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Carol Damsel Peterson

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Oct 29, 2005, 4:43:17 PM10/29/05
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Crash is looking for a recipe for whatever this is. I vaguely recall
this combination of foods, but have no clue what it's called or even
how it should look.

Anyone have a recipe?

Thanks,
Carol and Crash

Goomba38

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Oct 29, 2005, 4:45:32 PM10/29/05
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Carol Damsel Peterson wrote:

Banana Pudding? The recipe (cloyingly sweet, if you ask me?) is right
there ont he box of 'nilla wafers.
Basically just vanilla pudding, sliced bananas and Nilla Wafers layered
in a dish and let to chill a bit.
Goomba

Sheldon

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Oct 29, 2005, 4:52:44 PM10/29/05
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Carol Damsel Peterson wrote:
> Crash is looking for a recipe for whatever this is. I vaguely recall
> this combination of foods, but have no clue what it's called or even
> how it should look.
>
> Anyone have a recipe?

Probably tons on the net, found this exceptionally grotesque one... sub
nilla wafer crumb crust for the grahams.

BANANA PUDDING PIE

7 ripe bananas, sliced
2 cups whole milk
1 5 oz. pkg. French vanilla pudding mix (instant)
1 8 oz. pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon banana flavored liquor or extract
1 14 oz. can condensed milk (sweetened)
1 12 oz. tub Cool Whip, thawed
1 graham cracker crust

Mix the pudding mix with the milk in a blender or with an electric
mixer. Use the type of instant pudding mix which doesn't require
cooking.
In a separate bowl, blend condensed milk with the cream cheese until
smooth, then fold in the Cool Whip.

Combine cream cheese mixture and pudding mixture, and stir in the
liquor or banana extract, combining well.

Slice the bananas and layer over the bottom of the pie crust. Spread
mixture over bananas.

Refrigerate until serving time. Garnish with chocolate curls or
additional Cool Whip and banana slices.
---

Yoose will probably wanna make two, one each.

Sheldon

Nancy Young

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Oct 29, 2005, 4:55:40 PM10/29/05
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"Carol Damsel Peterson" <Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Does this look right? I don't remember it being chocolate
from the picture on the box.

http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_display&u1=keyword&u2=nilla%20wafer%20banana&u3=**5*9&wf=9&recipe_id=56292


Tara

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:20:29 PM10/29/05
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On 29 Oct 2005 13:43:17 -0700, "Carol Damsel Peterson"
<Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Crash is looking for a recipe for whatever this is. I vaguely recall
>this combination of foods, but have no clue what it's called or even
>how it should look.

Banana pudding! It's lovely stuff.

http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_display&Rpage=2&u1=keyword&u2=banana%20pudding&u3=**29*45&wf=9&recipe_id=55431

Tara

Melba's Jammin'

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:20:45 PM10/29/05
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In article <1130618597.0...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,

"Carol Damsel Peterson" <Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote:

Look for Banana Pudding on the Nabisco site. I haven't. I'll bet it's
there.
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Janet Bostwick

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"Carol Damsel Peterson" <Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I've got it somewhere, Carol. It's been decades since I made it -- I've
just got to remember where the darn thing is. Hold on.
Janet


Carol Damsel Peterson

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:23:58 PM10/29/05
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Sheldon wrote:
>
> Carol Damsel Peterson wrote:
> > Crash is looking for a recipe for whatever this is. I vaguely recall
> > this combination of foods, but have no clue what it's called or even
> > how it should look.
> >
> > Anyone have a recipe?
>
> Probably tons on the net, found this exceptionally grotesque one... sub
> nilla wafer crumb crust for the grahams.

<snip hideously grotesque recipe>

> Yoose will probably wanna make two, one each.

Three. I'll mail the third one to you. :D

Carol

Carol Damsel Peterson

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:25:46 PM10/29/05
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Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Does this look right? I don't remember it being chocolate
> from the picture on the box.
>
> http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_display&u1=keyword&u2=nilla%20wafer%20banana&u3=**5*9&wf=9&recipe_id=56292

I'm positive that no chocolate molecules were injured in the making of
this dessert. ;)

Carol

Carol Damsel Peterson

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:27:25 PM10/29/05
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We have a winnah! Give that fine young lady a Kewpie Doll!

