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. 

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Banana Nut Bread ...p85

A rich, delicious banana bread.  I love it with walnuts or pecans, preferring the former.  I made four loaves this time and added ripe figs from our tree to one loaf - love it.

 

Note in your cookbook this correction:  2 stiffly beaten egg yolks, should be whites

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