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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Type | Pudding |
|---|---|
| Main ingredients | Tapioca, milk or cream or coconut milk |
Tapioca pudding is a sweet pudding made with tapioca and either milk or cream. It is made in many cultures with equally varying styles and may be produced in a variety of ways. Its consistency can differ between recipes: some variations are thin and runny, while some others are viscous enough to pick up with a fork.[1]
The pudding can be made from scratch using tapioca in a variety of forms: flakes, coarse meal, sticks, and pearls. Many commercial packaged mixes are also available.[2] In some areas, the milk used in making the pudding is substituted for coconut milk.
Ingredients served alongside and put into tapioca pudding have varied over time. An American style of tapioca pudding in the 19th century was known to contain no sugar within the pudding itself but would be served with sugar and cream on the side.[3] Some recipes circulated in the British Empire during the 18th century used cinnamon, red wine, and even bone marrow as seasonings for the pudding.[4] Tapioca pudding is a popular type of Tong sui in Chinese cuisine.[1] In southern India, jawhuarusee payasam, another type of tapioca pudding, is often made during festivals.
A significant reason for tapioca pudding's popularity was the ease of acquiring tapioca balls compared to its alternative, sago. Tapioca pearls originate from the harvesting of cassava, which requires less labor to harvest and grows faster compared to sago. Tapioca pudding would become a prominent staple in school lunches in the UK, Australia, and the United States.[5]
British schoolchildren have nicknamed the dish frog spawn due to its appearance.[6] The Guardian described it as "Britain's most hated school pudding" with names such as fisheyes, frogspawn, and eyeball pudding. It is, however, making a comeback in the 21st century in many restaurants, including several Michelin-starred restaurants.[2]
Tapioca pudding was one of the dishes that Rhode Island army officers ate for their Fourth of July celebrations during the siege of Petersburg.[7]
In the United Kingdom, July 15 is recognized as National Tapioca Pudding Day.[8]
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Tapioca pudding is a sweet pudding made with tapioca and either milk or cream. It is made in many cultures with equally varying styles and may be produced in a variety of ways. Its consistency can differ between recipes: some variations are thin and runny, while some others are viscous enough to pick up with a fork.
Pudding is a food which can either be a dessert or a savoury dish. In the United States, pudding means a sweet, milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, instant custards or a mousse, often commercially set using cornstarch, gelatin or similar coagulating agent. These puddings are known in some Commonwealth countries as custards (or curds) if they are egg-thickened, as blancmange if starch-thickened, and as jelly if gelatin-based. Pudding in America may also refer to other dishes such as bread pudding and rice pudding, although typically these names derive from their origin as British dishes. The modern American meaning of pudding as dessert has evolved from the original almost exclusive use of the term to describe savoury dishes, specifically those created using a process similar to that used for sausages, in which meat and other ingredients in mostly liquid form are encased and then steamed or boiled to set the contents. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the word pudding is used to describe both sweet and savoury dishes. Savoury puddings include Yorkshire pudding, black pudding, suet pudding and steak and kidney pudding. Sweet puddings include bread pudding, sticky toffee pudding, tapioca pudding, and rice pudding. Unless qualified, however, pudding usually means dessert and in the United Kingdom, pudding is used as a synonym for dessert. Puddings made for dessert can be boiled and steamed puddings, baked puddings, bread puddings, batter puddings, milk puddings or jellies.
A tapioca pearl, also known as a tapioca ball, is an edible translucent sphere produced from tapioca, a starch made from the cassava root. They originated as a cheaper alternative to sago in Southeast Asian cuisine. When used as an ingredient in bubble tea, they are most commonly referred to as pearls or boba. The starch pearls are typically five to ten millimeters (0.2 to 0.4 inches) in diameter. By adding different ingredients, like water, sugar, or some other type of sweetener like honey, tapioca pearls can be made to vary in color and in texture. Various forms of tapioca pearls include black, clear, flavored, popping, and mini. Tapioca pearls are commonly soaked in sugar syrup to make them sweet and chewy. In teas, they are often added for their texture, with the flavor being provided by the drink itself. The pearls are known as sabudana in the Indian subcontinent; they are used for sweet and savory dishes, such as sabudana khichri. In Brazil, the pearls are cooked with wine or other liquid to add flavor and are called sagu. In the United States, tapioca pudding is traditionally made as a custard-style dessert. The typical American version uses small pearl tapioca, milk, sugar, and eggs, cooked slowly until thick and creamy.
Sago pudding is a sweet pudding made by combining sago pearls with water, milk, or milk-like liquids like coconut milk and adding sweetener and sometimes additional flavourings. It is made in many cultures with varying styles, and may be produced in a variety of ways. Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia and Malaysia, produces the majority of sago. In Malaysia, sago gula melaka is a sago pudding made by boiling pearl sago in water and serving it with syrup of palm sugar (gula melaka) and coconut milk. In Myanmar, thagu byin (Burmese: သာဂူပြင်) is a sago pudding made with sago, coconut milk and condensed milk. Sago pudding is also a popular delicacy in New Guinea. In the UK, "sago pudding" is generally made by boiling pearl sago and sugar in milk until the sago pearls become clear, and thickening it with eggs or cornflour. Depending on the proportions used it can range from a runny consistency to fairly thick, and can be similar to tapioca pudding or rice pudding. In the UK "sago pudding" is often referred to as "frog spawn" as it is made using pearl sago. Tapioca pudding is similar in that it too can be made using pearl tapioca – it can also be called "frog spawn" but is generally made using flake tapioca in the north which results in a finer, more grainy, consistency.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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