Season 12 · Episode 48
A Knoxville Tamale Tale with historian Jack Neely. "Mary's Hot Tamales" memory by Fred Sauceman
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November 29, 202530m 15s
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Show Notes
“A Knoxville Tamale Tale” with Jack Neely. Jack shares the rich history of the tamale in Knoxville. It's not all ham, soup beans and sorghum in the culinary history of East Tennessee. Jack shares the rich tamale history dating back to as early as 1890. Jack is the Executive Director of the Knoxville History Project.
Fred Sauceman offers up a Knoxville food history memory involving sisters Clara Robinson and Mary Manuel who made and sold Hot Tamales on Magnolia, Avenue in Knoxville at the former "Mary's Hot Tamales", in his “Pot Luck Radio segment.