When you land at the airport in Obregón, Mexico, as we did on our way back from Puerto Vallarta, you can buy candied apples for $2 a piece. And here's the best part - the Mexican Immigration and Customs officials are the ones selling them! Like Girl Scouts selling cookies they have them sitting right there on the desk in a cardboard box. A dozen or so beautiful tamarind candied apples wrapped in cellophane and tied with little ribbons. I'd love to know how the wife suckered her Customs Official-husband into selling her apples to tourists. "Gustavo, just a few, por favor. They'll love them, just you wait." And we did. On the way down we bought one and the way back we bought five. How do you like them apples?
After tasting the tamarind apple I will no longer be able to eat a regular old caramel apple (when was the last time I had one anyway I cannot tell you). It was unlike anything we had ever eaten. Crisp Granny Smith apples were wrapped in a paste made of tamarind (a sweet and sour fruit pulp), chili powder, sugar and salt. The result is a perfect balance of sweet, sour, salty and spicy.
Wouldn't it be nice if our Customs officials sold sweet little treats to tourists...apple by apple we could whittle away at the national debt!
Comments
November 8, 2008
Hi, I teach how to make tamarindo apple, if you are near mcallen texas come and take the class. Yummi....you make the tamarindo paste,....visit my web site. www.pinkbutterfly.us
February 2, 2009
can you send me the recipe rgvmedequip@hotmail.com
February 9, 2009
hey
GIRLS!!!!!I GOT THE RECIPE THE INGREDIENTS AND EVEN THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS LOVELY APPLES, STOP BY MY ESTY. I WILL BE SELLING THE INGREDIENTS IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED.
PERLA
February 13, 2009
TRYING TO FIGURE OT THE RECIPE FOR THE APPLES
March 4, 2009
if you live in southern california, you can get these at the sunday farmer's market in long beach for $4.
March 10, 2009
I know the recipe, use tamarindo paste, a chili powder (sweet not spicy) and mix them together until it's a doughy paste. It takes a while to stick to the apple, but it's worth it.
The ingridients can be bought in border towns, and that's about it.
April 30, 2009
i bought the paste at mexico its easy to make and cheap to buy now that i have it a make them for every occasion i have there good for parties decorations.
January 14, 2010
you can buy the tamarind paste plentifully available at asian markets.. they use it to make soup as well :)) definitely a fan of the tamarindo apples.. just ordered some online will post if they are worth ordering. hard to find in austin,tx.. but heard more readily available near the borders.. :))
February 5, 2010
If anyone is interested in purchasing prepared pre-packaged tamarind paste, you may contact me at rendonhdz@yahoo.com....re:apples. Each box contains 5 individually wrapped squares. Enough for 5 apples.
April 21, 2010
hey i stay right here in Montebello,California and one of my mom's co-worker mae the BOMB!! tamarindo apples!
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