Thanks!
Carol

jmcquown

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:43:21 PM10/29/05
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Banana Pudding
1 large pkg instant vanilla pudding, (6 ounces)
1-1/2 cups cold milk
1 can sweetened condensed milk, (14 ounces)
1 container whipped topping (16 ounces)
sliced bananas
vanilla wafer cookies

Mix pudding and milk; add condensed milk. Blend well; fold in half the
whipped topping. Alternate layers of pudding, bananas and vanilla wafers;
top with remaining whipped topping and a few banana slices. Refrigerate
overnight before serving.

Jill


Nancy Young

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:44:49 PM10/29/05
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"Carol Damsel Peterson" <Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Darn! How come I didn't find it on the Kraft site ... glad you
got your recipe. I didn't think it was chocolate.

nancy


The Cook

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:51:49 PM10/29/05
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On 29 Oct 2005 13:43:17 -0700, "Carol Damsel Peterson"
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Here is the old fashioned recipe for banana pudding from the vanilla
wafer box.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Banana Pudding

Recipe By :Vanilla Wafer Box
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:20
Categories : Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
2 cups milk -- scalded
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs -- separated
1/3 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 medium banana -- sliced
2 tablespoons sugar -- * see note

Scald milk in double boiler.

Thoroughly blend sugar, salt and flour. Add gradually to milk.,
stirring until mixture thickens.

Cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then mix with egg yolks,
stirring rapidly. Return to double boiler, stir and cook 2 minutes
longer. Add lemon juice and allow custard to cool.

Line dish with vanilla wafers. Slice 3 medium bananas and put into
dish. Pour custard over bananas. Beat egg whites until stiff -- add
2 tablespoons sugar. Cover custard and bake at 300-325°F for 15 to 20
minutes.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- -

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 201 Calories; 4g Fat (15.4%
calories from fat); 5g Protein; 39g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber;
61mg Cholesterol; 115mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean
Meat; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : This is used for meringue

--
Susan N.

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Janet Bostwick

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"Carol Damsel Peterson" <Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Sorry, I can't think where it might be. I would bet if anyone had any of
the Mr. Food books that he would have the recipe. Jill's recipe looks
pretty much as I vaguely remember it. Mine made an enormous amount - a 9x13
pan full. Vanilla wafers on the bottom, a layer of pudding, a layer of
bananas, more pudding and topped with whipped cream or whipped topping.
Church social kind of thingy.
Janet


Tony P.

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Oct 29, 2005, 6:20:18 PM10/29/05
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In article <1130618597.0...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Damsel...@gmail.com says...

This must be a southern thing because the SO make a very simple variety.

It's two boxes of Nilla Wafers, two boxes of Vanilla pudding and a few
bananas along with some vanilla extract and a little bit of sugar.

Its so sweet it makes your teeth hurt just looking at it, but it does
taste good.

Puester

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Oct 29, 2005, 7:57:49 PM10/29/05
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Sheldon wrote:

>
> BANANA PUDDING PIE
>
> 7 ripe bananas, sliced
> 2 cups whole milk
> 1 5 oz. pkg. French vanilla pudding mix (instant)
> 1 8 oz. pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
> 1 tablespoon banana flavored liquor or extract
> 1 14 oz. can condensed milk (sweetened)
> 1 12 oz. tub Cool Whip, thawed
> 1 graham cracker crust
>

(directions snipped)


> Yoose will probably wanna make two, one each.
>
> Sheldon
>

It makes my teeth hurt just reading the ingredients.

gloria p

Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 29, 2005, 10:47:55 PM10/29/05
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That's a pretty decent recipe for it. When they start making things with
instant pudding and CoolWhip, it just turns my stomach.

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Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 29, 2005, 10:50:23 PM10/29/05
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Oh, Jill, how could you? Instant pudding and whipped topping? Oh, hell, I
forgot. You don't eat desserts. You coldn't know how awful this would be.
:-)

Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 29, 2005, 10:53:42 PM10/29/05
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On Sat 29 Oct 2005 03:20:18p, Tony P. wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article <1130618597.0...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> Damsel...@gmail.com says...
>> Crash is looking for a recipe for whatever this is. I vaguely recall
>> this combination of foods, but have no clue what it's called or even
>> how it should look.
>>
>> Anyone have a recipe?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Carol and Crash
>
> This must be a southern thing because the SO make a very simple variety.

When Herbert Hoover said, "...a chicken in every pot", for the south he
meant, "a banana pudding on every table"!



