Cornmeal 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.

Leafbreads were noted by John Smith in Virginia, by early visitors to the
Iroquois, and by the Spanish expeditions before them.


--
-Mark H. Zanger
author, The American History Cookbook, The American Ethnic Cookbook for
Students
www.ethnicook.com
www.historycook.com






"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?