2006-08-11 02:02:42 · 12 answers · asked by vicky 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
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Tapioca is an essentially flavorless starchy ingredient, or fecula, produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root. This root is used in many different food items throughout the world. It is also used as medicine in China. It is good for constipation and stomach ache. I often put the powder into my morning coffee.
2006-08-14 21:57:54 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tapioca is a starch from a root used in cooking to make a milky pudding similar to rice pudding.
2006-08-11 12:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Andie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tapioca is a poisonous root found in South America. It produces a starch like substance, like rice. Which is not poisonous and most people make a pudding out of it. I love it...
2006-08-11 09:08:37 · answer #3 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its also known as cassava, an undergrown root which is common in South and South-East Asia. I believe its also found in Africa. It is edible (after cooking) and is hard, white and starchy when raw. Different cultures cook it differently - it is rather plain tasting when taken without garnishing.
Mostly used as the base for snacks & deserts (in India,Thailand), and as chips and fritters in Malaysia and Indonesia. Can also be fermented and turned into an alcoholic desert. The younger leaves from the plant (usually a straight stick-like stem above ground) is cooked and eaten in Indonesia.
2006-08-11 09:09:03 · answer #4 · answered by Son of Gap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frog Spawn
2006-08-11 09:06:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tap·i·o·ca
tap·i·o·ca [tà pee á¹kÉ]
n
starch from cassava plant: a starch obtained from the roots of the cassava plant. It comes in the form of small hard beads and is used in making puddings and for thickening sauces.
2006-08-11 09:08:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard the term other than in describing a type of pudding. Personally, I think that type of pudding is nasty.
2006-08-11 09:08:35 · answer #7 · answered by lmnop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they feed old people at The Home.
2006-08-11 09:08:26 · answer #8 · answered by Melanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is rice pudding. You either love it or hate it!
2006-08-11 09:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by NIKKI 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pig intestines fluid
2006-08-11 09:06:01 · answer #10 · answered by canada1usa0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