Tripe and Treacle, Tapioca and Twiglets

I'm feeling impatient to finish my A-Z now and may wrap up the entire alphabet tomorrow. Let's get the Ts out of the way.

Tapioca - otherwise known affectionately as frog spawn. That's what it looks like and no doubt what it tastes like too. Many a child was terrorized by a bowl of this as dessert with school dinner. In Asia, tapioca reaches heights of deliciousness in bubble tea. In England, it is cooked to a goo that you are told can be much improved by the addition of a dollop of jam.

Treacle - more correctly known as Golden Syrup. Lovely on toast or in a treacle pud.

Tripe - the inside of a cow's stomach. I have never tried it but it was a favorite dish with my grandfather. He adored the stuff. Again, the Mexicans use tripe to make menudo, we boil it with onions.

Twiglets - somehow even trying to describe these makes me think of Monty Python. "We were so poor we had to gnaw on a stick!" Twiglets are a British snack which are shaped like little twigs and coated in Marmite. I love 'em, some people hate 'em.