The tamarind candy you describe sounds like something a person from this list shared with me about a year ago. She lived in Texas, I believe, and said the sweet was really popular there. It was wonderful. I tried to get the tamarind seeds to sprout with no luck. They are covered with a shiny, hard "shell" which I was able to get to split and remove by keeping them in a wet paper towel for a week or so. But, then, I wasn't sure how to plant them and nothing grew. Anyway...I would love to get more of this great stuff. Sorry I can't remember the name of the generous chile-head to mailed them to me. SandyO CH #1146, of the moderate persuasion