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

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

>On 7 Dec 2000, at 12:16, Decker, Terry D. wrote:
>
>>  Sago is not tapioca.
>
>According to the Epicurious dictionary:
>
>Sago [SAY-goh]
>                           A starch extracted from the sago (and
>                           other tropical) palms that is processed
>                           into flour, meal and pearl sago, which is
>                           similar to tapioca. South Pacific cooks
>                           frequently use sago for baking and for
>                           thickening soups, puddings and other
>                           desserts. In the Orient and in India it's
>                           used as a flour and in the United States
>                           it's occasionally used as a thickener
>
>Pearly tapioca might still be a reasonable substitute, though, if you
>can't find Sago?

As i said, what we call pearl tapioca is called sago in Indonesia.

Anahita