Pork roast (6 to 8 lbs.) Be smart, find it on sale!
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Corn Oil
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Large fryer size chicken (about 5 lbs.)
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Salt
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Black pepper
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Garlic Powder (buy large size)
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Ground Comino (cumin) (large size)
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Cumin Seeds
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Gebhardt’s Chili Powder
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Paprika
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4 lb bag Corn Masa (We like MaSeCa)
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Real Corn Shucks
Key thing to good tamales is to get a good scald on the meat. You can not miss by following these step by step instructions.Now, the supplies are secured, the meat is cooked, and T-Day has arrived. Your kitchen is ground zero for one of this centuries most important cooking events. You are about to make Hot Tamales. Click on (III) above for the final instructions!

The Toe Bone and the Tooth was written by
Martin Prechtel

He also wrote the book's

• Secrets of the Talking Jaguar
• Long Life, Honey in the Heart
• The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun
• Stealing Benefacio's Roses: A Mayan Epic (Formerly Titled The Toe Bone and The Tooth)
• Grief and Praise (Audio CD)

He was raised on a
Pueblo Indian

I think that he wrote this story because he was in the time of racism