How to Use tamale in a Sentence

tamale

noun
  • There are two to a tamale to make sure the tamale dough doesn’t spill out.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The tamale bread and the chile oil produced a taco with the heft of a gyro.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
  • The smell of chicken soup and homemade tamales filled the air.
    New York Times, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The process of making all those tamales starts at 1 in the morning.
    Alex Kiesig, idahostatesman, 6 July 2018
  • The pork tamales come in a choice of mild, habanero or Hatch green chile.
    Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 26 Feb. 2018
  • For the duck tamale, it had been infused into the lard.
    Robert Simonson, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • No men are allowed inside the house while the tamales are made.
    Emma Schwartz, Bon Appétit, 2 July 2019
  • Best items: the jalapeño-cheese tamale bites from Mariposa's Latin Kitchen.
    Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Handout And the tamales almost seem quaint on this menu.
    Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 11 May 2017
  • Every plate comes with two tamales plus rice and beans ($11).
    Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Drive-thru hot tamale meals will be sold from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
    Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2021
  • This recipe from Ivy Manning makes about 60 tamales, and can be prepped the day before the game.
    oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Sotelo’s father would wrap the meat in maguey leaves like a tamale.
    Nikki O'Neill, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2023
  • The choice was the tamale, long a tradition in the Arkansas Delta.
    Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Knox, 86, has many lifelong menu favorites like the tacos and tamales.
    Georgann Yara, azcentral, 27 July 2019
  • Fold the sides of the husks over the fish to form a cylinder and then fold up or tie the ends to form a small bundle (like a tamale).
    Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The tamales at Yvolina's Tamales are wonders -- plump and airy, yet light and not greasy.
    Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2018
  • Harmon claims his father’s was the first tamale cart in Greenville.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Or, order tacos, tamales, tostadas and tortas to eat there or to go.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Flautas lead to tacos, which lead to tamales made by a neighbor.
    Melissa Hung, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Scrappy as ever, Greer made tamales, selling them on the side of the road.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2018
  • My cousin recently showed me the tamale recipe my dad gave him.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Floore's was a key live venue in the western-swing era that became revered for its tamales.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2017
  • This is a dish that takes all the best parts of a tamale, ditches the corn husks, and makes it into a casserole.
    cleveland, 9 June 2020
  • Text found in the Dresden Codex reveal that the Maya cooked turkey tamales.
    Mark Strauss, National Geographic, 22 Nov. 2016
  • Ditch the tired taco night for this new take on tamales, served as a spoonable one-skillet pie.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Henry’s first bite of her pork tamale pie was a game changer.
    Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 1 May 2018
  • Wrap the tinfoil completely around the chips in a packet like a tamale.
    Joe Difazio, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
  • The restaurant’s five-ounce tenderloin tamales make for great leftovers.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2024
  • Hatch chicken lasagna Hatch tamale casserole, smothered in pesto cream, topped with cotija cheese and garnished with diced roasted Hatch peppers.
    Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024

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