Winter Wonderland

Our first snow of the season. I like snow; it gives the world a nice clean look - despite all the filth underneath. I don't so much like being out in the snow, as I like to look at snow. When I'm out in the snow, I always get cold. I guess that's because I prefer to wear cotton. When I get cold, I always seem to eat more. I guess it's a natural defense mechanism; me trying to speed up my metabolism. In fact, I'm getting hungry right now.

What's this doing in my yard? It looks like a big pile ... but you can never tell. It could actually be some kind of food. Maybe if I eat it, I'll feel better.


I wonder who was the first person brave enough to eat this:


Break off the crusty outer shell, peel back the stringy fibers...


and take a big bite. Mmmm ... that's some good eatin' - for some folks, it's an acquired taste. I think it tastes like the fig in Fig Newtons.


Don't forget to spit out the seeds. They are really hard. In some cultures, they grind up the seeds for medicine.


So that's the end of today's "food" post. I'd like to see what "Next Blog" does with this. If you want to know more about sweet tamarinds from Thailand - really tamarinds in general - here's what they have to say at

Wikipedia about tamarinds