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tapioca‐macaroni
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tapioca‐macaroni A mixture of either 80–90 parts
tapioca flour, with 10–20 parts of peanut flour; or tapioca, peanut, and semolina, in proportion 60 : 15 : 25; it is baked into shapes resembling rice grains or macaroni; developed in India. Also referred to as synthetic rice.
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Tapioca sparks memories of comforts of childhood
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/26/1989; ; 700+ words
; Tapioca is one of those foods I was once fond of...Recently I was reunited with a bowl of tapioca pudding and I felt a surge of good feeling...childhood toy or a high school yearbook. Tapioca is extracted from the roots of the manioc...
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Tapioca is best when it's not looking at you
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/28/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...someone who has a special fondness for tapioca pudding, all I can say is thank God for Yankee ingenuity. Tapioca pudding did, indeed, look like fish...disdain when she turned the roots into tapioca pudding, she took her boarder's advice...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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TAPIOCA TEMPTS EVEN MOST SERIOUS DOUBTERS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/3/1988; 700+ words
; ...Occasionally my grandmother would make a custardy tapioca pudding, and I would delight in discovering the pearls...pasty version at school. That concoction turned me off tapioca and tapioca pudding for a good number of years. I have since experimented...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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TAPIOCA PEARLS OF WISDOM\ TROPICAL STARCH THICKENS MORE THAN PUDDING OR PIE.(Living)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 9/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...editor Frogs' eyes is the nursery name for tapioca pudding. Kids lap it up anyway. Or maybe...pudding or beads in a bowl. By any name, tapioca starch is a handy pantry staple, the...incentive or a stellar after-school snack. Tapioca desserts are decent nutrition because...
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Taiwanese tapioca drinks new trend around UC-Berkeley campus
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...used as ammunition. Round and slimy tapioca balls are the latest craze, and they...court, but only Bowen wanted to order a tapioca tea drink. Aconito was turned off at...Mandarin House and can't help but drink tapioca every time she visits the Telegraph Area...
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Putting tapioca's magic to work ... in pie or pudding. (recipes)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 1/1/1990; 700+ words
; Putting tapioca's magic to work ... in pie or pudding Conjuring childhood memories, tapioca recalls visions of warm pudding swarming with...then pulverized to make a fine flour. Pearl tapioca, large or small, is made from the flour mixed...
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Tackling tapioca
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/2/1999; ; 575 words
; ...semolina, or custard. I bought some tapioca. There were no instructions on the packet...What is your recipeplease? Val Mitchell Tapioca takes a long time to cook, and it cooks...transparent. It is important to wash the tapioca in a sieve first to remove any unwanted...
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PEARLS WITHOUT END TAPIOCA TURNS UP IN A VARIETY OF DRINKS, DESSERTS, AMD ENTREES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/3/2001; ; 700+ words
; Tapioca's time has come - again. No longer relegated...restaurants. I grew up not knowing what tapioca was and never ate it as a child. I'd...frog's eyes. My mother claimed to hate tapioca, and we were brought up on creamy rice...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Heavy processing makes tapioca a swell product; It's peeled, grated, squeezed and cooked, kneaded, strained and dried.(TASTE)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 7/21/1996; ; 700+ words
; For many folks, tapioca pudding is at most a dim childhood memory; others...never had it. But even those who are regulars at the tapioca pudding bowl probably don't know where tapioca comes from. It has gone through a great deal of processing...
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Farmers must exploit tapioca root
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 3/13/2004; ; 627 words
; ...Times 03-13-2004 Farmers must exploit tapioca root Byline: Arni Shahida Razak Edition: 2* THERE are two types of cassava (or tapioca): edible (with low cyanide content...flesh) and starch. The planted area of tapioca reached a peak of 22,000ha in 1976...
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tapioca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tapioca , widely used starchy food, obtained from the fleshy root of the bitter cassava . Tapioca is sold in flake or flour form and as the pellet pearl tapioca. Tapioca flour is widely used in place of wheat flour...
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tapioca‐macaroni
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
tapioca‐macaroni A mixture of either 80–90 parts tapioca flour, with 10–20 parts of peanut flour; or tapioca, peanut, and semolina, in proportion 60 : 15 : 25; it is baked into shapes resembling rice grains...
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Badland, Annette
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...Television and Yorkshire Television, 1998. Mrs. Tapioca, "The Heat Is On," The Worst Witch, HBO, 1998. Mrs. Tapioca, "A Mean Halloween," The Worst Witch, HBO, 1998. Mrs. Tapioca, "When We Feast at the Midnight Hour," The Worst...
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Wáiwai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Identification. The name "W á iwai," meaning "Tapioca people," originated with their northern neighbors...Wapisiana, who were impressed with the enormous quantities of tapioca the W á iwai consumed. The W á iwai intermarried...
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Leroux S.A.S.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...products" — chicory, chocolate, mustard, and tapioca. It had been founded in 1840 by Fran ç ois Herbo...Valenciennes railroad. The next year, Leroux abandoned its tapioca, mustard, and cacao business to focus exclusively on chicory...
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