In New Mexican and Mexican food, tamales are typically made with a corn masa dough and a filling of beans, meats, corn, or chiles and cooked over an open fire. Today, these little packages of perfection are simply steamed in their corn husk wrapper.. Pack tamales tightly in a steamer and cover top with corn husks. Cover tightly and steam the tamales in a large steamer at about a medium heat for 90 minutes (can take longer for larger tamales). Do not let the tamales touch the water or the dough will get soggy.
Bill Cosby is important to Black History Month because he is  African American and extremely successful. He is an African  American man that many younger African American me â¦ n look up to.  Between his career as a comedian and as an actor, he is a great  role model. 2 people found this useful.
ADVERTISEMENT. That we even have a Black History Month is something of a feat, given the long and complicated path of racial justice in America. The idea was first proposed as Negro History Week by historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926 to celebrate the February births of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. But it would take 50 years for the Federal government to recognize it -- and then expand it to the entire month. Such is the slow wheel of history.