Sunday Cracker Pudding

~Sunday dinner~ 

Pork roast

Mashed potatoes

Mixed vegetables

Coleslaw

& 

Cracker Pudding

Ah yes, Cracker Pudding. 

It sounds odd. 

But it is delicious. 

Consisting of a homemade vanilla custard (made as only Leo can make it) and then mixed with whipped topping, graham crackers and bananas, it says Sunday afternoon like no other.

It may say Sunday, but it all starts on a Saturday night, with a batch of what we used to call Cornstarch Pudding at my house, Bri at his house. I honestly don't know what "Bri" means or if it is a Pennsylvania Dutch word, but it does sound better than saying, "Oh, we had cornstarch pudding for supper." Basically, it's milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla with a thickener added to make it pudding. Don't ask for a recipe because when Leo makes it, he just puts ingredients in the saucepan and that's that. I don't make it because, well, I don't have a recipe. (That gives you some insight into us as a couple doesn't it?)

I remember having to stir it forever until it got hot, so it wouldn't burn and then the second it began to boil up, the milk rising to the top of the pot, you would quickly stir in the mixture to thicken it. Often it would boil over for me. Still does.

Milk on a hot burner does not smell good.

Once hot, thick and with bubbles that pop oh-so-slowly, it's ready. Add some brown sugar right in the center and then stir it in, leaving golden brown swirls in it's wake. Mmmmmm.

Then, because you make enough for leftovers, put it in the fridge overnight so it's good and cold the next day. Sunday. Mix it all up with the ingredients that you have on hand and have warned everyone not to eat. (Bananas don't always last for long at my house!) Serve with your Sunday dinner. And later in the afternoon.

And that's that.


Love,
Dianne