[Sca-cooks] Emergency question about tamarind paste

[ranvaig at columbus.rr.com]

>
>I am very suprised to read that you think tamarind is sour.  I often 
>have the fresh long pods in the fruit bowl and we snack on them. 
>They are not super sweet by any means, but they are not sour.  The 
>paste fruit inside is rather thick like cold jam and the seeds are 
>big lumps which you don't eat.  The paste you described sounds about 
>the right consistency.  Sort of applesaucey/jammy.  When you cook 
>the tamarind it gets thicker.
>Olwen

I've never tried the fresh fruit, only the blocks of compressed, 
dried tamarind and the concentrate. They aren't as sour as lemon 
juice, but about as sour as grapes that arent quite ripe.

Ranvaig