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title: "Tamales, Mexico City — GetMap"
description: "It is cooked inside its own wrapper. The wrapper is part of the cooking: corn masa is filled, folded into a husk or leaf, and steamed until firm. At…"
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# Tamales

It is cooked inside its own wrapper

Food · 🇲🇽 Mexico City · one place, one stop

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The wrapper is part of the cooking: corn masa is filled, folded into a husk or leaf, and steamed until firm. At Coyoacan Market, tamales carry this ancient Mexican method straight to the table, still enclosed in their own cooking parcel.

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