Overheard at Taqueria El Poblano
Two guys were sitting in the tiny restaurant (really, more like “four stools and a countertop” next to the kitchen at Taqueria El Poblano) eating lunch.
- Dude #1: Mmmm… you should try my tamale. It’s really good.
- Dude #2: I’ve never really liked tamales.
- Dude #1: Are you sure? You’re not talking about those crappy Hy-Power ones that come in the can, are you? Because this is a real good, authentic tamale.
- Dude #2: I don’t get it — so you take off the corn husks and THEN eat them?
- Dude #1: You’re kidding me…of course you take off the husks first! You don’t eat the waxed paper on those canned crappy ones…do you?
- Dude #2: Ummm…maybe that’s why I’ve never liked tamales.
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Hilarious!! But PLEASE tell me you actually OVERHEARD this … and weren’t overheard SAYING this. Please.
Ummm…
My sole experience of tamales was the horrible canned ones until I married someone half Mexican who introduced me to the good kind at the proper type of hole-in-the-wall restaurants. So I don’t blame you, er, your friend.