[Sca-cooks] tamarind pods

[Olwen the Odd]

>The Odd One commented:
>> >olwentheodd at hotmail.com writes:
>> > > hehe...maybe I should sign up for the cookie exchange and send 
>>tamarand
>> > > pods...
>> > > Olwen
>If you do, please include an explanation of what they are and, important, 
>how we are supposed to prepare/eat them. I *think* I know what tamarind 
>pods look like, but I've never known what to do with them or adventuresome 
>enough to just get some and start experimenting. I don't think pea pods 
>would work done like tamarind pods or vice-versa.

Good thought.  Simple though, just crack open the pod and spoon or lick out 
the sticky part and spit the big honkin seeds out.
>> >
>> >SURE you will...they will probably be made of marzipan!
>> >Etain(ducking and running)
>Don't give her ideas. She is plenty capable of coming up with enough 
>mischief on her own.

Mischief?  Me??!?!
>>
>>If I only had the time......... You've never seen a pod have you Etain??
>Huh? If tamarind pods are what I think they are, they should be much 
>simpler to imitate in marzipan than many of the items you have done. But 
>since few folks know what a tamarind pod looks like, the joke might not go 
>over as well as with more common items.
>>
>>So.....What is your address???
>>only me.......the odd one!
>Maybe you ought to volunteer to run the cookie exchange next year. That 
>would give you a ready made database. :-)
>Stefan
>(who has a new address)

Doing the cookie exchange takes someone who has much better organizational 
skills than me, but I have found the organizer can be bribed!
BTW Stefan, what *is* your new address??
Olwen
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