h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about Farmer McGregor! Well, you know me and my dumb questions.

For pie filling purposes, I use a tapioca flour. What I usually do for pie fillings is mix tapioca, sugar (or sweetener), the fruit juice, and fruit, in a sauce pan and simmer it down a bit before adding it to the pie.

With the rhubarb and strawberries I just sliced them up and mixed them with the other ingredients, then stuck them directly into the pie.

Tapioca pudding is one of my favorite treats. Which is weird, because I absolutely despise rice puddings.

Just to clarify...this tapioca pudding is made with tapioca flour, rather than with frogspawn?

Rhubarb is highly deliquescent. I don't know why some people cook it before making a pie. However...if you *do* stew it first, the juice makes a nice sharbat with iced water.

The tapioca pudding I've had is made with the frogspawn. I dunno if it's also made with the flour, but I would assume so. I like the frogspawny bits, though.

Rhubarb sharbart sounds awesome. That would be awfully refreshing after work on a hot summer's day.

I don't generally cook *any* fruit before putting it into a pie. I don't make pies terribly often, though.