Tamale

tamale

ta·ma·le / təˈmälē/ • n. a Mexican dish of seasoned meat wrapped in cornmeal dough and steamed or baked in corn husks. ORIGIN: from Mexican Spanish tamal, plural tamales, from Nahuatl tamalli.

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Tamale

Tamale , town (1984 pop. 136,828), capital of the Northern Region, N Ghana. It is a road junction and agricultural trade and education center.

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tamal

tamal (tamales) Mexican; maize‐meal pancake, similar to tortilla, but made with fat. Traditionally cooked inside the soft husks of maize.

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DAVID A. BENDER. "tamal." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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tamale

tamaleAli, alley, Allie, Ally, bally, dally, dilly-dally, farfalle, galley, Halley, mallee, Mexicali, pally, Raleigh, rally, reveille, sally, tally, valley •Chablis • brambly •badly, Bradley, Hadlee, madly, sadly •scraggly •dangly, gangly •crackly • Shankly • Bramley •Manley, manly, Osmanli, Stanley •slatternly •Langley, tangly •amply • Ashley •Attlee, fatly, patly •aptly • shilly-shally •Bali, barley, Cali, Carly, Charlie, Dali, Diwali, finale, gnarly, Gurkhali, Kali, Kigali, Mali, Marley, marly, Pali, parley, snarly, Somali, Svengali, tamale •Barclay, Berkeley, clerkly, sparkly •Darnley • ghastly • Hartley • Barnsley •blackguardly

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TAMALES WITH JOHNNY VEE.(Taste)
Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 12/10/2008
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Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 6/18/2010

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