http://theaustintimes.com/2010/01/the-history-behind-tamales/ A Multicultural News Source Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:17:04 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://theaustintimes.com/2010/01/the-history-behind-tamales/comment-page-1/#comment-23934 Many stops on the tamale train « The Enlightened Yuppie Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:09:28 +0000 http://theaustintimes.com/?p=297#comment-23934 [...] have been eating tamales since at least 7,000 B.C.  Eaten by the Aztecs and Mayans in Central and North America and the Incans in South America, [...] [...] have been eating tamales since at least 7,000 B.C.  Eaten by the Aztecs and Mayans in Central and North America and the Incans in South America, [...]

]]> http://theaustintimes.com/2010/01/the-history-behind-tamales/comment-page-1/#comment-19438 Pete Diaz Mon, 23 May 2011 05:04:49 +0000 http://theaustintimes.com/?p=297#comment-19438 The Earl of Tamal, a great Aztec warrior, first started wrapping pork meat in cooked masa inside a corn husk. He took this wrapped food into battle with him and it soon gained popularity with other Aztec warriors. And that is how the "tamal" got it's name. The Earl of Tamal, a great Aztec warrior, first started wrapping pork meat in cooked masa inside a corn husk. He took this wrapped food into battle with him and it soon gained popularity with other Aztec warriors. And that is how the “tamal” got it’s name.

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