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Scott Taylor
 
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Default Where to buy Tapioca Starch

(MC) wrote in message . com>...
> Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular grocery store?
> If not, what kind of local store can you get it at?
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> P.S. It seems silly to order online and pay $5 shipping for a dollar
> item.


If you have a spice grinder on hand, buy some Minute Tapioca and grind
it up to a powder--this might work in your recipe. I do this when I'm
making a pie filling which calls for tapioca. It gives a nice even
thickening instead of those gelatinous little blobs you encounter
otherwise.

-Scott