> It's two boxes of Nilla Wafers, two boxes of Vanilla pudding and a few
> bananas along with some vanilla extract and a little bit of sugar.
>
> Its so sweet it makes your teeth hurt just looking at it, but it does
> taste good.
>

--

Jen

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Oct 30, 2005, 12:40:38 AM10/30/05
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>
> That's a pretty decent recipe for it. When they start making things with
> instant pudding and CoolWhip, it just turns my stomach.


I found recipes with the instant pudding and coolwhip, so I tried it, and I
have quite a sweet tooth, but even I found it was too much. This one does
sound much better. I'll try this one soon.

Jen


Jen

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Does anyone know a substitute for the "Nilla wafers'?? I don't think we get
them here.

Jen


Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 29, 2005, 11:56:38 PM10/29/05
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I have occasionally made banana pudding using gingersnaps. It's a bit
spicier, but still very nice. I think digestive biscuits might not be
flavorful enough. Vanilla wafers have a fairly strong vanilla flavor,
albeit, most is artificial flavoring.

Years ago, Nabisco's wafers were call "Vanilla Wafers". Now they are
called " 'Nilla Wafers". It think it was a truth in advertising thing,
since they were using artificial vanilla flavoring.

jmcquown

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Oct 30, 2005, 2:15:12 AM10/30/05
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Oh, Wayne, I couldn't! My former MIL made this stuff. Maybe that's what
about it makes me shudder. I eat dessert on rare occasions... I actually
like Jell-O :)

Jill


-L.

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Oct 30, 2005, 4:08:33 AM10/30/05
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It's on the box of the Nilla Wafers. Use corn starch to thicken
instead of flour though, or it will be too gummy.
-L.

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ms. tonya

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Wayne Boatwright

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On Sun 30 Oct 2005 06:42:36a, Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote in
rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright <wayne...@waynes.gang> looking for trouble wrote in
> news:Xns96FED231CF...@217.22.228.19:

>
>> On Sat 29 Oct 2005 02:20:29p, Tara wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On 29 Oct 2005 13:43:17 -0700, "Carol Damsel Peterson"
>>> <Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Crash is looking for a recipe for whatever this is. I vaguely recall
>>>>this combination of foods, but have no clue what it's called or even
>>>>how it should look.
>>>
>>> Banana pudding! It's lovely stuff.
>>>
>>> http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_disp
>>> lay
>>> &Rpage=2&u1=keyword&u2=banana%20pudding&u3=**29*45&wf=9&recipe_id=5543
>>> 1
>>>
>>> Tara
>>
>> That's a pretty decent recipe for it. When they start making things
>> with instant pudding and CoolWhip, it just turns my stomach.
>>
>

> Now, now... CoolWhip has it's place in my kitchen just as Velveeta does.
> Have you tried the fat free CoolWhip BTW? It's pretty good. I do
> start getting the heebie jeebies when a recipe calls for CoolWhip and
> jello cubes though <<shudder>>. Reminds me of hospital food.
>
> Michael

I have bought and used CoolWhip now and again, especially when real whipped
cream wasn't possible or convenient. I begin to shudder when I see it has
become an ingredient in a recipe, especially one with instant pudding! :-)

I can't stand Velveeta! :-) Not being a snob about it. I just don't like
either the texture or flavor.

Jen

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Oct 30, 2005, 6:39:28 PM10/30/05
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>> Does anyone know a substitute for the "Nilla wafers'?? I don't think we
>> get them here.
>>
>> Jen
>
> I have occasionally made banana pudding using gingersnaps. It's a bit
> spicier, but still very nice. I think digestive biscuits might not be
> flavorful enough. Vanilla wafers have a fairly strong vanilla flavor,
> albeit, most is artificial flavoring.
>
> Years ago, Nabisco's wafers were call "Vanilla Wafers". Now they are
> called " 'Nilla Wafers". It think it was a truth in advertising thing,
> since they were using artificial vanilla flavoring.


So it's just a vanilla flavoured cookie?? Wafers here are usually a 'very'
thin, light type of cookie, very different from a normal one.

Jen


Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 30, 2005, 6:59:47 PM10/30/05
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Yes, not a wafer like you know them. Here's a picture that might help.

http://tinyurl.com/8np8h

Jen

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Oct 30, 2005, 7:15:03 PM10/30/05
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>>
>> So it's just a vanilla flavoured cookie?? Wafers here are usually a
>> 'very' thin, light type of cookie, very different from a normal one.
>>
>> Jen
>
> Yes, not a wafer like you know them. Here's a picture that might help.


