Tapioca is tiny, colorless eyeballs.

[LaraMN]

Just so you know.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I have always thought this VERY same thing...

either that or rejected fish eggs. :hi:

[LaraMN]

2. And THAT was my other thought, as well!

Gmta!

:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. It is good to finally be on the same page with somebody.

:D

[LaraMN]

7. And a scary page it is, eh?

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. The kind that keeps me up at night!

:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

12. I eat fish eggs but not tapioca.

However, I keep weird eating habits, so it's best to not pay attention to me.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. In a way, that makes sense...

You eat fish eggs.

Tapioca is really either 1. tiny colorless eyeballs or 2. rejected fish eggs.

ergo... you would never eat Tapioca pudding.

Only the best fish eggs. :hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Oh, you finally noticed?

Of course it is. Pearl tapioca is even creepier -- bigger eyeballs.

[LaraMN]

6. Pearl tapioca?

Now that's just sick. Who eats that?!

:P

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Check it out.

Very eyeballish.

http://www.americanspice.com/catalog/20129/Dried_Produce_&_Beans/Large_Pearl_Tapioca.html?DEPT=4&orig=80&PAGE=0&_ssess_=SEARCH_ENGINE

[BreweryYardRat]

4. And it's not half-bad, either.

I'm going to go grab some tapioca jello now.

[LaraMN]

8. Tapioca jello? Is that possible?

I want to see that.

[BreweryYardRat]

15. Okay.

You'll need to squint, though.

[LaraMN]

17. Misrepresenter! That's Jello PUDDING ,

Not Jello JELLO!

[BreweryYardRat]

19. *blink*

Semantics. I just class it all together under JELLO.

[reyd reid reed]

9. Uh uh...

Tapioca is...oh, I Love tapioca. I've been known to stand at the stove and eat it warm, right out of the pot.

A habit that started back in the days of recreational herbal inhalation therapy. It was either cook up tapioca or bake a pie and tapioca was usually faster -- unless I let it cool.

BUT...I got to where I could make a lemon meringue pie in 20 minutes, give or take.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. My ex really liked tapioca.

He made a batch of it once, left it out to cool; when he wasn't looking I dyed it bright blue with food coloring. After the shock wore off, he thought it was pretty funny. But tapioca is gross and rubbery, even when it's blue. Maybe that's because it's really just little eyeballs.

[LaraMN]

16. Haahaa!

That sounds thoroughly delightful! I need an evening like that. :bounce: Lemon meringue and all. Meringue is darn tasty, fun stuff, too!

[reyd reid reed]

20. Oh, especially if you're high.

And if being high does *ahem* other things to you besides give you munchies...

Ahh...I remember those days so fondly...

[eyesroll]

13. Except when they're GIANT BLACK EYEBALLS!

I want some bubble tea.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. When I make it

and leave some in the fridge overnight, it gets watery. :shrug:

Love the stuff, though. :9

[reyd reid reed]

26. So just eat it all the same night.

You can always make more the next day, if you want.

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. But it's a pain in the ass to make

Gotta use the stove. :scared:

[reyd reid reed]

31. Just put on your trusty armor...

Your apron and your mitt...and conquer your appliance. Unless it starts to breathe fire -- in which case, well, ummmmmm...

:scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Hey, I saw one do that once

I was about 7, and my gramma was baking apples. She opened the oven door to check on 'em and FOOF! Scared the jebeebus outa me. :scared:

[reyd reid reed]

33. It has been known to happen...

"When good appliances go bad....."

(because, see, it's Never the cook's fault)

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Attack of the Killer

Cuisinarts?

[reyd reid reed]

38. Oh, no...more like

Invasion of the Giant Amanas.

Or...The Day the Whirlpool Stood Still.

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. 'When Frigidaires Collide'

"Forbidden Maytag"

"Icemaker Zebra"

[Arger68]

22. Funny, I always called it

frog-egg pudding. And I thought I was the only one that thought that way!!!:crazy:

[reformedrepub]

23. Its yummy

tiny, colorless eyeballs though!!!

[LaraMN]

24. If they were REALLY eyeballs, I bet they'd be salty.

:P

[reformedrepub]

27. Yeah probably

then again, I try avoid the real deal.....

[reyd reid reed]

25. Shhhhhh...don't think of it like that...

Think of it in the 'yummy' terms...much better that way.

[Jamastiene]

29. Once when I was a kid, I asked for some chocolate

pudding from KFC. When I opened it and started to eat it, I saw it was tapioco. I tried it, didn't like it, and we asked them if they had the regular kind. They gave me my chocolate. I don't like being cheated on the amount of chocolate I'm supposed to have. NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, stands between me and chocolate. }(

As to whether or not I'd ever want to eat eyeballs again; No, I didn't like it. It's just not my thing.

[yvr girl]

30. I LOVE tapioca pudding

My mom sometimes put a bit of orange peel in it. Yum.

[AlienGirl]

35. I can't eat tapioca for just that reason

:scared: When I was a kid I heard about an awful Finnish dish: (I think it was called myokka) fish-eye soup. Let me repeat that: FISH EYE SOUP. :scared: Scarred for life, I tell ya!

And I can't eat tapioca because it reminds me of that.

Tucker

[Jamastiene]

37. I can't eat it because I was tricked into it the first time.

In my other reply I explained it, but I forgot to add that I didn't see the fish eyes until I dipped the spoon in and was already beginning to eat my first bite. I was just a kid and loved going to KFC, so I noticed the eyeballs as the spoon was on the way to my mouth. It was too late. I didn't like the taste either. I don't eat it now either.

[SoCalDem]

36. Frog eggs..n/t