MOLDED TAPIOCA WITH FRUIT.—­Simmer one half cup of desiccated cocoanut in a pint of milk for twenty minutes.  Strain out the cocoanut, and add milk to make a full pint.  Add one half cup of sugar and one half cup of tapioca previously soaked over night.  Let the whole simmer until the tapioca is transparent.  Dip some cups in cold water, drain, and lay fresh strawberries, currants, or cherries in the bottom of each in the form of a star or cross.  Pour the tapioca into the molds gently, so as not to displace the fruit.  When cold, turn out and serve with whipped cream or fruit sauce.  Raisins may be substituted for fresh fruit, or bits of jelly may be placed around the mold after it has cooled, if preferred.

PINEAPPLE TAPIOCA.—­Soak one cup of tapioca over night in one and one half cups of water.  Add two and one half cups of water and cook in a double boiler until transparent, then add one cup of sugar and one juicy pineapple minced fine with a sharp knife.  Mold, and serve cold with or without cream.

PRUNE AND TAPIOCA PUDDING.—­Soak one half cup of tapioca over night.  In the morning cook until transparent in two cups of water.  Stew two cups of well-washed and stoned prunes in a quart of water till perfectly tender; then add the juice of a good lemon and two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and boil till the syrup becomes thick and rich.  Turn the prunes into a pudding dish, cover with the cooked tapioca, and add a little grated lemon rind.  Bake lightly.  Serve without dressing or with sugar and cream or almond sauce.  If preferred, the prunes and tapioca may be placed in the dish in alternate layers, having the top one of tapioca.

TAPIOCA AND FIG PUDDING.—­Cook three fourths of a cup of tapioca as for Apple Tapioca.  Have ready two cups of finely sliced or chopped tart apples, and one cup of chopped figs, which have first been lightly steamed.  If preferred, raisins may be used in place of half the figs.  Put the fruit in the bottom of the pudding dish, turn the tapioca over it, and bake till the fruit is very soft.  If the apples are not very tart, sprinkle the juice of a lemon over them before adding the figs and tapioca.

A nice fruit pudding can also be made by using half canned pears and half apples, or canned quinces may be substituted for figs.

PEACH TAPIOCA.—­For this will be needed a quart of nicely canned peaches, a cup of tapioca, and from one half to three fourths of a cup of sugar, according to the sweetness of the peaches.  Soak the tapioca over night in just enough water to cover.  When ready to cook, put in a double boiler with three cups of water, and cook for an hour.  Remove from the fire and add to it the juice from the peaches, of which there should be a cup and a half, which has been secured by draining the peaches in a colander, and stir it well into the tapioca.  Place a layer of this mixture in an oiled pudding dish, add the peaches, cover with the remainder of the tapioca, and bake for an hour in a moderate oven.