Tapioca? What the heck are they?

Question

I know, there Gummie Bear eggs! Maybe fish eggs? Or are they from Boba? What is Boba? Tapioca is it made from tea? Weird little looking things!! I would like to know what, am I eatting!! Should I be eatting this stuff. Is it safe. Oh my Gosh could it be from Frog eggs?

Answer 1

Tapioca is an essentially flavourless starchy ingredient, or fecula, produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root [1]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 (although larger grain sizes are available). These are not seeds, but rather reconstituted processed root. The processing concept is akin to the way that wheat is turned into pasta. These tapioca pearls are made mostly of tapioca starch, which comes from the tapioca, or bitter-cassava plant. In other parts of the world, the bitter-cassava plant may be called "manioca" or "yuca".

Answer 2

Tapioca is an essentially flavourless starchy ingredient, or fecula, produced from treated and dried cassava (manioc) root [1]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 (although larger grain sizes are available). These are not seeds, but rather reconstituted processed root. The processing concept is akin to the way that wheat is turned into pasta. These tapioca pearls are made mostly of tapioca starch, which comes from the tapioca, or bitter-cassava plant. In other parts of the world, the bitter-cassava plant may be called "manioca" or "yuca".

Cassava is native to South America. The balls are prepared by boiling for 25 minutes, until they are cooked thoroughly but have not lost pliancy, then cooled for 25 minutes. The pearls have little taste, and are usually combined with other ingredients, savory or sweet.

Tapioca is a word derived from the Tupi language of Brazil (from tipi'óka). [2] This refers to the process through which cassava (Manihot esculenta) is made edible. We should note, however, that as the word moved out of South America it came to refer to similar preparations made with other esculents: 'Tapioca' in Britain often refers to a rice pudding thickened with arrowroot, while in Asia the sap of the Sago palm is often part of its preparation.

Answer 3

Tapioca is NOT from animal eggs. It is no made from tea either. You have to boil tapioca so you can eat it. I don`t know what it`s made of. All i know it that it has sugar.

Answer 4

Rain, tapioca is a relative of potato. I learned that in botany class. There is a perfume called Rain -you should look for it in health food stores, it's great.

Answer 5

It's a root starch that comes from the cassava plant.

So in essence, it's kind of a vegetable. lol

But yeah, my granny used to tell us when we were kids that it was fish eggs. ewww