing plant, making canned chilies and tamales.2016, Sarah Lohman, Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine, page 72. From the entry chili queen
• The Ecuadorean offerings are the best, particularly the humitas, steamed cornhusk tamales stuffed with a moist and fresh filling of sweet corn.2008 February 3, “Where the Twain Meet”, in New York Times. From the entry humita
• These days, as people get busier and busier, many are skipping the tamale making and just cooking up this thick polentalike soup.1997, Douglas Rodriguez, Latin ladles. From the entry busy
• In the center is tribute, consisting of two blankets, perfumes, a copper axe, a basket of tamales, a stewed turkeyhen and a cup of chocolate.1990, Manuel Lucena Salmoral, America 1492: Portrait of a Continent 500 Years Ago, New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxon: Facts On File, →ISBN…. From the entry turkeyhen
• In the plaza there are people selling many things to eat, such as coffee, tamales, tamalitos, and tacos with cabbage, lettuce, onion and garlic added.1989, H[arvey] Russell Bernard, Jesús Salinas Pedraza, Native Ethnography: A Mexican Indian Describes His Culture, Newbury Park, Calif.…. From the entry tamalito
• A lot of it is food: Grits, fried green tomatoes, sweet potato pie, divinity, corn nuggets, hot tamales and crawfish are just some of the delicacies he has discussed.2023 December 22, Rick Rojas, “Explaining the South on Instagram, One Custom at a Time”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry divinity
• All the tamaleros made pork tamales to detailed specifications — 75 percent pork, 25 percent masa — for the contest at the Lee Harvey’s bar near downtown Dallas.2018 December 21, Bud Kennedy, “‘Tamale Throwdown’: Search for the best tamales leads to Tarrant County”, in Star-Telegram, volume 113…. From the entry tamalero
• The group enjoyed such Mexican dishes as tacos, tamales, enchiladas, hat nachos, etc., and sampled some of the traditional desserts, such as sopaipa and strawberry sticks.1974 January 29, “Club Enjoys Annual Event”, in Statesville Record & Landmark, volume 100, number 25, Statesville, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry sopaipa
• Learn about some delicious and wonderful meals, including chicken soup, tamales, pasta, and borscht, that abuelas, nonnas, babusias, and other grandmas around the world make with and for their grandchildren.2024, Margot Mustich, When Grandmas Cook: In the Kitchen with Grandmas, Nonnas, and Abuelas, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks. From the entry babusia

Meaning of tamale

1. noun A Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.

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How do you use tamale in a sentence?

Tamale is used as a noun. For example: “Boy oh boy it’s cold today, hot tamale!”

What is a short sentence with tamale?

“Boy oh boy it’s cold today, hot tamale!”

What does tamale mean?

Tamale means a Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.