My question is am I supposed to go out an buy it, or do I need to pulp my own tamarinds?

You could go either way — I’ve seen tamarind pulp in vacuum-sealed blocks (frozen, maybe?) and then there are biggish tubs of pods for making your own. I don’t think chutney would be a good substitute unless the other ingredients in it match up with whatever you’re going to do with the pulp. It’s really shocking that an Asian grocery wouldn’t have it — they have tons of it at the place I go in Memphis.

Making your own pulp from pods is a time consuming pain in the butt, really.

The store near me is very small, and I think specifically Chinese. There is a more diversified, supermarket-sized place that’s not too far away, so I’ll try over there. Thanks.

You can get it from Amazon, if all else fails. Also called tamarind paste. Tamarind chutney would not be a good substitute in general.

bringing the tamarind talk over here.

i am going to read up on what else i should do with it. it’s such a treat!

have you ever used in marinades?

i was thinking about starting a poll about what the best kind of jarritos is the other day, because i was craving a taco and jarritos, and i think tamarind would win, if not for guava

oh, i think i first got it when i was making pad thai but pad thai is hard to make so i just used similar sauce for tofu + greens + noodles. i think i have used it for tofu marinade, would be good for chicken probably

this is kind of great but overwhelming: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/tamarind.html#Food%20Uses

Wow!

This: a slow-growing, long-lived, massive tree reaches, under favorable conditions, a height of 80 or even 100 ft = probably not a good indoor companion for Daisy. But this: the pulp is [...] administered to alleviate sunstroke, Datura poisoning, and alcoholic intoxication = awesome hangover cure!

so what if you made an alcoholic drink using tamarind? would this save you? like an alcoholic jarrito?

The only way to know is to try it—time for FOOD SCIENCE!

i think a taste testing party is in order?

I think so! Should we have someone be the control and not consume any tamarind? Or would that just be cruel?

i vote jergins.

I’m wondering now if it cures hangovers, or if it is supposed to sober you up? Useful, either way!

i was thinking about alcoholic tamarind drinks the other day!

i will tell you that we made a vodka/soda/tamarind syrup drink the other day that was not bad but i would like to find a way to do it with more tamarind and less syrup and some other better alcohol than vodka.

yeah i wouldn’t want to buy tamarind syrup itself, could prob make a better one with less sugar yourself

as for alcohol i am not an expert

i made the tamarind syrup. it is not bad, i just don’t like sweet things.

i am thinking maybe rum?

oh i didn’t read good, missed the “we made”

no you didn’t read bad, that ‘we made’ was referring to making drinks.

i made the syrup in a separate incident last week.

on my way home from work i was thinking tehe and jaq should come for drinks tomorrow. y’all can be the hangover-prevention testers and i can be the control, cuz i don’t think i’m into tamarind drinks.

plus: i have rum on hand.

minus: jergins will not be available for this proposed soiree.

ooh, if jaq is available, this sounds fun! i can make the tamarind for testing, but how should i make it? pulp? tamarind water? hmm.

Ooo, I am indeed available, and this sounds fabulous! I will need to bus home first, but then could drive up, swinging by te,he’s on the way to lxy’s magic porch. What time?

yayayayayayay!!

whenever you can/want, jaq and te!

t, I can probably get to your hill around 6:45–7ish?

let me check my super busy schedule

Ok yeah, I’m available then. Hooray! What is your tamarind poison of choice?

It all sounds good to me—your choice!

hey ladies i’ll see you soon after 7 then! yippie!

I keep reading this thread title as tamarind pub!

i think one of the topics of conversation tomorrow will be how we will make our fortune by opening this pub

sandbox investors, speak up

I think this has potential.