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#181021 12/19/08 06:11 PM
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You do not have to be a Jamaican to have experienced a
tamarind season.


----please, draw me a sheep----
LukeJavan8 #181052 12/19/08 11:48 PM
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Tamarind is a lovely ingredient that, mixed with brown suger, enhanches the taste of certain Indonesian recipes. I read 'tamarind season' as seasoned with tamarind, so positive.

BranShea #181054 12/20/08 12:01 AM
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not so positive, I'm afraid..
In 'Tamarind Season' the fruits on the tamarind tree encased in their hard brown shells are used as a metaphor for the spinster woman (though, in Jamaican culture, 'tamarind season' is also a more generalised reference to hard times). - link

(you probly wouldn't use tamarind as a lone spice.)

tsuwm #181060 12/20/08 12:22 AM
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Thereīs a lot more to tamarind that meets the mind then, thanks.
No, tamarind is never used as a lone spice. They also make
confectionary with it. If thatīs the right word for sweets.


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