Posted on 07/15/2024 6:54:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL TAPIOCA PUDDING DAY
National Tapioca Pudding Day on July 15th encourages us to dig into this pudding dish enjoyed around the world!
#TapiocaPuddingDay
Tapioca is a starch derived from the cassava root. While the root looks similar in shape and color to a sweet potato, in its natural form, cassava contains cyanide. However, grinding down the root produces a flour or powder used as a thickening agent. It may also be produced tapioca into pearls. Also known as manioc or yucca, growers cultivate cassava around the world. A part of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family, this woody shrub is native to South America but is also grown in Asia and Africa.
Once a staple in early American households, tapioca was dehydrated to survive long sea voyages without spoilage. In a dehydrated form, tapioca earns an extended shelf life. Cooks wanting to make homemade tapioca should plan ahead. Tapioca pearls must soak overnight before using them.
For those sensitive to gluten, substitute tapioca in place of flour as a thickening agent in recipes. Try it in recipes for pancakes, cookies, and other baked goods. Tapioca also provides an excellent source of vitamin B, manganese, and iron. Turn to tapioca if you're having trouble gaining weight or have a sensitive stomach. Tapioca is a gentle ingredient and helps to add healthy weight gradually.
For those who want to enjoy tapioca more quickly, minute and instant tapioca puddings make the process easier. Make a quick parfait with layers of fruit and whipped cream. It will definitely make a perfect celebration that way. However, we also enjoy tapioca in Boba tea, a Taiwanese tea-based drink.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL TAPIOCA PUDDING DAY
As you explore tapioca, don't forget it's not just a pudding. Try it in soup, beverages, and baked goods, too. No matter how you celebrate, be sure to try a variety of tapioca recipes. Share your favorite way to cook with this versatile ingredient.
Share how you're celebrating by posting on social media using #TapiocaPuddingDay.
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July 15th Celebrated History
1879
Horace Wyman and George Crompton received U.S. patent No. 217,589 for a loom used for weaving patterns for Turkish towels. This kind of loom became known as a dobby loom. Before the dobby loom, weavers hired young boys called draw boys or dobby's for short to pull the draw threads creating the weft and pattern of the weave. Dobby the house-elf would be so proud.
1933
Wiley Post departs from Floyd Bennett Field in New York in an attempt to fly around the world a second time - this time solo.
1959
Members of the United Steelworkers of America labor union begin a 116-day strike that led the United States to import foreign steel for the first time.
2006
Twitter is launched.
July 15th Celebrated Birthdays
Clement Clarke Moore - 1779
Often given credit for the poem A Visit from St. Nicolas, Clement Clarke Moore was a poet, author, and professor at General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Generations of families know the Christmastime poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas" by heart.
Maggie L. Walker - 1867
As a business and community leader, Maggie L. Walker became the first African American woman to found a bank in the United States.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell - 1943
As a student at Cambridge, the British astronomer discovered the first of four pulsars. The signals, or pulses, had never been identified before.
Adam Savage - 1967
The American television host is known for his role in the popular scientific series Mythbusters and Unchained Reaction.
Tapioca Pudding............A President’s Favorite!.............Eisenhower’s................
I’ve always loved tapioca pudding.
Joe says “Less rhetoric More pud”
FYI: The Classified Documents Case in Florida was just completely dismissed.
I like tapioca pudding. I also like bubble tea, which uses tapioca “beads” as one of its ingredients.
Doesn’t that make it kinda sticky?...................
Also known as Joe Biden’s Brain Day.
Lol. Yes, it’s true.
BTW, I love tapioca.
There’s a connection to tapioca somewhere I’m sure. :)
Not all. It was, as it says, a courtesy FYI on something way more important than tapioca.
I never quite “understood” tapioca flavor.
It’s a little like peach, and a little like apple with just a hint of coconut. It’s always been a very popular flavor.
LOL, my mother used to make this from scratch - I remember her buying the tapioca “pearls” - I thought everyone ate it - but many people have told me they had no idea what it is.
I love it.
Extra helpin’ for Pedo Pete.
We know what Biden will be doing today.
I used to love tapioca pudding back in my grammar school days... Until I had a classmate, who insisted on pointing out, ad nauseum, that it reminded him of fish eggs.
Every time I’d take a bite, he’d laugh and chant: “Artificial fish eggs! Artificial fish eggs!”.
He didn’t shut up until I told him what his chocolate pudding reminded me of. “Baby had the runs!” :P
We had tapioca pudding in elementary school, 1960’s, but I didn’t know what it was. Being a kid, I just thought it tasted good.................
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