Steamed Pudding Recipes - long (OOP) was Re: SC -

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

>Yes, but is it the same thing we get here and call Tapioca?  I know 
>that when we
>lived in Papua New Guinea, there was a fruit that they called "paw 
>paw", but was
>what we call papaya...and at home in SW Virginia, we also had paw 
>paws, but they
>were a totally different fruit!
>
>Kiri

This is kind of my point. Colloquial use of terms may not reflect the 
botanical nature of the product.

While they may call those round white objects "sagu" in Indonesia, 
they are indeed what we call "pearl tapioca". I lived there and 
bought them there, and i have lived in the US and bought them here. I 
have cooked with them in both places and they are interchangeable, 
while paw-paw = papayas and papaw = Asimia triloba are not equivalent.

Based on the directions in the recipe - soak overnight, which is 
standard for Southeast Asian recipes with the same item, whatever we 
choose to call it - i suspect this is indeed the product, which may 
be imported into Tasmania from Southeast Asia under this name, for 
all i know.

Anahita