Comments on: The Real Deal Banana Pudding http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/ A southern cook shares her kitchen one recipe at a time. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lana http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-10186 Lana Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:48:10 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-10186 Megan - I know people think Paula's cooking is authentic southern food, but it's not. She takes our basic recipes and really goes over the top with the butter, cream, etc. Give my banana pudding recipe a try and I think you'll like it even better. Megan – I know people think Paula’s cooking is authentic southern food, but it’s not. She takes our basic recipes and really goes over the top with the butter, cream, etc. Give my banana pudding recipe a try and I think you’ll like it even better.

]]> By: Megan http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-10178 Megan Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:31:41 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-10178 My hubby recently asked for a banana pudding after visiting Tennessee and I mad a Paula Dean recipe. It was delicious but this is more of the recipe I was looking for. I'll have to try this recipe too! My hubby recently asked for a banana pudding after visiting Tennessee and I mad a Paula Dean recipe. It was delicious but this is more of the recipe I was looking for. I’ll have to try this recipe too!

]]> By: Lana http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-7111 Lana Tue, 11 May 2010 13:04:38 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-7111 Well, this is the original recipe from Nabisco, the makers of the vanilla wafers. It's very easy and always turns out perfectly for me. Well, this is the original recipe from Nabisco, the makers of the vanilla wafers. It’s very easy and always turns out perfectly for me.

]]> By: Risaeats http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-7107 Risaeats Tue, 11 May 2010 01:55:27 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-7107 This looks amazing. I love banana pudding. The best I had was at The Lady & Sons in Savannah, GA. That Paula Deen makes a mean Banana Pudding. This looks sooooo good. I want some right now. This looks amazing. I love banana pudding. The best I had was at The Lady & Sons in Savannah, GA. That Paula Deen makes a mean Banana Pudding. This looks sooooo good. I want some right now.

]]> By: ceecee http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 ceecee Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:38:45 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-1439 Oh my goodness, my kids (5 and 3 yrs old) are going to love this recipe! Oh my goodness, my kids (5 and 3 yrs old) are going to love this recipe!

]]> By: Lana http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Lana Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:24:34 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-1035 Oh, Lee! Thanks for the best laugh I've had in quite a while. I can just imagine what your kitchen looked like! Tell Stephan that the bananas should be ripe but still firm, some little specks of brown on the peel but not too dark, for the pudding. The end result will be raw bananas, but they will be warm (from the warm pudding) and somewhat soft. Sort of a cross between raw and cooked, actually. The oven time is only for browning the meringue, not cooking the pudding. If you didn't use a meringue you wouldn't put it in the oven at all. After thinking about it I suppose you could almost call this a trifle. It should have a similar consistency. Hope you and Stephan will give it another try. So funny... Oh, Lee! Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had in quite a while. I can just imagine what your kitchen looked like! Tell Stephan that the bananas should be ripe but still firm, some little specks of brown on the peel but not too dark, for the pudding. The end result will be raw bananas, but they will be warm (from the warm pudding) and somewhat soft. Sort of a cross between raw and cooked, actually. The oven time is only for browning the meringue, not cooking the pudding. If you didn’t use a meringue you wouldn’t put it in the oven at all. After thinking about it I suppose you could almost call this a trifle. It should have a similar consistency.

Hope you and Stephan will give it another try. So funny…

]]> By: Lee http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Lee Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:39:20 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-1034 Dear Lana, a funny story I thought you might appreciate... Right after discovering your blog I showed it to my boyfriend whose mom lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, of which he has fond memories. He immediately went crazy, particularly over banana pudding (which I had never heard of) and decided one day recently to make for me (as a treat, for when I stepped through the door after a long day at work) banana pudding, gormet chocolate chip cookies and perfect gin and tonics - he gave himself an hour and a half for all of this. Naturally, when I stepped through the door I found my entire kitchen covered in flour, sugar, sliced bananas, containers of milk, eggs, raisins and butter, kitchen appliances, oven trays, a laptop set up next to the stove, custard failing to thicken on the stove and chocolate on the floor. To cut a long story short, I did not freak out and after a few trips to the store he returned with some missing ingredients, including a litre of freshly made custard (the custard on the stove met with an unfortunate accident), ALL of which he used in the pudding so that the result was islands of biscuit, banana and meringue swimming in custard. The pudding turned out ok - you can't put those ingredients together and not end up with something good - but I have a technical question. Is the banana meant to taste raw or cooked? In the version we had it was uncooked, even though it had been in the oven for over 20min. I would imagine that it should taste cooked..? Stephan (the boyfriend) can't remember and enjoyed it too much to care :) Dear Lana, a funny story I thought you might appreciate…

Right after discovering your blog I showed it to my boyfriend whose mom lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, of which he has fond memories. He immediately went crazy, particularly over banana pudding (which I had never heard of) and decided one day recently to make for me (as a treat, for when I stepped through the door after a long day at work) banana pudding, gormet chocolate chip cookies and perfect gin and tonics – he gave himself an hour and a half for all of this.

Naturally, when I stepped through the door I found my entire kitchen covered in flour, sugar, sliced bananas, containers of milk, eggs, raisins and butter, kitchen appliances, oven trays, a laptop set up next to the stove, custard failing to thicken on the stove and chocolate on the floor.

To cut a long story short, I did not freak out and after a few trips to the store he returned with some missing ingredients, including a litre of freshly made custard (the custard on the stove met with an unfortunate accident), ALL of which he used in the pudding so that the result was islands of biscuit, banana and meringue swimming in custard.

The pudding turned out ok – you can’t put those ingredients together and not end up with something good – but I have a technical question. Is the banana meant to taste raw or cooked? In the version we had it was uncooked, even though it had been in the oven for over 20min. I would imagine that it should taste cooked..? Stephan (the boyfriend) can’t remember and enjoyed it too much to care :)

]]> By: duodishes http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-253 duodishes Fri, 29 May 2009 17:07:34 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-253 It's all about those nilla wafers! We made a banana pudding cake not too long ago that knocked the socks off. Everyone loves nana pudding. It’s all about those nilla wafers! We made a banana pudding cake not too long ago that knocked the socks off. Everyone loves nana pudding.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Kevin Fri, 29 May 2009 00:27:43 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-252 That banana pudding looks so good! That banana pudding looks so good!

]]> By: lanaann http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/05/22/the-real-deal-banana-pudding/comment-page-1/#comment-251 lanaann Thu, 28 May 2009 22:35:57 +0000 http://neverenoughthyme.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-251 Thanks, Erin! That's the food that I grew up with and know the best. And I still "put up" every summer, though not as extensively as we did back then. Thanks, Erin! That’s the food that I grew up with and know the best. And I still “put up” every summer, though not as extensively as we did back then.

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