On Mon 12 Dec 2005 01:49:25p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jake?

> Goomba38 wrote:
>
>> Alex Rast wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Count me among those who LOVE it. I'm not quite sure what people find
>>> offensive about it. The taste is usually pretty creamy/vanilla. Are
>>> people being put off by texture? It's different from certain other
>>> textures, but not in a bad way IMHO. Those soft balls sort of squish
>>> in your mouth - a fun texture sensation.
>>
>>
>> I'm with you. I love the stuff and love the little lumps. I like food
>> with interesting textures, like playing with the little balls in okra,
>> you know? I wonder if the OP's dislike had something to do with the way
>> he prepared it?
>>
>
> Very well possible. There was water, skim mlik and about 2 tbs of sugar.
> And 1.3 cups of tapioca. So the tapioca flavour really came through. And
> tehre was no creaminess.
>

That's not surprising. With water and skim milk, there's really nothing to
give it creaminess or richness, and 2 tbs of sugar seems rather little for
that much tapioca. Not sure what you mean by "tapioca flavor". Tapioca is
a starch with very little flavor on its own except "starchy".

A recipe I use calls for soaking the tapioca overnight in water, then
cooking in whole milk until completely tender. At that point egg yolks and
half and half are whished together and added to the cooking mixture, along
with flavoring of choice. At the end, the egg whites are beaten and folded
in. It's a wonderful pudding.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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