Does Tapioca Pudding really have fish eggs in it?

Question

You know those little like clearish colored balls in vanilla pudding.

Answer 1

Tapioca pudding is a desert made from the root of a plant similar to the sweet potato. Although this root can also be used in such things as tea (see Saint's Alp Teahouse--the tea is not from the root, but has tapioca beads in it.) most people are familiar with it only via the faintly sweet pudding which is white with creamy "pearls" in it. Many people find it similar in consistancy to rice pudding. It's not a highly sweet pudding like the chocolate or banana people think of, it's more substantial somehow.
This is the really REALLY oldfashioned way of fixing tapioca pudding. This recipe is from 1881, taken from The Household Cyclopedia of General Information. It can easly be adapted with, say, a stovetop ^_^ try the low gas setting instead of 'smothered in ashes'. Or there's the modern way, which is buy a box of jello brand tapioca pudding and follow the directions on the side.

Ten ounces of tapioca
1 quart of milk
6 ounces of sugar
6 yolks of eggs and 2 whipped whites
the grated rind of a lemon
2 ounces of butter
a little salt.

Answer 2

Is Tapioca Fish Eggs

Answer 3

No there in is not any fish eggs in it. Those little clear balls, are the Tapioca mixed with a gelatin. Tapioca is a root plant. Get Tapioca, clean the skin off, and boil it until soften, and cooked, smash it a little. Then add sugar, and some corn starch to thicken it up. This is like a sweet desert, and this taste just like those little gel balls in the pudding.

Answer 4

NO

Tapioca pudding is a common pudding with tapioca pearls added to a vanilla pudding. It can be discerned from other types of pudding by the small, translucent and almost caviar-like orbs of tapioca within. Tapioca is the root of the cassava plant, which is also known as manioc. It requires processing to withdraw either flakes, seeds or pearls of the tapioca plant. Tapioca is native to South and Central America. It is now produced in Africa and Asia.

Answer 5

No tapioca is not fish eggs.

Tapioca is an essentially flavourless starchy ingredient, 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.

Answer 6

LMAO! No it doesn't have fish eggs in it.
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.

Answer 7

There are no fish eggs in tapioca pudding; only milk, tapioca, eggs, vanilla, and sugar. What you see is the cooked tapioca.

Answer 8

They're not fish eggs. I'm allergic to eggs, and I'd be dead if I ate tapioca pudding with fish eggs in it. The little beads are just starch.

Answer 9

haha... its called tapioca pudding for a reason! those clear balls are not fish eggs silly they are tapioca balls! lol. they come dry and you have to cook them in water until they are clear and soft.

Answer 10

NOOOOO!!!!! Tapioca comes from a plant. It's called a dictionary by the way.....