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Tamales in a doughnut shop? Aw, shucks.
 
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Dawn and David Ventura are the owners of Mr. Donut in Horn Lake, Miss. In addition to doughnuts, they sell tamales from Hot Tamale Heaven in Greenville, Miss. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
 

Dawn and David Ventura are the owners of Mr. Donut in Horn Lake, Miss. In addition to doughnuts, they sell tamales from Hot Tamale Heaven in Greenville, Miss. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)

At Mr. Donut on Goodman Road in Horn Lake, there’s a neon sign with two words that go together like love and happiness: Hot tamales. These are Delta-style, wrapped in corn shucks.

 
 

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