Turkey and tamales: How Latino immigrants have adopted Thanksgiving celebration - Gainesville Times

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Turkey and tamales: How Latino immigrants have adopted Thanksgiving celebration

Carniceria Tapatia owner Diego Covarrubias lifts the lid from a steaming batch of tamales Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, at his Gainesville business. Tamales have become a staple on the Thanksgiving tables of Latinos. - photo by Scott Rogers

11222018 LATINO 6.jpg — Carniceria Tapatia owner Diego Covarrubias lifts the lid from a steaming batch of tamales Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, at his Gainesville business. Tamales have become a staple on the Thanksgiving tables of Latinos. - photo by Scott Rogers

Customers have been coming in all week to the grocery to get what has become a staple of Thanksgiving meals in Latino households.