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kilikini
 
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"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message
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> Jillie D., would you believe that I never ate a Tamale? As you may
> recall, I am not very adventurous when it comes to food. I tried
> chile once, in the 1940's or early 50's, at Victor's Cafe on the Upper
> West Side. I still remember the blisters on my tongue and my palate. M
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Margaret, tamales aren't hot at all! It's a dense mixture of chopped meat
and cornmeal rolled up in corn leaves. It's the SAUCE that you put on the
tamale that can be as hot as you want. I don't do any kind of pepper, much
to my DH dismay. He'll eat fresh habaneros . Yikes!

kili