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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDaily Holidays - June 28
National Tapioca Day Tapioca Day is dedicated the starch that is extracted from Manioc, otherwise known as Cassava. This plant is most commonly known as the source of the translucent beads in Tapioca pudding. But while this is the most commonly known use of this substance, it has cultural significance around the world. Its origins can be found in Brazil, where the cassava plant is called the mandioca, and its extracted starch is called Tapioca.One little known fact about the Tapioca starch, is that when its extracted from the green branched variety of the plant, it is the source of a potent cyanide based poison, and must be processed to remove this before it becomes edible. Once this process is completed it is processed in different ways, which produces the spheres, flakes, or sticks.
Tapioca pudding is an odd looking treat relatively common in the western world. With its signature white color and the translucent and mysterious pearls that give it its well known texture, it is a form of pudding instantly recognizable to anyone who has encountered it before. One of the most common mysteries of this treat is what, exactly, those pearls are within it. To the British Child, it is not uncommonly known as frog spawn a bit of a tribute to the clumps of amphibian eggs it clearly resembles.
Fear not! There are no frog eggs in your tapioca pudding, and the mystery of its contents is, in fact, answered right in the name. Those pearls are a carefully molded form of starch extracted from the cassava plant, actually being comprised of flour from this self-same plant. Its origins can be traced back as 1875, its first mention being made in Cassells Dictionary of Cooking. It was in this text that the first definition of Tapioca appears, as well as its suggestion for inclusion in puddings. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/tapioca-day/
Log Cabin Day encourages us to step away from a world of computers, electric lighting, and even indoor plumbing to embrace and experience a simpler existence. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/log-cabin-day/
Insurance Awareness Day exists to remind you that things go wrong, and that generally, its a good idea to have a backup plan. Insurance is often a necessary evil in the modern world, and regardless of how ethical insurance may (or may not) be as an industry, were all very relieved that we took out a policy when something unexpected and untoward occurs! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/insurance-awareness-day/
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Daily Holidays - June 28 (Original Post)
Sherman A1
Jun 2015
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TexasTowelie
(112,417 posts)1. No computers, electric lighting or indoor pluming?
Heathen repent.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)2. Tapioca is gross.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)4. Uncharacteristically wrong.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)5. I believe
we will have to agree to disagree on this point......
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. Happy birthday to King Hen-ery:
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)6. When heaven starts to rain they all touch me ...