Talk:Tamarind

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Could this stub be developed into a full article? Surely there is more to tamarinds than that? What genus does it belong to, what flowers, what fruit, what wood? Dieter Simon 21:18 30 May 2003 (UTC)

More to Tamarind - yes, as a food - what is it's nutritional composition? 81.151.95.24 21:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


What do people in Africa call tamarind? How/do they eat it too?172.144.186.41 16:19, 23 May 2006 (UTC)HelenBach

This page seriously needs to be cleaned up. It is tacky to include how a tamarind is called in every tongue on Earth. The grammar is often incorrect and the sentence structure is a bit too simple at times. I feel like I'm reading the Simple English Wikipedia. Davidleeroth 19:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

This is ridiculous:

Most spices have been proven to be beneficial for human consumption. The supposed ban was for the packaging, not the food content. Even so it is questionable as to the validity of these claims. Could it be possibly Tamarind is a health food not welcomed by those who stand to make money off of sick individuals? Tamarind candy has been eaten by Mexicans for years and they seem to be a thriving people.

M414 04:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I removed a piece of badly written info and irrelevant info about one particular consignment rejected by the FDA. Shyamal 06:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Question

Why is tamarind sold (American supermarket) in bricks with the fruit pulp and the fibrous husks all crushed together?

My thought was that the bricks are boiled to extract the fruit, but wouldn’t make sense to do this commercially unless some of the medicinal properties are in the husks?

Surely the importers or growers must know.

I bought one just to experiment. Marerules 09:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] what use..

what use is the tamarind sauce addition with lamb shanks have to do with the artcle it should be in the food uses.--Spartan117009 23:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Amusingly, tamarind appeards to be a common base for "bad candy": [1]

[edit] Not a Maldive native

Flora of Maldives page staes quite clearly that it is for plants growing as natives. This species is not native to the Maldives. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ethel Aardvark (talk • contribs) 22:55 UTC, 13 June 2007.

[edit] Removal of the Trivia section

Someone removed the Trivia section, without telling us why. Have reverted this and reinstated the section. If you have a legitimate case for removing something you need to explain why you think it should be removed. Dieter Simon 01:21, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

I thought this was me at first, then saw the date. I had never seen this page before today, but the trivia section was flagged so I attempted to integrate. When making the change, I thought I was logged in. In response to Dieter Simon, Wikipedia provides guidelines that discourage the existence of trivia sections, especially in instances when they are particular inappropriate. Trivia under a page in the category of pop culture - say, a popular film - is more acceptable, to my thinking, than trivia under a page in the category of FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, a more scientific and tangible topic. I integrated a legitimate piece of "trivia" - that the fruit is the iconic fruit of a city in the world - and essentially only removed a sentence that does not belong in this article anyway. That 'tamarindo' means cop in Mexico City belongs on a page of slang terms in Mexico, or a list of slang terms for police, etc. Not in an article on the fruit. For comparison, 'slab' is a slang term for auotmobile here in Houston (among other things) but this information is not relevant to the article "Automobile". Thus, if anyone reverts my edit, I will re-revert if they cannot argue the legitamacy of my change. I feel backed up by the Wikipedia guidelines and I believe any official WP ed might as well. GngstrMNKY (talk) 01:32, 17 November 2007 (UTC)