Guest guest Posted November 5, 2000 Report Share Posted November 5, 2000 Today in the open air market in downtown Boston MA USA I purchased, for the first time in my life, a box of dried sweet tamarinds. I have never before in my entire life tasted tamarinds or the tamarind taste, although a friend of mind, Harshad Parekh, started and runs Tamarind Tree www.TamTree.com in New Jersey in the USA (nothing really to do with tamarinds), and several Hispanic companies (notably Goya in Secaucus NJ USA) produce a tamarind juice (but it's sweetened with sugar). The cost for this box of about 14 sweet tamarinds was $1 US. So, please, could anyone tell me how to prepare sweet tamarinds from scratch, since I have about 14 dried tamarinds from Thailand in a peachy-pink-colored box, from the Golden Farm Trading Co, Ltd., and distributed by the SSK Produce Company in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Maynard S. Clark, P. O. Box 38-1068, Cambridge, MA 02238-1068 USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2000 Report Share Posted November 5, 2000 what is a tamarind? is it fruit? what does it taste like? Thanks! Terri - " Maynard S. Clark " <vrc <Recipient list suppressed> Saturday, November 04, 2000 11:11 PM Sweet Tamarind > Today in the open air market in downtown Boston MA USA > I purchased, for the first time in my life, a box of > dried sweet tamarinds. > > I have never before in my entire life tasted tamarinds or > the tamarind taste, although a friend of mind, > Harshad Parekh, started and runs Tamarind Tree > www.TamTree.com in New Jersey in the USA > (nothing really to do with tamarinds), and several > Hispanic companies (notably Goya in Secaucus NJ USA) > produce a tamarind juice (but it's sweetened with sugar). > > The cost for this box of about 14 sweet tamarinds was > $1 US. > > So, please, could anyone tell me how to prepare sweet tamarinds > from scratch, since I have about 14 dried tamarinds from Thailand > in a peachy-pink-colored box, from the Golden Farm Trading Co, Ltd., > and distributed by the SSK Produce Company in Los Angeles, CA, USA. > > > ©2000 Maynard S. Clark Vegetarian Resource Center > P. O. Box 38-1068, Cambridge, MA 02238-1068 > 617-571-4794 (Cell phone) 781-605-0357 (House) > 617-625-3790 (Voice Msg) 815-346-1306 (Facsimile) > ICQ #2916186 - ICQ # 15548510 - ICQ # 63296726 > Making Connections for Plant-Based Diets - for YOU!!! > http://www.BostonVeg.org/FoodFest/ > Regional Vegetarian Project: http://waste.org/regveg/ > http://www.tiac.net/users/VRC/index.htm - VRC (needs work) > http://www.idealist.org/cgi-bin/IS/detailed.pl?org!Vegetarian+Resource+Cente r > Healthful living, nonviolence, respect for nature, personal fulfillment. > ICQ #2916186 - ICQ # 15548510 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2000 Report Share Posted November 5, 2000 Hi Maynard; Are the ones you got sweet to the taste? I have only heard of them being used to add a sour taste to dishes, because they taste like a sour prunes. All the recipes I have here for tamarind, use them in the form of a paste. I have a couple of questions out about how to make dried tamarinds into paste. I will post whatever I get back about that. Meanwhile, maybe your friend would tell you how to turn them into the paste? If he doesn't know, maybe a lady of his acquaintence would know. Then you can then use in broth, chutney, various sauces, pilaf, and curries. A very popular ingredient in East Indian and Thai cooking, I understand. The IVU offers lots of ethnic recipes. Deborah Today in the open air market in downtown Boston MA USA I purchased, for the first time in my life, a box of dried sweet tamarinds. I have never before in my entire life tasted tamarinds or the tamarind taste, although a friend of mind, Harshad Parekh, started and runs Tamarind Tree www.TamTree.com in New Jersey in the USA (nothing really to do with tamarinds), and several Hispanic companies (notably Goya in Secaucus NJ USA) produce a tamarind juice (but it's sweetened with sugar). The cost for this box of about 14 sweet tamarinds was $1 US. So, please, could anyone tell me how to prepare sweet tamarinds from scratch, since I have about 14 dried tamarinds from Thailand in a peachy-pink-colored box, from the Golden Farm Trading Co, Ltd., and distributed by the SSK Produce Company in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Maynard S. Clark, P. O. Box 38-1068, Cambridge, MA 02238-1068 USA eGroups Sponsor Post message: Subscribe: - Un: - List owner: -owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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