26 A Rice Substitute. 
Ihportasce of Tapioca Mial or Pomagb. 
The maklag o£ Tapioca manl ia a matter 
of m&tarUl importaoce joBt aow ; not oo\y 
b^CAUfe it wUI provide d, cheap iiarritians 
aod wholeiome lood for thp people; bat it 
will provi'ie the msaai for ahofiQn th« 
ipeolfti prodacta tK&t are raised here iti help- 
ing to supplement oar rtee shortage. 
The qn'^etioa that DatnrAtly su^gea-a itaeU 
ia, wh^ has tapioca meal noD been tnade 
liem already, eapc^claUf nhen tt^ U known 
thitt there are ao ma'ij peraons in ihU conn- 
try (where its ia la>g^ly mannfac^nrnd and 
^aed) who naderarand ite preparation ? 
The reaaoii that cbieSy operates in the fact 
that tapi'jca met I cau only be made 
in the tapiuca iseal pnu, Al\ atteiDpts to 
make it difierentlv have utterly failed. The 
pan hati to be o£ a onpacity capable of 
maniifactnring the me&l an a fairly large 
«cale. 
Bn% when it is borne in mind that the 
pe'>p[e conld prepare tlieir oa^sava afi home, 
*nd withiti three hoara affer taking it to 
the pan, have it in a condition re^dy for 
iood, it can plainly be B^en wh»t fwoilitiea 
A pan providea for thoa^» utiablfj to procnr© 
one for themaetves and will not refrain 
from inonrriag the expense of bay log and 
erecting a pan. 
A nsaa aao riae in the morniDgf and by 
the next^ can have bi-^ fionr made and 
etored. Very often indeed, after being 
grated and prtstaed by the ludtau method 
of p allied reedBi the oaaaiiiTa ia immediately 
cooked for a^e or atorage. 