That looks like shortbread to me. I'll just use whatever I find that's
vanilla flavoured. Thanks.

Jen


Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 30, 2005, 7:33:41 PM10/30/05
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No, not like shortbread. These are not rich cookies like shortbread.
They're quite crisp, dry, and fairly light textured, but thicker than your
wafers. I suspect that a digestive biscuit might make a fair substitute.

The vanilla wafers will soften completely in the pudding.

Jen

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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayne...@waynes.gang> wrote in message
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> On Sun 30 Oct 2005 05:15:03p, Jen wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>>>
>>>> So it's just a vanilla flavoured cookie?? Wafers here are usually a
>>>> 'very' thin, light type of cookie, very different from a normal one.
>>>>
>>>> Jen
>>>
>>> Yes, not a wafer like you know them. Here's a picture that might help.
>>
>>
>> That looks like shortbread to me. I'll just use whatever I find that's
>> vanilla flavoured. Thanks.
>>
>> Jen
>
> No, not like shortbread. These are not rich cookies like shortbread.
> They're quite crisp, dry, and fairly light textured, but thicker than your
> wafers. I suspect that a digestive biscuit might make a fair substitute.
>
> The vanilla wafers will soften completely in the pudding.


Here's another question, sorry! What are digestive biscuits??

Jen


Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 30, 2005, 8:00:14 PM10/30/05
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Oops, my bad. :-) That's a UK "cookie" or "biscuit". Are you in Austria?

Here is a recipe for a pretty good vanilla wafer. I'm thinking it might be
best if you baked you own. I can't think of anything else to substitute.

Let me know what you think...

Jen

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>>
>> Here's another question, sorry! What are digestive biscuits??
>>
>> Jen
>
> Oops, my bad. :-) That's a UK "cookie" or "biscuit". Are you in Austria?
>
> Here is a recipe for a pretty good vanilla wafer. I'm thinking it might
> be
> best if you baked you own. I can't think of anything else to substitute.


I'm from Australia. Sorry I sound so stupid. I suppose different countries
have different things. I guess I'll try making my own then, and then at
least then I'll have a good idea of what I need and I might be able to match
it up with something I can buy off the shelf next time.

Jen


Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 31, 2005, 6:07:30 AM10/31/05
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Nonesense, Jen. There's no such thing as a stupid question. I'm sure I
would be clueless about many of the food products you have in Australia.
That's why I suggested making your own. It will probably come closer to our
commercial product.

Did anyone suggest "graham crackers"? I don't know if you have anything
quite like those either, but that could work, although a bit different.

Please post what you end up doing and how it turned out, and ask absolutely
any other question you may have.

Jen

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>
> Nonesense, Jen. There's no such thing as a stupid question. I'm sure I
> would be clueless about many of the food products you have in Australia.
> That's why I suggested making your own. It will probably come closer to
> our
> commercial product.
>
> Did anyone suggest "graham crackers"? I don't know if you have anything
> quite like those either, but that could work, although a bit different.
>
> Please post what you end up doing and how it turned out, and ask
> absolutely
> any other question you may have.


Could you post the recipe for the vanilla wafer you have please. Thanks so
much, you're so helpful

Jen


Ophelia

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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayne...@waynes.gang> wrote in message
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recipe for Jen:)

http://thefoody.com/baking/digestivebiscuits.html


Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 31, 2005, 6:54:24 AM10/31/05
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On Mon 31 Oct 2005 04:37:42a, Jen wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Could you post the recipe for the vanilla wafer you have please. Thanks
> so much, you're so helpful
>
> Jen

Gladly. This is a recipe I once found on Epicurious. It's actually much
tastier than the commercial version, although I've never actually used
these in a banana pudding. They should work well. Be sure to cool the
cookies on a rack, and make sure that they are completely cool before
storing or using. This willl keep them crisp.

Vanilla Wafers

1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In medium bowl with mixer at low speed, beat
all ingredients until blended, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber
spatula. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto ungreased
cookie sheets. Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes until edges of cookies are
browned. With spatula, remove cookies to wire racks to cool. Store cookies
in tightly covered container to use up within 1 week.

Makes 4 dozen.

Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 31, 2005, 6:58:00 AM10/31/05
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Ooh, that sounds so much better than the imported digestive biscuits I can
get here. I used to be able to get McVitie's wholemeal digestive biscuits
here, but apparently they don't import them anymore.

