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tamales de dulce

English translation: sweet tamales


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Spanish term or phrase:tamales de dulce
English translation:sweet tamales
Entered by: Esperanza González
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20:42 May 9, 2011
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Cooking / Culinary / Mexican regional cuisine
Spanish term or phrase: tamales de dulce
description of dishes prepared by a woman street vendor in Ocosingo. More specifically, the woman is one of the indigenous Tzeltal, from Sivacá. Please note that the tamales eaten by, say, my in-laws from Colombia are very different from what we here in California know as tamales.

So, I'm trying to be as specific/visually descriptive as possible. For example, most tamales I've eaten are wrapped in what looks like cooked corn husk with vertical ridges. Hence, "de hoja" is not immediately clear to me, visually. Is "bola" a kind of "masa" paste? Same goes for "dulce". I mean, what KIND of sweets are typically used to fill tamales from that part of the world?

"de guaán, de mumo, de chipilín" I have no clue about; but then they say food terms and botanical terms are among the trickiest to translate. People normally just don't have the vocab.

If it's easier to explain the Equivalent in Spanish, please feel free to do so.

Thanks in advance.
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Local time: 21:12
sweet tamales
Explanation:
The filling can be of pineapple, raisins, guava, etc. They are delicious!
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Esperanza González
Local time: 23:12
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«The filling can be of pineapple, raisins, guava, etc.» That's the answer I was looking for. I may drop a footnote for additional clarification. Thanks, all.
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
sweet tamales


Explanation:
The filling can be of pineapple, raisins, guava, etc. They are delicious!


    Reference: http://www.cooking-mexican-recipes.com/sweet-tamales.html
Esperanza González
Local time: 23:12
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
«The filling can be of pineapple, raisins, guava, etc.» That's the answer I was looking for. I may drop a footnote for additional clarification. Thanks, all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lourdes Sanchez
4 mins
  -> ¡Gracias!

agree  Mirtha Grotewold
19 mins
  -> ¡Gracias!

agree  Robert Copeland
1 hr
  -> ¡Gracias!

agree  Aradai Pardo Martínez
2 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Aradai!

agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
10 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias y que tengas un lindo día!

agree  Isamar
10 hrs
  -> ¡Mil gracias!

agree  Cristina Talavera
11 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias y ten un lindo día!

agree  Simon Davies: a lot of bilingual recipe websites use "tamales"
18 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Simon!
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May 16, 2011 - Changes made by Esperanza González:
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