I like Banana Pudding, and Banana Cream Pie.
“Fancy” is just in the presentation.
When I first became intimate with an Asian family, and was learning to love their food, I had a hard time getting my mind around the whole idea of Chopsticks.
I wondered why such an ancient and intelligent culture - which could certainly invent spoons and forks - would choose to eat this way.
I decided that it had to do with a certain aesthetic about food (and I have nothing in science or anthropology to back this up - it’s just an opinion.)
Using chopsticks forces one to savor and, if you will, ‘honor’ food. I think it stems from the same civilized impulse that created our European development of elaborate table settings - a fork or spoon for every course, the notion of ‘courses’ itself, etc.
It’s just a FANCY thing to do, to celebrate FOOD, and LIFE :-) And we make ‘fancy food’ occasionally, for the same reason: Celebration.
Will you post your Banana Pudding recipe?
-JT
I hear ya. I’m not too much into the presentation, I have too far to go into consistently making things taste good.
LOL, banana pudding recipe is the one from the Nilla Wafers box (or maybe it’s the Jello pudding box). Last time I tried to make pudding from scratch I don’t know what happened, but the texture was horrible from the corn starch. I can’t say it was grainy, but it wasn’t smooth. Kinda scratchy is the best I can describe it. So nilla wafers, Jello non-instant vanilla pudding and fresh banana slices. Layer in a pan like lasagna and let set up.
Now, when you want a killer recipe for pulled pork I just made the best batch I’ve ever made over the weekend. I’ll be happy to share that one. :)