Somehow I don’t think that having a box of tapioca in my cupboard will resolve my terror of unexpected company – but maybe it’s just me. Others may find tapioca very useful in this situation.
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Somehow I don’t think that having a box of tapioca in my cupboard will resolve my terror of unexpected company – but maybe it’s just me. Others may find tapioca very useful in this situation.
You are amusing! I agree with your comment, but my Denmark daughter asks for tapioca every time she visits!
I’ve never asked any guests if they’d like tapioca pudding. Maybe I should. 🙂
I have never gotten over the fact that virtually every man I’ve ever known likes tapioca pudding. I don’t. My mother preferred it to flour as a thickener for fresh fruit pies.
See my comment below, Angela. I think my husband loathes it even more than I do! To the extent that I wouldn’t even know where to buy any. The 1950s British child’s hatred of it has sunk deep into the national psyche!
When I saw your comment, I asked my husband if he likes tapioca pudding. He said “Yes, it’s good.” I learned something new. I’ve been married a long time, but until now I’d never realized that he particularly liked tapioca pudding.
Like Angela’s mom, I have used it as a thickener instead of flour as I have to eat gluten free.
My mother also used tapioca as a thickener. I’m not gluten free, but I should try using tapioca when I make pies. My mother made excellent pies. 🙂
My terror is much more easily eased by a shot of whiskey….Or a cup of tea.
🙂
Works for me. 🙂
You won’t find any Brit brought up in the 1950s reaching for tapioca from the shelf. Too many simply awful memories of school dinners featuring tapioca or sago pudding.
I have similar memories of tapioca pudding being served at school.
This discussion has made me smile!
I like tapioca pudding, and used to make it often. It’s pudding, what’s not to like? I looked up the company and found the recipe booklet and it had a lot of interesting options for use of the tapioca. Makes me want to go buy some and try a few!
And, the comments on this post make me want to look through my hundred-year-old cookbooks and magazines for some tapioca recipes.
I never liked tapioca..rice pudding I can but I have memories of schools version of tapioca and that put me off for life…lol..I loved rice cremola though I used to love that as a kid 🙂
I don’t think that I’ve ever had rice creamola. Is it similar to rice pudding?
Its a ground rice pudding that was yellow in colour I haven’t seen it for sale for many years.
I keep tapioca on hand but mostly for pies!!
I don’t currently have any tapioca, but am thinking that I may need to buy some.
My husband loves tapioca pudding. I had never had it when I was growing up. Pies, cobblers and jello were the desserts we had. If visiting my grandmother, she always had cakes and cookies.
Like yours, my family didn’t have tapioca pudding when I was a child, but I like it now.