Ok. I was eating tapioca pudding and my friend told me that those clear, round ball things in it are moth eggs. i don't think that's true, but i would like to know what they are, but i can't find the answer so it you know it PLEASE TELL ME!
2006-10-02 11:52:12 · 20 answers · asked by socalgurl92 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Watch the Good Eats episode about pudding on the Food Network. Alton Brown does a fantastic job of explaining it all.
Tapioca is an essentially flavourless starchy ingredient, or fecula, produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root and used in cooking. It is similar to sago and is commonly used to make a milky pudding similar to rice pudding. Purchased tapioca comprises many small white spheres each about 2 mm in diameter. These are not seeds, but rather reconstituted processed root. The processing concept is akin to the way that wheat is turned into pasta.
2006-10-02 11:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by Michael Cray 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not moth eggs. Tapioca is made from the roots of a plant.
Tapioca is an essentially flavourless starchy ingredient, or fecula, produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root and used in cooking. It is similar to sago and is commonly used to make a milky pudding similar to rice pudding. Purchased tapioca comprises many small white spheres each about 2 mm in diameter. These are not seeds, but rather reconstituted processed root. The processing concept is akin to the way that wheat is turned into pasta.
2006-10-02 18:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Sabina 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're tapioca:
Tapioca is an essentially flavourless starchy ingredient, or fecula, produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root and used in cooking. It is similar to sago and is commonly used to make a milky pudding similar to rice pudding. Purchased tapioca comprises many small white spheres each about 2 mm in diameter. These are not seeds, but rather reconstituted processed root. The processing concept is akin to the way that wheat is turned into pasta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapioca
2006-10-02 19:06:29 · answer #3 · answered by vicvic* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are just tapioca. This is from yahoo education:
tap·i·o·ca (tp-k) KEY
NOUN:
A beady starch obtained from the root of the cassava, used for puddings and as a thickening agent in cooking.
I LOVE TAPIOCA!!
2006-10-02 19:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by Beth M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Moth eggs?
Everybody knows that tapioca is fish eyes and glue!
2006-10-02 19:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by cyrenaica 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's the tapioca. Tapioca is a thickening agent.
2006-10-02 19:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by margarita 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its Tapioca
2006-10-02 18:53:43 · answer #7 · answered by Vix 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's tapioca.
2006-10-02 21:32:39 · answer #8 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason I don't eat tapioca, ever!
2006-10-02 19:04:30 · answer #9 · answered by Liligirl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lol, your friend is wrong. :D It's Tapioca balls.
2006-10-02 19:00:02 · answer #10 · answered by ladyvrenn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