If you ever wondered what tamales would look like if we lived in a Orwellian alternate reality where William Walker won the war, then wonder no more. The CR Post has compiled yet another colon clogging list of instances where Gringos tried to make Tico tamales edible and failed miserably.
http://thecrpost.com/2017/01/01/four-times-gringos-tried-make-tico-tamales-edible-failed/
http://thecrpost.com/2017/01/01/four-times-gringos-tried-make-tico-tamales-edible-failed/