Mmm...fish eggs :)

When I was younger I used to always be completely disgusted at the thought/sight of tapioca pudding. It reminded me of fish eggs. I remember trying it once...not a pretty sight. We were sitting in Bonanza (I miss this restaurant), I took a helping of tapioca pudding as a dare. As the lumpy fish egg bits hit my tongue, my lunch started to creep up my throat. I jumped up to get ready to run to the bathroom. No worries...I kept it all down. But it turned me off of tapioca pudding for many many years. Very shortly after Jon and I got married, his mom made supper for us. When we were done eating supper, she placed dessert in front of us. We were each given a large helping of....you guessed it...tapioca pudding. As I stared down at my bowl the back of my throat started to quiver, getting itself ready for the second appearance of my supper. I took a deep breath, and not wanting to offend my new mother-in-law I took a SMALL bite. To my utter shock, it was wonderfully delicious. I still don't think I've ever told Jon's mom my original distaste for this particular dessert (She knows now though). However, I'm glad that I was re-introduced to tapioca pudding. As a matter of fact, I'm enjoying some right now. :) Mmm...fish eggs.