Banana Pudding ...p112

Don't throw those ripe bananas away!  Just whip up this easy to make pudding, combine it with vanilla wafers and bananas, and you've got yourself a creamy, tasty dessert.  The recipe does recommend that you "throw hunk of butter and vanilla," though I only recommend this if the meringue thoroughly burns....  Should you throw it, I think it is to be thrown IN TO the pudding as in the picture below. 

Making pudding is not really that difficult, though some may be tempted to skip this and use packaged pudding - don't.  Be brave and do it the old-fashioned way.  If you don't know why the milk is scalded first, check out this video from Taste of Home.  "Back in the day" scalding killed the germs that today our pasteurization handles, but the other reason for scalding the milk is to destroy enzymes that keep the milk from thickening. 

Hardy Appetit!
BANANA PUDDING

2 cups milk, scalded
1/3 cup flour
2/3 cup sugar
vanilla wafers
3 eggs, separated
hunk of butter
1 tsp. vanilla
bananas

Pour scalded milk over flour and sugar mixture.  Cook and stir in saucepan until thick.  Add 3 eggs yolks; continue cooking until thick (about 3 more minutes).  Throw hunk of butter and vanilla.  Beat egg whites and 3-4 T sugar until light and fluffy.  Layer vanilla wafers, then pudding, and sliced bananas.  Top with beaten egg whites and broil in oven for 1-2 minutes until slightly browned (watch closely!).