The Terran carbon-based unit designating itself as "Linda"
shared its ideas in alt.food.mexican-cooking
on Thu, 16 Oct 2003 01:31:15 GMT:

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"William Jennings" wrote in message
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"Linda" wrote in message
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I know one year I had a lot of leftover turkey from Thanksgiving
and I
used it to make turkey
tamales (o.k. folks, flame away)
They were so good, I was even surprised myself.

If I'm not mistaken, turkey in tamales was an original Aztec food.

Well then I guess my tamales were "authentic"

Linda

Actually, doc's post prompted me to actually research this, and
though not authoritative, what I found was the following: " Los aztecas
rellenaban los tamales con chile dulce, tomate y semillas de zapallo
molidas, mezcladas a la carne de faisanes, codornices y pavos." This
translates to "The Aztecs filled the tamales with sweet chile, tomato,
ground zapallo (pumpkin) seeds, mixtures with pheasant, quail and turkey
meat." So, doc was right on.

--Douglas