…is that sometimes you have to make your own comfort food.
Usually, T. makes me things like broth or risotto, and that’s wonderful, but this time, I had (have) a sore throat/swollen glands, and I was seriously missing my mom’s vanilla pudding, that she used to make me when I was sick sometimes.
I haven’t lived at home in 20 years or so, and, besides, my mom’s at a yoga seminar on the other side of the country (details are fuzzy) right now.
So I had to make my own.
I used a pretty basic Betty Crocker recipe, and it turned out – not quite like my childhood (not as grainy, and a little too sweet, which could be refined tastes) – but very yummy.
And, ya know? It made me feel better for a bit, too.
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Mmmm, pudding! For a cornstarch pudding, that’s surprisingly different from the caramel one out of Joy of Cooking that I’ve been playing with (wherein I keep botching getting the cornstarch cooked properly). Trying this method instead may be in order.
It was surprisingly easy, even with the temper-the-eggs step, which often flummoxes me.
Sorry to hear you are not feeling well! Glad you could make something that helped you feel better. Sore throats are awful.