"krusty kritter" > wrote in message
...
> When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in
> the
> tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or
> vegetable origin...
>
> They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are
> definitely
> not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled
> looking...
>
regular black beans?

Jack