That was the headline of the El Paso Times on Thursday, followed by, "Corn-wrapped delights go for$10-14 a dozen." Last year, a dozen tamales cost $8.
Tamales are a holiday food here, usually involving many family members in the making of the pork and red chile-filled masa dish. My initial exposure to tamales came in 1980, during my first Christmas in Texas. A couple of kids entered the neighborhood bar my coworkers and I frequented, carrying galvanized pails of the cornstalk wrapped treat, selling them for next to nothing....probably less than $5 a dozen.
The newspaper says the jump in the minimum wage, plus increased prices of gas and corn contributed to the higher cost of tamales. They're still a great buy. Two tamales for me makes a meal.
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