"krusty kritter"
<snip>
> So, I say, eliminate the corn husk!
<snip>
> I think I might make a quick tamale pie using instant masa, red chile
sauce and
> pork around Christmas time, but I won't need any corn husks at all, they
are
> superfluous...
> # * 0 * #
> ^

My cousin used to make tomale pie and it was quite good, but the corn husk
adds
flavor during steaming. I have eaten tamales made in paper wrasppers and
they
don't taste near as good.
Ernie