WAIE (whatamieating.com)
This is the searchable online international food dictionary with 61,500 terms in 302 languages plus 12,690 plurals.
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The database behind this site was the loving creation of Suzy Oakes, who sadly passed away on 31st July 2011.
She will be greatly missed.
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Plural: tamales
Language: Spanish
Description: Any of a number of fillings, such as corn meal dough or thick porridge stuffed with minced (US: ground) meat, cumin and chilli, wrapped in a corn husk and baked and served with hot chilli sauce.
| Tamales steaming at the beautiful Camino Real in Oaxaca City in Mexico |
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Pronounced: tah-MAH-lehs
Ethnicity: Mexican, Spanish
Most frequent country: Widespread
See places: Spanish food and cuisine, Mexican food and cuisine
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