jake wrote:

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> Thank you. This looks a lot like what I had found in They Joy of
> Cooking, except that they double boiled for three whole hours, which I
> can't fit into my schedule. And I just couldn't believe that it would
> take that long. So I winged my recipe instead.

Maybe you should give it a try with minute tapioca. You can put the tapioca,
sugar milk and egg in a sauce pan and let it sit for 10 -15 minutes then cook
it for 15.... has to be stirred . It is pretty good though IMO, not as good
as pearl tapioca.