Where to buy Tapioca Starch

(MC) said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

Asian grocers, or sometimes in the ethnic isles of regular
grocery stores. They're not usually shelved with the regular
baking flours.

-sw

Try looking in the pudding aisle of grocery store, probably
on the top or bottom shelves. Some health foods / natural
foods stores carry an assortment of flours.

take care Liz

On 8 Jun 2004 08:32:46 -0700, [email hidden]

(MC) said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

P.S. It seems silly to order online and pay $5 shipping for
a dollar item.

MC said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

P.S. It seems silly to order online and pay $5 shipping
for a dollar item.

Is there an Asian market anywhere near you?

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Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

P.S. It seems silly to order online and pay $5 shipping
for a dollar item.

You can normally find it at any store that has a reasonable
bulk bin food department. If you've got a Whole Foods
nearby, try there.
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Quoted message said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

P.S. It seems silly to order online and pay $5 shipping
for a dollar item.

If you have a spice grinder on hand, buy some Minute Tapioca
and grind it up to a powder--this might work in your recipe.
I do this when I'm making a pie filling which calls for
tapioca. It gives a nice even thickening instead of those
gelatinous little blobs you encounter otherwise.

-Scott

Steve Wertz said:

On 8 Jun 2004 08:32:46 -0700, [email hidden]

(MC) said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

Asian grocers, or sometimes in the ethnic isles of regular
grocery stores. They're not usually shelved with the
regular baking flours.

-sw

I was recently in an Asian market looking for, among
other things, water chestnut flour. The starches/flours
aisle is amazing. I never knew there was such a thing as
green bean flour.

--Charlene

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I tried Whole Foods and no luck. I tried a couple of other
grocery stores and they didn't have it either. The closest I
came was tapioca that was already cooked for pudding.

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Quoted message said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

P.S. It seems silly to order online and pay $5 shipping
for a dollar item.

You can normally find it at any store that has a
reasonable bulk bin food department. If you've got a Whole
Foods nearby, try there.

Charlene Charette said:

Steve Wertz said:

On 8 Jun 2004 08:32:46 -0700, [email hidden]

(MC) said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

Asian grocers, or sometimes in the ethnic isles of
regular grocery stores. They're not usually shelved with
the regular baking flours.

I was recently in an Asian market looking for, among
other things, water chestnut flour. The starches/flours
aisle is amazing. I never knew there was such a thing as
green bean flour.

The green bean flour is really mung bean flour, not the
common green beans we know too well here in the states. Used
in Korean and Malaysian dishes (mung bean pancakes - yum)

-sw

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I tried Whole Foods and no luck. I tried a couple of other
grocery stores and they didn't have it either. The closest
I came was tapioca that was already cooked for pudding.

Tapioca starch is something I keep on hand and use
frequently. I have only been able to find it in Asian
grocery stores - Chinese, Thai or Filipino. It is packaged
in plastic bags and is very inexpensive.

(MC) said:

I tried Whole Foods and no luck. I tried a couple of other
grocery stores and they didn't have it either. The closest
I came was tapioca that was already cooked for pudding.

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Quoted message said:

Is tapioca starch something you can find at a regular
grocery store? If not, what kind of local store can you
get it at?

P.S. It seems silly to order online and pay $5 shipping
for a dollar item.

You can normally find it at any store that has a
reasonable bulk bin food department. If you've got a
Whole Foods nearby, try there.

Also look for as "tapioca flour".

TB