[lace-chat] tapioca pudding and other desserts
for David and everyone I went through my mother's cookbook, a small binder of all her handwritten recipes, but she didn't write down her tapioca pudding recipe. I remember it was creamy white, creamy vanilla tasting, and fluffy, with the tapioca pearls floating in it (NOT in appearance like fish eggs, as some say about tapioca; they were more like bubbles). We always called the dish 'tapioca' and left off the 'pudding.' It was years later that I realized 'tapioca' is the name of the starch and is used for thickening in some cuisines. It was also some time before I knew that the British say 'pudding' for what we call 'dessert' (where we say "what's for dessert...") When I was at uni., and they served tapioca in the cafeteria, it was disappointing glue-y glup to be avoided. I tried unsuccesfully to duplicate mother's pudding, from other recipes, but in any case no one in my own family cares for it. One individual gets sick if tapioca starch is in the food, so it is simpler to avoid it. Mom's recipe book did yield this one for rice pudding. Her recipes are cook's notes cryptic in that most only list the ingredients, you're supposed to know how to use them LOL. Her rice pudding was yummy, like the tapioca too ;) 1 cup water 1 " milk 1 egg 1/4 cup rice 1/3 cup sugar raisins and this one, called Gussie's Choc. Cake: Melt 2 sq. choc butter size of walnut cup sugar 1 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp b. soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup milk Finally fold in 1 beaten egg. -- bye for now Bev in Shirley BC near Sooke on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] tapioca pudding and other desserts
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I think the Brits are the same as us. However, for us a pudding must be hot and baked. We can still say "What's for dessert?" I think it is a matter of dialect in England. Our family have always called it pudding, regardless of being hot or cold. Pudding as part of the name implies hot, just as Sundae suggests ice-cream (though we have one chain of restaurants at the moment that has a non ice-cream sundae on its menu). Dessert in terms of the name of the course is a word we see more on restaurant menus, and puds are also referred to as "sweets". It used to be that after the main course in certain restaurants, the "sweet trolley" would be brought round - these would be cold, though. However, we all use dessert spoons to eat them with, no matter what we call them! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] tapioca pudding and other desserts
Dear Bev, many thanks for those great looking recipes. It was also some time before I knew that the British say 'pudding' for what we call 'dessert' (where we say "what's for dessert...") I think the Brits are the same as us. However, for us a pudding must be hot and baked. We can still say "What's for dessert?" But that could include such gorgeous things as cold Pavolva, or hot or cold lemon meringue pie - anything sweet following the main course. David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] tapioca pudding and other desserts
Maybe the difference in description comes from the size of the tapioca. We can get two kinds, regular and pearl. Pearl tapioca cooks up almost a full 1/4" across; the regular size is like bubbles. I just follow the recipe on the box, but I put a stick of cinnamon in while I'm heating the milk (I do that while boiling the rice with water in the first part of making rice pudding, too - and just leave it in). The tapioca needs to soak - the pearl kind for several hours, maybe even overnight, so it softens up all the way through. Sorry- no box in view in the cabinet right now, or I'd write it in. The rice pudding recipe I use came from the Farm Journal Best Home Cooking in America cookbook. -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] tapioca pudding and other desserts
I can never bear to eat tapioca pudding, as when I was about 5 my Father told me it was really frog spawn, just as he told me spaghetti was worms. My Mother never forgave him! Dee Palin Warwickshire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
