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Originally Posted by emathias
Mexican culture here has also corrupted hot dogs with a so-called "mother-in-law" that is like creating a chili-dog out of a tamale in place of a frank.
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Eh, the mother in law is more a product of Chicago's white ethnic culture, and the Tom Tom tamales that go in it are very unlike Mexican tamales. It's likely that black migrants from the Mississippi Delta actually brought tamales to Chicago before any Mexicans ever arrived here. White-ethnic hot-dog stand owners then adapted the Mississippi recipe for the relatively blander Polish/Irish/Greek palate.
Good luck finding a mother-in-law sold by any actual Latino-owned business.