real deal tamales are a corn-masa dough m that has a fill-in in it
its placed on a dampened cork husk and folded and steamed.
you either unwrap the husk , or push the filling through the top and eat like a popsicle
Im sure the canned tamales are husk less. the smooth side you see , is the masa dough
can't really see the filling . which in this case might be a good thing
the filling would be more expensive than the Masa
I plan to make this at least once
as soon as i can.