Steamed Pudding Recipes - long (OOP) was Re: SC - Spotted D ick/Spotted Dog
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Thu Dec 7 10:16:35 PST 2000
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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