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A Rice Substitute. 
of the Pinang Oav.tU^ hoping thnt they 
witi he uipfal m helpioj^ to a solnbioii of 
the preBBQt food problem. 
Iboaght to be noted, aa this is a mutter 
of momeot for Malaja where tapiocft ii 
grown on such a large goale^ that it m aaed 
by nn tires id many tropical count riee ai 
their 8tnp!e food. Tapioct provides a 
a «are crop ; tb fioartaheB f?F*lt in lands ex- 
tending fta far as 30 degrees on either aide of 
the Tropica and it haa been oatcnUted tbat 
more thxin one million people conanme 
aboa*! 1,000 grams of tapioca for their drtily 
sobiistetice. The same procena o! nDalyeia 
which q^ows that the grain crops of tba 
north produce a food perfect for the needs 
o\ a oold'climatn alao abowii that to tapioca, 
we havo the food fitted by nature to meet 
the needs of a hot climate. 
Spboisb asd ^abibtiss of Tapioca. 
We fthall pass rapidly in review the 
difiert'ot species and varieties f^f tapioca 
in o^^der to come to the imptrtaat question 
of ica nsps as a foodsiniF, the varioae 
methorls of its preparation as snob and that 
of its derivativeSt 
At firet, it is ©asenbial to diatinguish 
deafly between the diflerenb apeoiea of 
tapioca, notably the one directly naed for 
food, (the sweet tapiooa,) so as no n to 
confonnd it with the bitter bind which 
contain^ |:oisonoa4 priuciples. The la^tec 
has no cuUoary value until deprivi d of its 
objectionable Juices by mean of n process 
toj be referred to subseqae 11 tty. The bitter 
tapioca^ when chunged into a tommercial 
pro'lnci, ia known as tapioca, flake, pearl, 
dtoar, etc. 
