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Video: Tamales by La Casita Are a Christmas Tradition

The Sandoval family has been making Christmas a little tastier at Tamales by La Casita since 1975. What seems like a simple corn wrapper filled with a little corn masa and pork actually requires a team of cooks to make enough tamales to keep north Denverites happy. Videographer Andrew Bateman...

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The Sandoval family has been making Christmas a little tastier at Tamales by La Casita since 1975. What seems like a simple corn wrapper filled with a little corn masa and pork actually requires a team of cooks to make enough tamales to keep north Denverites happy. Videographer Andrew Bateman took a look into what it takes to make all those pork and red chile or vegetarian green chile tamales.

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Why are tamales so popular during the holidays? Perhaps that's because it's the only time when whole families get together with enough hands to prepare the labor-intensive treats. But when family's not at hand, Tamales by La Casita is there for you.