While serving in the ARNG, our unit was in a small Delta town. The Delta has always had tamales on the menu with Doe’s Eat Place in Greenville, Mississippi being the most famous. This small town also had a rather famous black tamale maker and when he made a batch, they’d sell out. A local policeman was also in the unit and one weekend had an announcement. He warned us that he had caught this fellow picking up road kill cats and dogs in town. He confessed that he used them as the main ingredient in his tamales. So I probably have unknowingly eaten both cat and dog. Spices help with the favor. Anything will taste good with enuff chili powder and cumin in it.
