Jake, I love to take tamales out camping. I usually plan to use them as breakfast items. They are great lightly pan fried with all of the usual breakfast fixings.
Bought some from Safeway the other day after seeing Jake's picture.
They are meant to be nuked, then you pull the skins off.
I ate them already, but will buy more and see how they fry up in one of my Lodge skillets.
If good, then I have a new item to take camping
Four of them came in a vacuumed sealed bag.