My sister recently married into a Central American family and my mother-in-law gave me a bunch of tamales, but I accidentally left them at my Dad’s place. I got them today and he admitted he ate one but said the “outer layer was really stringy and tough”.
Thing is I’m 90% sure I’ve had tamales with this man before.
I don’t think he’s ever used chopsticks.
He did once eat a chunk of wasabi while getting sushi because he thought it was an avocado slice that fell out of his California Roll. Granted that was his first time getting sushi.
Everyone makes that mistake the first time. My child did that at age 3