Ok seriously, I don’t want to eat a flamingo tamale. Or an axolotl tamale, because axolotls are freaking adorable, and I’m super happy that I found an excuse to draw one for the comic. They’re critically endangered, (and wicked cute) so no one eat any axolotl tamales, ok?
But I am pretty fascinated with the idea that humans invented tamales so many thousands of years ago. And the Aztecs made tamales out of so many things – fish, rabbit, turkey and turkey eggs, fruits and honey, gopher and even worms. These are the guys who brought us chocolate and guacamole too, so they’re all right in my book.
In unrelated news, did I ever say that the Pancakes print is back in stock? Also there are new Pokémon prints too!
HI!
I like your information and the drawing and yes axolotl is sooooo cute. But the singular it´s TAMAL not Tamale :).
@Emilia: Actually, that point is disputed. The original Aztec word is “tamalli”, singular. It was the Spanish explorers who retro-fitted “tamal” as the singular of “tamales” plural. If you want to get super technical, either form can be seen as correct.
Hey! I run a historical food blog and we did tamales a while ago
http://historytastes.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/ancient-mayan-corn-with-a-corn-sauce/
as close to historically accurate as we could get without eating iguana :)