G-Grandma Hogan in her younger days
Here is G-Grandma Hogan and G-Granddaddy Hogan on their 50th wedding anniversary.
I did not think about taking a photo until the pudding was almost all eaten. So it isn't as pretty like it was when first made.
I do not know what the origin is
of this recipe. Bananas came to the USA in the late 1800s. Southern
ladies often made trifles with them by layering the bananas with lady fingers or sponge
cake and pudding. In the early 1900s Nabisco started putting a
banana pudding recipe on their box.
This recipe is sweeter and richer
tasting than Nilla Wafer's recipe and it is made with water. Yep, you
read correctly water. Milk can be substituted, but I personally think it
taste better made with water. I may have changed something in the recipe,
if so it probably was the addition of vanilla. I'm not sure where my
original copy is hiding.
