Tamales are hot today, yet savory wraps are as old as civilization
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Tamales are surging in popularity, with digital visibility up 47% last year and sold in 34,000 U.S. restaurants. Tamales are actually one of the oldest known prepared foods.
The platform found that about 34,000 eateries in the United States serve tamales: a corn dough wrap called masa, filled with any of an array of meats, vegetables and spices, then steamed inside corn husks or banana leaves. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"We love tamales for a very simple reason," Texas tamale legend Lucy Rascon told Fox News Digital. "Because they're delicious."
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