1.   Although standard pudding recipes call for granulated, or minute, tapioca, purists favor the larger pearl tapioca, which looks like albino salmon roe.

2.   Bread pudding recipes are found in Mexican versions, Southern versions, soul food versions and Cajun versions.

3.   If you are on a low-fat diet you can substitute canola oil for butter in the pudding recipe and eliminate butter completely from the sauce.

4.   Julie Carson saw a sweet-potato pudding recipe being demonstrated on a TV show.

5.   So was the dessert, a bread pudding recipe attributed to John and Abigail Adams.

6.   Use it to coat the bottom of a baking dish and then bake your favorite bread pudding recipe in the dish.