17 Nov 2009, Posted by Cat in News, 12 Comments. Tagged life
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Interesting things I learnt last week include:
Tapioca flour and arrowroot are the same thing only arrowroot contains preservatives
Straight red cordial is a cure for Bali belly and other buggy water-related gastric upsets.
Wish I’d been aware of the latter when I threw up at the foot of Borobudur all those years ago.
12 Comments
November 17, 2009 4:26 am
brockulfsen
Tapioca <> Arrowroot
No, I’ve seen both and they are quite different plants…
A friend grew this in his back yard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapioca
A school friend’s family grew this commercially
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowroot
I’ve never seen the so called Queensland Arrowroot
(which wikipedia links here) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canna_Agriculture_Group
November 17 2009 04:32 am
Cat @
Re: Tapioca <> Arrowroot
I knew if I posted this someone would pop up and argue
November 17 2009 04:42 am
Cat @
Re: Tapioca <> Arrowroot
I'm guessing that what the person in the health food shop actually meant is that they are both interchangeable as far as gluten-free baking is concerned
November 17, 2009 5:33 am
lyndahawryluk
I know nothing about baking, so I won’t argue with you there. I do know about feeling googly in the belly (I get seasick and like to eat ‘like a local’ when overseas) and so can tell you that Coca Cola is also good for nausea: in fact, you often get given that in certain hospitals, and it totally works.
November 17 2009 07:22 am
Cat @
I knew that flat coke was good for sick folks cos it's all sugar.
November 17, 2009 7:15 am
stephbg
I’ve heard that about red cordial but I have a vague memory it was only certain brands. I’m not sure it had to be neat either.
November 17 2009 07:22 am
Cat @
Dr Karl reckons it has to be neat
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