Language Barriers and Green Tapioca-7/26/09
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. There is a distinct green hue to the tapioca pearls in the dessert picture on your right. Tonight I made the Fruit on the Bottom Tapioca Pudding on page 45 of July's Gourmet magazine. I learned several months ago (see blog post for 2/17) that there is a vast difference between quick cooking tapioca and small pearl tapioca. So with that in mind, I looked diligently for small tapioca pearls at Super H Mart. I found some, but they were green. I couldn't find any other item labeled small pearl tapioca. While checking out, I double checked with our favorite cashier, who adores Eyrleigh and speaks to her enthusiastically in Korean every time we see her. Her English is limited but I'm pretty sure she knew what I was asking and she said the only other color was purple. It wasn't exactly what I wanted but I thought green tapioca made this dessert looked a bit festive, maybe a bit of Christmas in July. It is the 26 th after all:)! For the me...