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  • Making tamales is family tradition

    12/05/2004 4:28:37 AM PST · by Arrowhead1952 · 133 replies · 7,221+ views
    AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN ^ | Sunday, December 05, 2004 | By Suzannah Gonzales
    One family's tamalada marks its 32nd year. By Suzannah Gonzales AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, December 05, 2004 The aproned women crowded around a square table in the kitchen of the Balcones home Friday night, their hands busy and eyes focused on the work in front of them. Piles of masa-covered ojas (corn husks), bowls of masa (corn dough) and containers of pork roast obscured the tabletop. With paint scrapers, some of the dozen or so women spread a thin layer of masa on the shucks. Others put a few spoonfuls of meat in a thin column on each masa-covered oja, rolled...