Timo wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> However odds are what you
>> have is likely sago palm, not tapioca... nowadays most tapioca is
>> actually sago... check the package label.
>
>Other way around: most "sago" is made from tapioca.

Not... each is its own product, neither pretends to be the other.
However in the US most people refer to those pearls as tapioca
regardless of their source. Both are a crop and some years one is far
more available than the other, so even though a package is labeled
tapioca pudding its ingredients list would say sago. Also tapioca
costs more to process, the root of the cassava plant is toxic, ergo
tapioca pearls cost a bit more than sago pearls. Years ago I shopped
at a neighborhood Indian market, they sold several brands and
different sizes of tapioca pearls... the package said "Tapioca Pearls"
but in small print on the back it said "sago palm", When using either
in a recipe the results are indistinguishable. Here you can see what
I'm talking about: http://tinyurl.com/oz5anzw
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_3ofqzm3ym5_e