# Let's talk about tamales.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-tamales/645226>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 26, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-tamales/645226 "2012-12-26T21:46:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-tamales/645226/21 "2012-12-28T05:24:40Z")

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Just got tamales from a friend today! Her family is from El Salvador. Banana leaf wrapper. Reasonably large, with (I thought) a good balance of masa and filling. And the filling is the best (we’ve had her tamales before): chicken, and tons of veggies. This one had peppers, green beans, corn kernels, potato (!), and, yes, a green olive. No pit, though. 😉

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-tamales/645226/22 "2012-12-28T14:11:21Z")

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It’s not a real tomale unless it has a prune stuck on the middle of the outside of it.

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