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Not a food thread--just a word related food find.
Frome the american heritage dictionary.
tamarind
NOUN:1. A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) having pinnately compound leaves, pale yellow flowers, and long pods containing small seeds embedded in an edible pulp. 2. The fruit of this tree.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French tamarinde, from Arabic tamr hind : tamr, dates; see tmr in Appendix II + hind, of India.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/S363.html
below is most of the info from site above.
tmr.
DEFINITION:Common Semitic noun *tam(a)r-, palm-tree, dates. 1. Tamar, from Hebrew tmr, palm-tree. 2. tamarind, from Arabic tamr hind, dates of India, from tamr, dates.
of course, it makes you wonder how we got the word dates from tamar...
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of course, it makes you wonder how we got the word dates from tamar...
We didn't. Date if from L dactylus fr. Gk daktulos 'finger'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Pooh-Bah
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Wasn't Tamar dating Onan?
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[homer mode]MMMmmm, imlee![/homer mode] Imlee chutney is to die for. I have Indo-Fijian friends who smuggle the fruit in to make it, since they won't grow here. As a NZer, I'm outraged at the threat to our biosecurity. However, since my friend's home-made version is sublime, as an Anglo-Indian fan of subcontinental cuisine, I say, "bring it on!"
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Another IMLEE post. Have you no manners?
TEd
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In reply to:
Have you no manners?
Plenty, and they're all bad.
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