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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread tamarind #181021 12/19/2008 6:11 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water You do not have to be a Jamaican to have experienced a tamarind season. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tamarind LukeJavan8 #181052 12/19/2008 11:48 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tamarind BranShea #181054 12/20/2008 12:01 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 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.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tamarind tsuwm #181060 12/20/2008 12:22 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague There´s 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 that´s the right word for sweets. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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