Tamarind

I've loved tamarind eversince I was a kid. Tamarind in all forms. The raw ones cracked open and dipped in salt. The freshly cooked stuff ladled in clear plastic best eaten by licking off the fingers. The soft candy rolled into balls with a dusting of sugar and sold for 25 cents apiece. The Thai variant mixed with chili.

I love them all except those sweet ones. They've lost the essence of being a tamarind, like, what is the point?