Pick up the two long sides of the cornhusk and unite them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcela Valladolid: Día de Los Muertos] Reference

Secure them by tying a strip of cornhusk around each tamal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Basic Tamales] Reference

Fold the cornhusk ends in, then fold the sides around the tamale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corn Tamales with Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa] Reference

Tear a cornhusk along the grain to make threads to tie the tamale ends.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Currence's Recipe for Venison Tamales] Reference

The soldiers acted first, and chased it out from under the cornhusk mattress.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Damned Thing Out] Reference

I know that braided cornhusk bearings are traditionally used on great wheels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning new things: Charkha spinning, part 2] Reference

These tamales veracruzano, to me, are quite superior to the northern cornhusk style.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Chiles Rellenos today] Reference

I love the corn doll, too--I don't think I've ever seen a cornhusk doll wearing a miniskirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Corn People] Reference

Presented me with cornhusk cigarettes; told me tales of Zapata; his perfidy, his ruthlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red Conspiracy] Reference

Although it contains no corn dough, this dish is called a tamal because of its cornhusk wrapping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicken Livers Cooked in Corn Husks: Tamal de Higado] Reference

EDWARD: Just know that -- I'm just curious to know what this actually was, because she shows me the cornhusk and it's like hanging.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2002] Reference

Fold down the empty top section of the cornhusk and secure it by tying a thin strip of corn husk around the tamal (the top will be open).    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcela Valladolid: Día de Los Muertos] Reference

The large rectangular tamales were filled with tender corn meal, chicken and sauce - very tasty and very different from the cornhusk-wrapped tamales most of us think of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist] Reference

On the floor Robin spread mats made from plaited cornhusk, and in the doorway hung a portière, woven from the same material on a loom that a Navajo might not have utterly despised.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Master-Knot of Human Fate] Reference

Then he saw there were five other thermal containers as well, tamales in cornhusk wrappers, a huge basket of taquitos, more nachos, a couple of complete dinners, and some cinnamon churros.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Warning]

In my tamale research, I came across a great site that has many tamale making tips, which is where I got the idea to dye cornhusk strips and use them as tamale ties to differentiate between the four fillings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hostess Project #3: Hot Tamales « I HEART BACON] Reference

Watch these videos on how to make a cornhusk wreath, photo gift tags.    From Wordnik.com.  [azcentral.com | news] Reference

He was all in, the juice sapped out of him, as dry as a last year's cornhusk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe] Reference

The staff-officer cut away its cornhusk wrapping and read aloud the owner's name on the hilt.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cavalier] Reference

Families can try traditional corn grinding, make a cornhusk doll and take a special family activity tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Newswire] Reference

The Czech house has cornhusk figurines, and the Norwegian house has a natural warmth with straw figures and ornaments.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

The old dreams come back to you, the dreams you dreamed as you slumbered upon the cornhusk mattress in the clean, sweet little chamber of the old home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cape Cod Stories] Reference

The closer it gets to Christmas, the stiffer the competition is in securing these bundles of joy, as families throughout the city buy the cornhusk-enshrouded treats for holiday entertaining.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Thousands of event-goers strolled the park under sunny skies and superb temperatures as they caught glimpses of rope making, crosscut sawing, blacksmithing, chair caning, weaving and cornhusk doll making.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rolla Daily News Homepage RSS] Reference

Bring the two long sides of the cornhusk together so the masa mixture will completely surround the filling - don’t fold the sides over the tamale yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corn Tamales with Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa] Reference

The writing is cornhusk-dry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Owner Mark Cuban Trades Stocks on Sharesleuth's Findings Before They're Published] Reference

Yes, it sits on TOP of the cornhusk bearings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning new things: Charkha spinning, part 2] Reference

Handbraided cornhusk bearings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning new things: Charkha spinning, part 2] Reference