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Pork and/or Beef Tamales

Pork and/or Beef Tamales was pinched from <a href="http://www.deliciousdays.com/archives/2007/03/27/grandma-salazars-tamales/" target="_blank">www.deliciousdays.com.</a>
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients (using 6 pounds of meat makes about 10 dozen tamales and will take over a large American freezer, so feel free to cut this recipe in half or more, but don’t decrease onions or garlic)
3 pounds pork roast
3 pounds beef roast
2 large onions
4 cloves garlic
1/3 to ½ cup chili powder or more (depends on heat of chili powder and spice tolerance of tamal eaters)
salt
pepper
cumin
8 cups masa harina
2 cups shortening or lard
Corn husks (2-3 packages for full recipe)
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