Jen

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Also, you mentioned Graham Crackers, we don't have them, but I've come
across them quite a bit in US recipes. It seems they're often used as a
crumb base for things, I usually just replace them with what we call "Marie"
biscuits. They're a very plain basic cookie, but they're not vanilla
flavoured. I wonder if they might do in place of these nilla wafers?

Jen


Wayne Boatwright

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Oct 31, 2005, 7:10:32 AM10/31/05
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Yes, I think you could. It wouldn't be quite the same, but probably close
enough. The custard part of the banana pudding should be highly vanilla
flavored anyway, and I don't think using the plain biscuit would be a
problem. I have bought Marie bilscuts that are made in Cananda, and they
are probably quite similar to what you can get. The ones I had were a nice
crunchy texture.

As I mentioned, the cookies are to soften up when youmake the pudding. It's
important to assemble the pudding while the custard is still hot. This
insures that the cookies get soft.

HTH

Ophelia

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Well if you try it please let me know how it goes. I haven't tried it
yet:)


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> Wayne Boatwright <wayne...@waynes.gang> looking for trouble wrote in
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>
>> On Sun 30 Oct 2005 06:42:36a, Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote in
>> rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright <wayne...@waynes.gang> looking for trouble wrote
>>> in news:Xns96FED231CF...@217.22.228.19:
>>>
>>>> On Sat 29 Oct 2005 02:20:29p, Tara wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>
>>>>> On 29 Oct 2005 13:43:17 -0700, "Carol Damsel Peterson"
>>>>> <Damsel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Crash is looking for a recipe for whatever this is. I vaguely
>>>>>>recall this combination of foods, but have no clue what it's
>>>>>>called
>>>>>>or even how it should look.
>>>>>
>>>>> Banana pudding! It's lovely stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_di
>>>>> sp lay
>>>>> &Rpage=2&u1=keyword&u2=banana%20pudding&u3=**29*45&wf=9&recipe_id=55
>>>>> 43 1

>>>>>
>>>>> Tara
>>>>
>>>> That's a pretty decent recipe for it. When they start making
>>>> things
>>>> with instant pudding and CoolWhip, it just turns my stomach.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Now, now... CoolWhip has it's place in my kitchen just as Velveeta
>>> does.
>>> Have you tried the fat free CoolWhip BTW? It's pretty good. I do
>>> start getting the heebie jeebies when a recipe calls for CoolWhip
>>> and
>>> jello cubes though <<shudder>>. Reminds me of hospital food.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> I have bought and used CoolWhip now and again, especially when real
>> whipped cream wasn't possible or convenient. I begin to shudder when
>> I see it has become an ingredient in a recipe, especially one with
>> instant pudding! :-)
>>
>> I can't stand Velveeta! :-) Not being a snob about it. I just
>> don't
>> like either the texture or flavor.
>>
>
> Oh just admit it. You're a food snot ;)
>

What is cool whip made of? Is it a substitute for cream?


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> "Ophelia" <oph...@nix.co.uk> looking for trouble wrote in
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> It's a substitute for whipped cream AFAIK. I have no idea what it's
> made of
> and don't want to know. We refer to it as the "whipped stuff". Stuff
> being the key word ;) I'm probably way off base but I would imagine
> it's a
> whipped dairy product with lots and lots of air in it, sort of like
> the
> marshmallow concept except with dairy something or other. I'll put it
> on
> pie or sometimes use it on ice cream if I'm making a sundae. I've
> never
> thought of using it in coffee but you probably can. It's handy to have
> about and it keeps in the freezer for what seems a lifetime.

Thank you Michael:) I am not sure I would want to eat something without
knowing what was in it:))


Wayne Boatwright

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One of these days I will make them. I'll let you know.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*

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Janet Bostwick

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"Jen" <anyo...@SPAMbigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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Hi Jen,
The Banana/Nilla Wafer thingy is a variant of the American 'Banana Cream
Pie'. Banana Cream pie is a baked bottom pie crust filled with a custard
with sliced bananas incorporated into it and topped with meringue. I see no
reason why you couldn't make your own Southern Hemisphere variation. Hope
this helps and have fun.
Janet


Janet Bostwick

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"Ophelia" <oph...@nix.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What is cool whip made of? Is it a substitute for cream?
Hi Ophelia,
It's a substitute for whipped cream and comes frozen in the dairy section of
the grocery store. The advantage of a frozen whipped topping is that it
does not weep and lose volume if the topping remains on the confection for
some time. Do you have something similar where you are?
Janet


Ophelia

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"Janet Bostwick" <nos...@cableone.net> wrote in message
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Thank you Janet. I don't know if we do or not because it is not
something I have looked for. If I want cream I buy cream. Perhaps
someone else from UK will know!


