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My Mum once made a rice pudding with no rice in it !.She put the milk and sugar in a dish in the oven and forgot the rice!

I loved these at home and at school, but must admit to not having had either in recent years. Then again, I am not much of a 'pudding' person, per say (sp) these days for health reasons. Occassionally have a pot rice as an alternative to yoghurt to get a lining on my stomach in the mornings, again for health reasons
Julia in Derbyshire

Never heard of sago until I was given my dear late mother-in-laws recipe book with a recipe for sago in a homemade custard. My husband said how nice it was and have been making it now for nearly 20 years.Oh Yum. Oh Bliss. Oh what a scrummy food. We all love it and passed the recipe on to two of the kids.

Alison

I also love Sago and Tapioca, we still have it in OZ and soooo yummy. Frogs eyes or not.

Gail

Oh Sharron, you have made me remember something I used to get occasionally, haven't had it for ages!
I never had school dinners so didn't have these things, Mum only made rice puddings but there used to be a sachet of semoline that you just made up with hot water I think, it was very sweet but I loved it and could eat a whole packet of it made up. I am salivating just remembering lol
Must have a look and see if it is still available lol

Lizxx

Drinking chocolate powder? - Would that be the 'special' chocolate semolina!!!!!
Rather like the Pizza's my children's school offered 20 years ago - a pizza base with tomato ketchup and Kraft cheese squares on top - and they wondered why the children were hyper!!!

My children took sandwiches.....

I never saw the need for jam either,or the drinking chocolate powder they used to put on semolina at school.

Oooh Brian - I loved it at school with a dollop of jam - like you lots of people hated it (with or without with the jam) - it meant I could eat everyone else's 'frogspawn'!!

Used to love Sago and Tapioca as part of school dinners, so long as I could stop the cook dumping a dollop of jam into it.

IS IT NICE?

Never heard of flaked rice! Where you been? LOL

Have heard and seen all of it - in the past. Have just logged onto the tesco site, and keyed in tapioca - no - only tinned!

Wonder if Morrisons would have any, as they are slightly old fashioned in their store contents.

Perhaps a health food shop? Cannot believe its not available. lol

Tina xxx

never heard of flaked rice

Many of you will think this no loss at all but I have been trying to buy sago,tapioca and flaked rice because I love 'em. The best I have yet come up with is semolina from Tesco.

How can I recapture my mis-spent childhood without a bit of frog's spawn?