Southern cuisine is one of the finest in America and very popular around the world if The Guardian Food columns are anything to go by. I was in Walmart buying towels the day before Thanksgiving and was fascinated watching black folks loading up on chit’lins, smoked hams, country ham and one woman who had tons of bananas on the counter along with endless boxes of Nilla Wafers and vats of vanilla extract. We speculated that she either was having a Thanksgiving family reunion or was making banana pudding for church. In either case, I was impressed with her authentic ingredients rather than the nasty boxed pudding so many and restaurants people use.
At certain times of the year our local supermarket has a huge, separate display of Vanilla Wafers and bananas.
Banana pudding id very popular there. Found some interesting pudding recipes here. That miso one is calling my name.