Roberta

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I have to admit to loving CoolWhip - I mean, eat it by the spoonful LOVE
IT! lol Velveeta - yuck..although I have had a dip made with Velveeta
that was good...not like fancy dinner party good, more like Sunday
football tailgate party good. Take a block of Velveeta (sounds good
right there doesn't it?? Yum lol) and either a jar of Salsa or a can of
chili (no beans) Put them in the crockpot....That's it. Eventually the
stuff melts - you mix 'em together. It's pretty good on tortilla chips.

Roberta (in VA)

Roberta

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Here's what's in it (according to the Kraft Food website - they are the
makers of it)

Ingredients: WATER, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND
PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM
CASEINATE (FROM MILK), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN AND GUAR
GUMS, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR).


I like it better NOT knowing what's in it lol

Roberta (in VA)

Wayne Boatwright

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You're absolutely right, Janet. I just never thought of it that way. :-)
I love both the pie and the pudding.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*

Ophelia

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"Roberta" <roberta...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Michael:) I am not sure I would want to eat something
>> without knowing what was in it:))

>
> Here's what's in it (according to the Kraft Food website - they are
> the makers of it)
>
> Ingredients: WATER, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT
> AND PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 2% OF
> SODIUM CASEINATE (FROM MILK), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN
> AND GUAR GUMS, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, BETA CAROTENE
> (COLOR).
>
>
> I like it better NOT knowing what's in it lol

Good grief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I should think so:)

Well I won't be tempted any time soon:)


Jen

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"Ophelia" <oph...@nix.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Janet Bostwick" <nos...@cableone.net> wrote in message
> news:11mcdbb...@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>> "Ophelia" <oph...@nix.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:Ntp9f.25972$m%6.1...@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> snip
>>> What is cool whip made of? Is it a substitute for cream?

I searched the internet ages ago trying to find out about it. We don't get
it here in Australia either. When a recipe asks for it, I use whipped cream
instead, I even found out the right quantities to use. We do have something
called "Dairy Whip" here. It's in a can and you spray it on. You probably
wouldn't want to know what's in it either, but I think it's yummy.

Jen


Jen

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>>
>> Please post what you end up doing and how it turned out, and ask
>> absolutely
>> any other question you may have.
>
> recipe for Jen:)
>
> http://thefoody.com/baking/digestivebiscuits.html


Thanks so much all of you.

Jen


Wayne Boatwright

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We have an assortment of spray can whipped toppings, most of which you
probably wouldn't want to know about. However, the first one ever to
marketed in the US back in the early 1950s is a product called Reddi-Wip
which is real cream under pressure with an inert gas. It's still on the
market.

http://www.reddi-wip.com/

Jen

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>
> We have an assortment of spray can whipped toppings, most of which you
> probably wouldn't want to know about. However, the first one ever to
> marketed in the US back in the early 1950s is a product called Reddi-Wip
> which is real cream under pressure with an inert gas. It's still on the
> market.
>
> http://www.reddi-wip.com/


Yeah, I think that's the same as our dairy whip. It tastes good as long as
you don't know what's in it.

Jen


Janet Bostwick

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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayne...@waynes.gang> wrote in message
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> On Mon 31 Oct 2005 08:13:04a, Janet Bostwick wrote in rec.food.cooking:
snip

>> Hi Jen,
>> The Banana/Nilla Wafer thingy is a variant of the American 'Banana Cream
>> Pie'. Banana Cream pie is a baked bottom pie crust filled with a
>> custard with sliced bananas incorporated into it and topped with
>> meringue. I see no reason why you couldn't make your own Southern
>> Hemisphere variation. Hope this helps and have fun.
>
> You're absolutely right, Janet. I just never thought of it that way. :-)
> I love both the pie and the pudding.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
Hey, you gotta think like an Iron Chef -- that's all they do -- take a known
recipe and tweak the daylights out of it. :)
Janet


Ophelia

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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayne...@waynes.gang> wrote in message
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ewwwwwwww


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