EatTheWeeds: Episode 157: The Tamarind Tree

[@algator55]

Thank you for coming back mr. Green dean we need you more than ever! especially that there's going to be possible food shortage or Skyrocket food prices in the near future, we need to go back to our roots, thanks again.

[@EatTheWeeds]

Two problems with modern food is 1) the quality of it and 2) the deliver of it when you need it.

[@roshanakpilram5879]

@@EatTheWeeds I hope you are alright, there has been no new video since 2 years ago.

[@greendeane1]

@@roshanakpilram5879 Life often gets in the way of living. One also needs the right plant at the right season.

[@simpleman283]

The spooky music was a nice touch when showing the spiders.

[@hilarywhatley1335]

Oh! A book! Hooray! So glad I found this channel.

[@kennedy67951]

Hey Green Dean I would like to make a request if you don't mind. By the way, thanks for the upload. Would you do a complete video on the Honey Locus and it's uses including the Bean Pod and the Pulp inside the Bean Pod. Also bring up it's cousin the Black Locus and the difference between the two? Thanks again for the work you've done for all wanting to know about the Edibility of the Plants around.

[@c.j.rogers2422]

I'll second that.

[@robbiet8583]

Love all the interesting forage info! Thank you ever so much!

[@mayamachine]

Green Dean, just another blessing from nature. Gratitude for that.

[@juneday1605]

Soooooo glad to see you back! Thank you!

[@FusionDeveloper]

I had no idea most peas and beans were toxic. That info could save my life in a survival situation.

[@ArtDeGuerra]

I am so glad your making new videos. If i lived in Florida id take ur classes

[@guidedmisselsn1not]

i love that you keep your traditional music from your channel. super happy to watch and listen.

[@richardvass1462]

I planted my tamarind tree from seed 10 years ago and it's only 8 ft tall and about as wide but now I know why because even though it's mostly full sun there are trees around and a hedge a few feet away from it. It's in plain sand in Florida here and so far no fruit.

[@twahiralam]

Good to see you back but I never thought anyone would classify tamarind as a weed. It so common to eat them in India.

[@kevenskilatonyius2178]

never saw that many Orb spiders . Sharing ! Won't sleep for a month . Thank for what you do !

[@canadian-gardening-6A]

Welcome back! Thank you!

[@RK-fi7ek]

We had Tamarind in our home. We children ate raw tamarind fruit and ripe pulp use for cooking. Cow eat the boiled seed. Leaves are antiinflammatory use to make chutney with fresh cocunut.

[@UFDionysus]

Too bad those pods were rotten. Thanks for the video. I've tried to pick from those very same trees on multiple occasions and I'm always too early so I can't find any ripe ones. They're high up and hard to reach too. I've had similar problems with the one I was growing even though I checked it more frequently. They were always either unripe or had gone rotten. The best bet for getting good pods is at the oriental food store. I gave up on my tree, after nurturing it into a giant over nearly two decades, and replaced it with a mango. Maybe one day I'll get some good pods from that park, or maybe I'll just try the leaves. One addition to your always wealth of information is that the shells can be used to make tea, after you eat the fruit out of them.

[@greendeane1]

tea... Interesting. Thanks. I have three growing nicely in pots.

[@1mulekicker]

Three weeks ago I bought a box of Tamarinds for the first time in it's raw form. I've had some in the form as candy in the past, but the raw state is better.

[@firefoxj]

Good morning. What a great video post to wake up to!

[@DillonDualyatTwitter]

So good to see you sharing info again

[@FusionDeveloper]

I guessed right, they are Golden Orb Weaver spiders. Really special spiders.

[@Unsensitive]

Had my first tamarind a few years ago. Bit cold here for them outside. I'll have to grow one as a patio plant. It will go well with my Calamansi limes.

[@junkettarp8942]

This is a great channel.

[@americanrebel413]

Thank you green Dean!

[@jackjones9460]

How similar is the Mimosa to Tamarind tree? Maybe I’ve been confusing them. Whichever is growing near to me in southeast Texas and south Louisiana I’ve thought was simply a nuisance to pull up. I’ll change if it in fact a plant useful for something other than attracting stinging caterpillars.

[@cbizzell13]

I inquired this as well Mimosa is abundant around my area. The main difference I see is the flower. Mimosa's have the pink puffy flower while these flowers look like a red pea flower, that I could see online. I'd also like to know the growing area for these trees. I'm in North Georgia, will they grow up this way?

[@jennymallin9646]

I love your info, I am looking for a book on the nutrients found in our “weeds” do you have such a book?

[@mikelives2671]

Thankyou Deen for the invaluable information.

[@bessyg.6948]

Thank you so much.

[@chroniclesofgoatman]

I have the complete DVD set. Are you planning on selling the new videos?

[@chargermopar]

I do not remember if you have covered the velvet bean yet.

[@ericdavila2055]

my tamarind tree is 6 years old and producing fruit here in Tampa Florida.

[@queenelcene638]

ThankYou ❤

[@nidalshehahadeh7485]

Planting and forgetting about seeds from what I eat is a habit , Tamarind seedling that have germinated out of nowhere maybe I planted and forgotten about which is about 5 years old is about 20 feet high already producing pods , I am in Port Charlotte Florida , I hope there's nothing else that looks like it . Watching Your KZbin reminded me that I have a piece of Tamarind somewhere in my refrigerator , I cannot remember how old it is , at this point it is almost as dry as hard candy with losing some of its Taste and flavor . Etymology. From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ‎ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”). تمر هندي tamar تمر date inde هندي Indian

[@fabiandupuis9416]

Love it !

[@bessyg.6948]

awesome good video

[@moses777exodus]

Thanks for sharing, Lord-Jesus-Christ dot

[@GarGunnerTV]

Sour tamarind in hot water everyday makes mine

[@ramthian]

I love tamarind too

[@roshanakpilram5879]

I hope you are alright, there has been no new video since 2 years ago

[@ramthian]

Thanks 🙏

[@StatmanRN]

I have had bad luck sprouting from seeds so far. Maybe need scarifying? I didnt know the leaves and seeds were edible

[@ramthian]

Hi.

[@oldtimer0069]

i think people will be eating the weed in coming days to years when food or jab comes a calling

[@ramthian]

My English is not good

[@imgadgetmanjim]

Looks fine.

[@annychest718]

Did he say the spiders are edible ?

[@greendeane1]

Yes... stun them, roast them, remove legs... crab like in flavor.

[@GarGunnerTV]

1LOVE

[@Larry-pf4sz]

thats a lot of carbohydrates, doesent sound to good for dieting

[@greendeane1]

My use of tamarind is limited to flavoring.