Yesterday a co-worker handed me these odd little packages. "You'll like them," she said, "They're called tamarand." Apparently they are a tropical fruit most commonly found in the Sudan and India but also sometimes found in Venezuela and other nearby countries. She went on to explain that you take off the outer layer and suck on the inside. Peeling off the crisp shell of the pod, I found the inside to have a texture similar to a dried apricot. I then put the innards into my mouth and began to suck. Citric was the first powerful taste I found but then slowly I started experiencing a second taste that I can only describe as being slightly like a dried, greasy, fish carcass. I guess there are tropical fruits I don't like.