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2. Part two: 'Legg regs' take their toll on plants throughout Montana

John Truzzolino is the latest in his family to operate a tamale factory in Butte.

His grandfather, Vincent Truzzolino, started his business in 1896, opening a shop on Mercury Street that his family operated in the same spot until 1975.

The family, originally from Sicily, emigrated to New York and from there to Butte — by way of Louisiana, where apparently Vincent Truzzolino learned about tamales. He used an Italian-style, polenta-like corn meal to coat his tamales instead of masa, the Mexican version. And his large-sized tamales were hand-tied.

When the business closed in 1979, John Truzzolino continued to make the delicious tamales for family and friends. One day his daughter asked him a question: "These are so good, why aren't you selling them?" And that was enough to get the family back in the business.

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