Treats in husks

Usage examples of tamales.

She fussed at him while they were enjoying a warm sit-down meal of chili con carne and tamales near the livery, where he'd paid some kids to curry and water their ponies while they cooled off and ate some genuine oats as reward for a job half-done.

The tamales, tapas, and such he'd picked up along the way had naturally been well cooked as well as fumigated with a ferocious amount of chili pepper.

He adjusted the mirror as he assured her hot tamales were sort of big hollow noodles made of cornmeal and stuffed with spicy ground meat.

I called plaintively as they left, then returned my attention to hot tamales, cold beer, and the odd body or two.

So they did, and he was right about hot tamales tasting far more interesting than string beans.

So he allowed that roast beef with mashed potatoes and string beans sounded fine, if they'd leave out the string beans and serve him some of the tamales mentioned on the blackboard instead.

I know hot tamales or chili con carne washed down with cold rum or hot coffee sounds dumb.

So Longarm allowed they'd both go for chili con carne, tamales, and chicken enchiladas, knowing most Anglo palates could manage such beginner's fare.

The ownership of the Pot O' Gold Mobile Home Park had changed hands more than once, and the Dairee Dee-Lishus was currently run by a surly Hispanic whose tamales were noticeably better than his social skills.