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The holiday season is upon us, and that can only mean one thing — that's right, tamales Top 10 El Paso businesses to get tamales for holidays Skip to main content
“We’re all so busy — there’s room for supermarkets,” says Gloria Cardona of Cardona Foods Cafe as local bakeries and big grocers gear up for a busy season of tamale sales.
Nilfa Farfan, an employee at Food City Supermarket in El Paso, folds and wraps the corn tusk after adding red chile covered pork to the center of the masa for the tamales on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
La Tapatia is located in the Ysleta neighborhood of El Paso, Texas and has been in business at the same location for over 65 years. [1] [2] Its Mexican food is influenced by Borderland culture and they are well-known for their tamales. [3] [4] [5] The El Paso Times has written that La Tapatia is one of the city's "can't miss tamales."
XLNT Foods was founded in 1894 by Alejandro Morales as the XLNT Tamale Company. Their tamales became a popular ethnic food in Los Angeles. XLNT had a factory in Boyle Heights and also sold tamales from horse-drawn carts and grocery stores. In 1908, Charles Crawford, of Canadian and Dutch descent, took over the ownership of the company.
Tamale is an anglicized version of the Spanish word tamal (plural: tamales). [2] Tamal comes from the Nahuatl tamalli. [3] The English "tamale" is a back-formation from tamales, with English speakers applying English pluralization rules, and thus interpreting the -e-as part of the stem, rather than part of the plural suffix-es. [4]
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The restaurant serves only tamales. [1] The recipe is based on that of Hernandez's sister, Leocaldia Sanchez. [1] [2] The restaurant mills its own corn to produce the masa for the tamales. [2] [3] Production is seasonal, with an asparagus tamale the focus during the area's major spring harvest. [1] [5] [6]