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aem wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
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>> [snip]
>>Now here's something interesting: Tamales are almost always eaten
>>accompanied with a hot drink, like coffee or cocoa or hot milk. If you
>>drink someting cold with tamales, it's always milk. I asked about beer
>>with tamales and they both said that would be weird.
>>

>
> Champurrado! Mexican version of hot chocolate, wonderful stuff. -aem
>



Several times they mentioned a drink that sounded something like "aoli".
(I know it wasn't aoli). And I was surprised they didn't mention
mate', but maybe that's just a South American thing.

Bob