I am sorry, I never understood the allure of tamales, especially the weird sweet ones with raisins.
I liked them if they put chile colorado sauce on them. Other than that they were too dry.
there was a vendor at my grandmothers town when we went there in the 60s - tamales are okay with me for tradition to eat one or two once a year but that is about it.
Here today .... gone TAMALE !
The Real question is with Tamales “Corn Husk or Banana Leaves?” There are many different kinds of them with all sorts of different stuffing’s—Did you know that some were stuffed with Flowers? Fish? Even Monkey meat (Yucatan State). Each of the 32 states of Mexico has its own Tamale? Some as big as a loaf of bread! When California was part of Mexico it had a double beef Tamale that was a meal in itself (Corn Husk wrappings).