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Of course you'll find the recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes here. But there's over 150 additional recipes here, too.

Here's the recipe for the best Banana Pudding you'll ever taste. Toss out all those recipes that use boxed vanilla puddin'. That's not real Banana Pudding.

Ingredients

3 Cups sugar
1/2 Cup all-purpose flour
1/4 Cup cornstarch
6 Eggs, separated, plus two egg yolks
7 Cups milk
1/4 Cup butter
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract--Not Imitation
1 16-ounce box vanilla wafers, or one and a half 12-ounce boxaes
10 to 12 bananas, peeled and sliced

Thoroughly mix 2 1/2 Cups of the sugar, the flour, and cornstarch in a large heave saucepan. Lightly beat the 8 egg yolks, combine milk and egg yolks and whisk into sugar mixture. Add butter and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat; stir in 1 teaspoon of the vanilla. Cool. Preheat oven to 435. Line bottom of a 13X9X2 baking dish with one thired of vanilla wafers; layer one third of bananas and one third of custard on top.l Repeat layers twice. Beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add remaining 1/2 Cup sugar, 1 Tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Beat in remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread over custard, sealing to edges. Bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Chill overnight before serving. Yield 12 Servings...MAYBE

This recipe fills the 13X9X2 to the brim. The meringue stands even taller than the sides of the baking dish. Good? Oh, yes. It's even better if you can slap hands away from it for a day or two and allow it to chill the whole time. It's worth the wait.

Lawyer Stevens
The man who can make a meringue as purty as any woman ever made. My Mama-in-Law, a true Texas lady taught me meringue making. It's not in the ingredients, but you just toss in about a quarter teaspoon cream of tartar into the fixin's for that meringue. That's what makes those perfect peaks.



Yep. That's just about right.