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It’s NOT a POOP

Posted on July 17, 2007 - Filed Under Board Games, Food, Gluten Free, Soy Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

tamarind pod

No, that’s not a poop on my plate, although I will agree with you if you say it looks like one. It’s actually a tamarind pod. I just put it on the little plate there so you could get an idea as to its size. These funny looking little guys are actually in a lot of foods, like Worcestershire Sauce.

They have a texture similar to smooshed raisins or dates. Well, that’s after you get past the hard shelled exterior. They also have a pit inside that is quite like a stone, but actually quite pretty and shiny. They would make great pieces for a board game, actually. Pics to come on the pits. I was thinking I’d try and make some Raw Priestess Brownies (that I posted earlier about here) using tamarind in the place of the dates just to see how it comes out. I’ll have to update you later on that.

This is how the tamarind came packaged at my supermarket. I had never seen them there before but now I’ll keep my eyes open for them.

tamarind box

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6 Responses to “It’s NOT a POOP”

  1. Hannah (362 comments.) on July 17th, 2007 11:17 pm

    Haha, too funny! That does look a bit like a poop!

    The sad thing here is that I’ll have to now recheck my blog rating and see what this post did to it. LOL

  2. hrsj (105 comments.) on July 18th, 2007 12:04 am

    I don’t think I have ever seen a tamarind! I wonder if they’re spicy if they’re like worcestershire? I’m interested to see how the brownies are with them!

  3. hrsj (105 comments.) on July 18th, 2007 12:04 am

    Oh yeah, any post with the title “it’s not a poop” has got to be good! :)

  4. laura (91 comments.) on July 18th, 2007 12:13 am

    oh…..geeze….they look so gross. hopefully they taste better than they look

  5. Opal: Vegan Momma (23 comments.) on July 18th, 2007 3:22 pm

    Lol they sort of look like it although that’s the most well formed poo that I’ve ever seen, lol

    OMG, Opal you crack me up! LOL.

  6. Harmonia on July 18th, 2007 11:19 pm

    I thought that too when I first saw the pods…haha…glad I am not the only one who thought that!

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