frozen tamales or Chuck is an idiot

I remember one food misadventure in the 1960s when I was a kid.  My Mom was a big fan of convenience foods and of course, variety.  I can remember the TV dinners (they had aluminum foil trays then).  For some reason I also remember deep fried potato baskets that could be bought at the grocery store and then filled at home with something (preferably salty).

One day probably during the summer we had tamales for lunch, something new.

She asked me:  "How do you like them ?"

And I said: "They're fine but kinda tough"

so then she says: "you idiot, don't eat the wrapper"

I didn't know that those were corn husks - they weren't green. :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm