Steamed Pudding Recipes - long (OOP) was Re: SC - Spotted Dick/Spotted Dog

[Elaine Koogler]

Thank you, Bear.  I didn't think that was the case, but as I am not the most
knowledgeable person about these things, figured I must have missed something.

Elaine

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:

> Sago is not tapioca.  Sago is the starch from the trunk of a sago palm
> (usually, Cycas circinalis or Cycas revoluta) and is Asiatic origin.
>
> Tapioca is made from the starch of the cassava root (Manihot esculenta) and
> is of Brazilian origin.
>
> Bear
>
> > It is tapioca. Tapioca is made of sago. Tapioca comes in a number of
> > sizes, from the tiny kind typical in the US, to large ones the size
> > of pearls used in Southeast Asia. It may well be the latter the
> > recipe calls for, since it says to soak them overnight, which you
> > don't need to do with the tiny US kind.
> >
> > Anahita
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