and homemade corn masa — tamales represent a true Mesoamerican culinary tradition. Often, corn husks are the preferred vessel ...

What they're best for is using as a food-safe wrapper. Corn husks are used to wrap several varieties of Latin American tamales. They are especially popular in tamales made in the United States ...

looked on as he spotted a plate of tamales, picked one up and took a bite without first removing its corn husk wrapping. Most people gulped when they saw Ford committing the blunder, said then ...