"Mark Zanger" > wrote in message
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> Cornmeal

Just picking a nit, but cornmeal is a specific thing. Was that what you
mean? It is my understanding is that "treated" corn was used throughout
North America (including parts of Central/Middle America).

Charlie

> cooked in leaves or cornhusks was in use throughout the Americas by
> the time of European contact, which means the method has to be thousands
of
> years old just to account for the diffusion.
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> Leafbreads were noted by John Smith in Virginia, by early visitors to the
> Iroquois, and by the Spanish expeditions before them.
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> -Mark H. Zanger
> author, The American History Cookbook, The American Ethnic Cookbook for
> Students
> www.ethnicook.com
> www.historycook.com
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> "Mr_Bill" > wrote in message
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> > The web has a couple of stories about the begining of tamales.
> > Is there any eviden ce tamales were used by the ancient indians of
> > Mexico/Latina and South America?
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